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Sepietta oweniana

(d'Orbigny, 1841)


Penny Martin I think it is sepiola atlantica ?? seen in Orkney this morning.

Penny Martin Or is it just a "sepia" hatchling ??? can anyone advise please?

Cynthia D. Trowbridge not a clue...we do not have cuttlefish on our coast... I do admire it though :-)

David Wilson I don't think this is a Sepia officinalis hatchling as the ones I have seen resemble miniature adults, I caught a little one like this in a shrimp net in the Salcombe estuary many years ago. At the time I thought it was Sepiola atlantica.

Andy Horton http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Sepiola.html

Andy Horton Sepietta http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=4335

Darryl Mayer It is Sepiola atlantica aka Little Cuttlefish/Bobtail cuttlefish

Penny Martin or is it Sepietta oweniana?? How would one tell the differerence ? it definitely was showing blue bioluminescence .. see my other photos

Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Mollusca (Phylum)
    Cephalopoda (Class)
      Coleoidea (Subclass)
        Decapodiformes (Infraclass)
          Sepiolida (Order)
            Sepiolidae (Family)
              Sepietta (Genus)
                Sepietta oweniana (Species)
Associated Species