Ascarosepion latimanus Broadclub Cuttlefish

Ascarosepion latimanus is commonly referred to as Broadclub Cuttlefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 4000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2593 

AphiaID:

220305 

Scientific:

Ascarosepion latimanus 

German:

Breitarm-Sepia 

English:

Broadclub Cuttlefish 

Category:

Bläckfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Sepiida (Order) > Sepiidae (Family) > Ascarosepion (Genus) > latimanus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1832 

Occurrence:

Australia, China, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Guam, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Palau, Philippines, South China Sea, Sulawesi, Taiwan 

Sea depth:

8 - 55 Meter 

Size:

11.81" - 19.69" (30cm - 50cm) 

Weight:

10 kg 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Shrimps, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

879.91 gal (~ 4000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

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in this lexicon:

• 
  Ascarosepion apama
  Riesensepia
• 
  Ascarosepion bandense
  Stumpfdorn-Sepia
• 
  Ascarosepion latimanus
  Breitarm-Sepia
• 
  Ascarosepion mestus
  Zwerg-Sepie
• 
  Ascarosepion papuense
  Papua Tintenfisch, Papua Sepie
• 
  Ascarosepion pfefferi
  Pfeffers-Prachtsepie
• 
  Ascarosepion plangon
  Trauersepie, Trauertintenfisch
• 
  Ascarosepion tullbergi
  Zwergsepie

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-09-07 14:43:44 

Last edit:

2024-05-03 16:52:39 

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