Acanthosepion aculeatum Needle cuttlefish

Acanthosepion aculeatum is commonly referred to as Needle cuttlefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: 5 - Svår. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6930 

AphiaID:

1666971 

Scientific:

Acanthosepion aculeatum 

German:

Gemeine Sepie 

English:

Needle Cuttlefish 

Category:

Bläckfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Sepiida (Order) > Sepiidae (Family) > Acanthosepion (Genus) > aculeatum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(A. d'Orbigny, ), 1835 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central Pazific, China, Corea, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Lembeh Strait, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Pacific (Ocean), Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 60 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.06" (23 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Invertebrates, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

5 - Svår 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Acanthosepion aculeatum
  Gemeine Sepie
• 
  Acanthosepion esculentum
  Goldene Sepie
• 
  Acanthosepion pharaonis
  Pharao-Sepia
• 
  Acanthosepion smithi
  Smith's Sepie

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-03-28 22:42:23 

Last edit:

2024-05-09 21:20:08 

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