Sepia plangon

Taxonomical systematics

Scientific name

Sepia plangon

Common names

Mourning Cuttlefish,

Genus

Sepia

Family

Sepiidae

Order

Sepiida

Subclass

Coleoidea

Class

Cephalopoda

Phylum

Mollusca

Local ecology

Distribution

Eastern Australia: Gulf of Carpentaria to Central New South Wales.. (Found in Sydney)

Biological characteristics

Maximum size

15cm TL

Mourning Cuttlefish Sepia plangon at Camp Cove, Sydney Harbour, NSW.

A pair of Mourning Cuttlefish Sepia plangon at Camp Cove, Sydney Harbour, NSW.