Sighting 3389572
Cuttlefish at Merimbula, NSW
Identification history
| Sepia mestus | 6 Mar 2025 | Jimbobo | ||
| Sepia sp. (genus) | 21 Jan 2018 | MandyReid | ||
| Sepia sp. (genus) | 21 Jan 2018 | MandyReid | ||
| Unverified | 20 Jan 2018 | rickcarey |
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User's notes
very small cuttlefish, a brilliant display of colours
1 comment
MandyReid
wrote:
21 Jan 2018
It was originally suggested that this species is Sepia mestus. Pictures 2 and 3, and animal on the right in the main photo look like Sepia mestus to me but the others look like juvenile Sepia apama. Could two species have been photographed here? Sepia apama (unlike Sepia mestus) has three large lobes above each eye. The black false 'eyespots' on the dorsal mantle are characteristic of Sepia mestus.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.927044-36.905294
- Places Merimbula, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 4 Nov 2014 12:45 PM Recorded on
- rickcarey Recorded by
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Collections
rickcarey NatureMapr South Coast Octopuses, Squids (Cephalopoda) Sea Shells, Sea Slugs, Octopuses & allies (Mollusca) Marine Invertebrates Sepia sp. (genus)
Additional information
- Deeper than 15m Depth of sighting
Species information
- Sepia sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Cuttlefish Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 17.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes