Sepiola atlantica Atlantic Bobtail Squid

Sepiola atlanticais commonly referred to as Atlantic Bobtail Squid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6340 

AphiaID:

141454 

Scientific:

Sepiola atlantica 

German:

Zwergsepia, kleine Sprutte 

English:

Atlantic Bobtail Squid 

Category:

Cephalopoda 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Sepiida (Order) > Sepiolidae (Family) > Sepiola (Genus) > atlantica (Species) 

Initial determination:

d'Orbigny, 1845 

Occurrence:

the Black Sea, the North Sea, Bay of Biscay, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Iceland, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

1 - 150 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

39.2 °F - 73.4 °F (4°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Brine Shrimps, Carrion, Copepods, Cyclops, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, omnivore, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Sepiola affinis
• 
  Sepiola atlantica
  Zwergsepia, kleine Sprutte
• Sepiola aurantiaca
• 
  Sepiola birostrata
  Zwergsepie
• Sepiola boletzkyi
• Sepiola bursadhaesa
• Sepiola intermedia
• Sepiola knudseni
• Sepiola ligulata
• Sepiola parva
• Sepiola pfefferi
• Sepiola robusta
• 
  Sepiola rondeletii
  Zwergtintenfisch
• Sepiola rossiaeformis
• Sepiola steenstrupiana
• Sepiola tridens
• Sepiola trirostrata
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-11-03 10:53:43 

Last edit:

2013-11-03 10:53:43 

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