Sepia esculenta
| Sepia esculenta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Sepia |
| Species: | S. esculenta |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepia esculenta (Hoyle, 1885) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sepia (Platysepia) esculenta Hoyle, 1885 | |
Sepia esculenta, the golden cuttlefish, is a cuttlefish ranging from the Russian seas to the Philippines and throughout the western Pacific. This species of cuttlefish is a nektobenthic organism living with a range of depths between 10m-150m (33 ft-492 ft) but is primarily found within the shallow, coastal waters from Japan to the Philippines at a depth between 10m-100m. Members of this species are roughly 18 cm in length.