Australian Giant Cuttlefish
Ascarosepion apama
Mollusca
NEAR THREATENED
Stats
- Lifespan
- 1-2 yrs
- Size
- Huge
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate reef
- Range
- Australia
- Movement
- Swimming
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Near Threatened
About
The Australian Giant Cuttlefish is a giant cephalopod native to temperate and subtropical waters of Australia, found at depths of 100 meters. Using cells known as chromatophores, the cuttlefish can put on spectacular displays, changing colour in an instant.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult shell size or body length.
Learn more
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Sepiida
- Family
- Sepiidae
- Genus
- Ascarosepion
- Species
- Ascarosepion apama