Ascarosepion novaehollandiae is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Indo-Pacific. Its natural range stretches from Shellharbour, New South Wales (34°35′S 150°52′E) to Northwest Shelf in Western Australia (18°57′S 118°45′E). It lives at depths of between 15 and 348 m.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of New Holland Cuttlefish being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Decorisepia hedleyi
- Ascarosepion rozella
- Rhombosepion orbignyanum
- Ascarosepion opiparum
- Sepia officinalis
- Sepia vermiculata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Sepiida
- Family
- Sepiidae
- Genus
- Ascarosepion
- Species
- Ascarosepion novaehollandiae
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