Reaper Cuttlefish

Ascarosepion mestus, also known as the reaper cuttlefish or red cuttlefish, is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically Escape Reef off Queensland (15°47′S 145°47′E) to Murrays Beach off Jervis Bay (35°08′S 150°46′E). Reports of this species from China and Vietnam are now known to be misidentifications. A. mestus lives at a depth of between 0 and 22 m.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Reaper 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

• Sepia vermiculata
• Ascarosepion rozella
• Ascarosepion novaehollandiae
• Sepia officinalis
• Ascarosepion apama
• Decorisepia hedleyi

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Cephalopoda

Order

Sepiida

Family

Sepiidae

Genus

Ascarosepion

Species

Ascarosepion mestus

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