Sepiola atlantica, also known as the Atlantic bobtail, is a species of bobtail squid native to the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Atlantic Bobtail 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
- Euprymna tasmanica
- Rossia pacifica
- Lolliguncula brevis
- Sepiadarium austrinum
- Alloteuthis subulata
- Idiosepius pygmaeus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Sepiolida
- Family
- Sepiolidae
- Genus
- Sepiola
- Species
- Sepiola atlantica
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