Biodiversity & Conservation

Common bobtail - Sepietta oweniana

Sepietta oweniana

Image - Line drawing of Sepietta oweniana. Image width ca XX cm.
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Sepietta oweniana recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Taxonomy icon Taxonomy Taxon English term
Phylum Mollusca Snails, slugs, mussels, cockles, clams & squid
Class Cephalopoda Cuttlefish, nautilus, octopus & squid
Authority Orbigny, 1840
Recent synonyms None
Map icon Recorded Distribution in Britain and Ireland Found on all British and Irish coasts
Habitat information icon Habitat information Found over muddy bottoms
Text page icon Description A small cuttlefish between 35-50 cm in length, with an ovoid body shape. The dorsal pair of arms between the eyes are linked by a membrane. The fins are short and oval.
Identifying features
  • Mantle blunt and bullet-shaped.
  • Fins with a slight lateral angle and pronounced anterior lobes.
  • Tentacular clubs with about 32 very minute, subequal suckers in transverse rows.
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This review can be cited as follows:

Emily Wilson 2006. Sepietta oweniana. Common bobtail. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 18/06/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=4335>