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Ascarosepion de arrecife (Ascarosepion latimanus), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-22, DD 48
2023-08-22
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- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
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- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), Anilao, Philippines. It is the most common cuttlefish species on coral reefs, living at a depth of up to 30 metres (98 ft) and widely distributed from the Andaman Sea, east to Fiji, and south to northern Australia. The broadclub cuttlefish is the second largest cuttlefish species after the giant cuttlefish, growing to 50 centimetres (20 in) in mantle length and 10 kilograms (22 lb) in weight.