Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

Bigfin Reef Squid
Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Bigfin Reef Squid
Category: Squids
Scientific Name: Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Size: Up to 14 in. (36 cm)  
Depth: 3-200 ft. (1-60 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Red Sea, Australia
Note: This species may be a cryptic species complex.
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Cephalopoda (Class)
 └Decapodiformes (Superorder)
  └Myopsida (Order)
   └Loliginidae (Family)
    └Sepioteuthis (Genus)
     └S. lessoniana (Species)

Mollusks
Squids

Bigfin Reef Squid



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