Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific 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
This species may be a cryptic species complex.
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Cephalopoda (Class) Cephalopods
 └Decapodiformes (Superorder) Squids and Cuttlefishes
  └Myopsida (Order)
   └Loliginidae (Family) Squids
    └Sepioteuthis (Genus)
     └S. lessoniana (Species)
WoRMS ID: 220317🔗
iNaturalist ID: 121187🔗

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