Cuttlefish
Date 6 October 2009, 11:04
Source Cuttlefish
Author David Sim http://www.flickr.com/people/48266396@N00 from London, United Kingdom
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuttlefish_@_Ocean%C3%A1rio_de_Lisboa.jpg

The common cuttlefish or European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species. The common cuttlefish is native to at least the Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, and Baltic Sea, although subspecies have been proposed as far south as South Africa.
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Subgenus: Sepia
Species: Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms:
Sepia rugosa Bowdich, 1822
Sepia vicellius Gray, 1849
Sepia zebrina Risso, 1854
Sepia filliouxi Lafont, 1869
?Sepia fischeri Lafont, 1871
Sepia officinalis mediterranea Ninni, 1884
?Sepia veranyi P. Fischer in Lagatu, 1888