Sepia officinalis
Date 1896
Source I Cefalopodi viventi nel Golfo di Napoli (sistematica) : monografia
Author Comingio Merculiano (1845–1915) in Giuseppe Jatta
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sepia_officinalis_eggs.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.