Acanthosepion ellipticum

Animalia/Mollusca/Cephalopoda/Sepiida/Sepiidae/Acanthosepion

At a glance

Occurrence records1 902

Data sources5

Biological traits6

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Acanthosepion ellipticum's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility896 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System1 006 records↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 902 records

01Narrative

Sepia elliptica is een soort in de taxonomische indeling van de inktvissen, een klasse dieren die tot de stam der weekdieren (Mollusca) behoort. De inktvis komt enkel in zout water voor en is in staat om van kleur te veranderen. Hij beweegt zich voort door water in zijn mantel te pompen en het er via de sifon weer krachtig uit te persen. De inktvis is een carnivoor en zijn voedsel bestaat voornamelijk uit vis, krabben, kreeften en weekdieren die ze met de zuignappen op hun grijparmen vangen. De inktvis komt uit het geslacht Sepia en behoort tot de familie Sepiidae. Sepia elliptica werd in 1885 beschreven door Hoyle.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length17.5 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits3

Depth max142 m

Depth min10 m

Vulnerability10

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 902 records

Wild obs. + sensor700

Museum / vouchered1 202

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 224 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit610

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 29.3 m · max 137.5 m · 610 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 109≤1 km 552>10 km 1

662 georeferenced · 38 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor700

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy49% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 276≤10 km 282>10 km 13

580 georeferenced · 622 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 202

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Museums Victorialocation not on record	508
DEWlocation not on record	108
Sydney, AU	88
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	78
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	26
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	6
Brussels, BE	2
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	1

9 institutions · 818 of 1 202 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources5 archives

Size & morphology1

Habitat & environment2

Other traits3

Record type1 902 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 9 geolocated

Record type1 902 records