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title: "European Common Cuttlefish"
description: "Sepia officinalis — Altri animali. The common cuttlefish or European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/european-common-cuttlefish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# European Common Cuttlefish

> Sepia officinalis — Altri animali. The common cuttlefish or European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species.

- Scientific name: *Sepia officinalis*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 13169
- Wikidata: [Q756724](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q756724)
- iNaturalist taxon: [151429](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/151429)

## Names

- en: European Common Cuttlefish
- de: Gewöhnlicher Tintenfisch
- es: Sepia
- fr: Seiche commune
- nl: Gewone zeekat
- pl: Mątwa zwyczajna

## Countries with the most observations

ES (3777), FR (2278), GB (1310), PT (1088), IT (917), NL (782), GR (443), DK (397), HR (386), DE (186), BE (130), IE (58)

## Summary

The common cuttlefish or European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species. They are a migratory species that spend the summer and spring inshore for spawning and then move to depths of 100–200 metres (330–660 ft) during autumn and winter. They grow to 49 centimetres (19 in) in mantle length and 4 kilograms (8.8 lb) in weight. Animals from subtropical seas are smaller and rarely exceed 30 centimetres (12 in) in mantle length.
The common cuttlefish is native to at least the Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, and Baltic Sea, although subspecies have been proposed as far…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cuttlefish

## Photo

![European Common Cuttlefish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-common-cuttlefish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Pieter Huybrechts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26852193

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-common-cuttlefish?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).