Sepietta oweniana: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the sepietta oweniana lives – recorded in 8 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Sepietta oweniana
Group	Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish
Status	Data deficient (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	8 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Cephalopod
Order	Sepiolida
Family	Sepiolidae

Where does the sepietta oweniana live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the sepietta oweniana in 8 countries and territories across Asia and Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the sepietta oweniana endangered?

The sepietta oweniana’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Data deficient” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the sepietta oweniana?

The sepietta oweniana (Sepietta oweniana) is a cephalopod in the order Sepiolida and the family Sepiolidae, genus Sepietta. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the sepietta oweniana

Sepietta oweniana (common bobtail squid or common bobtail) is a common marine mollusc from the order Sepiida, the cuttlefish.

Common bobtails possess large, rounded pupils, eight arms each having biserial suckers and two arms with 32 tiny uniform-sized suckers in transverse rows to be used for securing their prey. The mantle lengths of the common bobtail differ depending on gender, as males range 15 to 29mm whereas females range 18 to 34mm. The average length of a male common bobtail is 15 to 30mm, with females having an average of 18 to 36mm. The weight of a male common bobtail, between 0.1g - 0.7g.on average is more than a male common bobtail average, 0.2g - 1.4g in mass.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sepietta oweniana (revision 1373745728), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2412272 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).