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Atlantic Bobtail

Sepiola atlantica

How to spot it

A thumbnail-sized cephalopod (also called the Little Cuttlefish) with a stubby rounded body and small ear-like fins. Buries in clean sand by day with just its eyes showing, and is flecked with iridescent specks.

Usually seen at

7-155 m (median 43 m)

Size

Small (under 10 cm)

Habitat

Sandy bottom

Behaviour

Burrowing, On bottom, Hovering

Where it's seen

Occurrence records around the UK and north-east Atlantic (OBIS).

55°N50°N10°W0°E
fewermore records PEBL site

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