Acanthosepion esculentum

Acanthosepion esculentum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Acanthosepion
Species:
A. esculentum
Binomial name
Acanthosepion esculentum
(Hoyle, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Sepia (Platysepia) esculenta Hoyle, 1885
  • Sepia esculenta(Hoyle, 1885)

Acanthosepion esculentum, the golden cuttlefish, is a cuttlefish ranging from the Russian seas to the Philippines and throughout the western Pacific. This species of cuttlefish is a nektobenthic organism living with a range of depths between 10–150 m (33–492 ft) but is primarily found within the shallow, coastal waters from Japan to the Philippines at a depth between 10m-100m. Members of this species are roughly 18 cm (7.1 in) in length.