Sepia apama, Australian giant cuttlefish : fisheries, bait

Sepia apama   Gray, 1849

Australian giant cuttlefish

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Cephalopoda | Sepiida | Sepiidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Reef-associated; depth range 2 - 100 m (Ref. 843).  Tropical; 23°S - 40°S, 113°E - 154°E (Ref. 1695)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 50.0 cm ML male/unsexed; (Ref. 275); max. published weight: 10.5 kg (Ref. 1695)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

One of the largest cuttlefishes (Ref. 3722). Minimum depth from Ref. 116336. Also found in open trawl grounds (Ref. 275). Epibenthic (Ref. 116259).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Cephalopoda are gonochoric. Male and female adults usually die shortly after spawning and brooding, respectively. Mating behavior: Males perform various displays to attract potential females for copulation. During copulation, male grasp the female and inserts the hectocotylus into the female's mantle cavity where fertilization usually occurs. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic stage and live for some time before they grow larger and take up a benthic existence as adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney and C.E. Nauen. 1984. (Ref. 275)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 11 March 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; bait: usually
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Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

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