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Spider cuttlefish

Doratosepion lorigerum (Wülker, 1910)

Status not recordedoctopus and squid

The spider cuttlefish (Doratosepion lorigerum) is a species in the family Sepiidae, order Sepiida.

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Quick facts about the spider cuttlefish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the spider cuttlefish live?

Not recorded

Is the spider cuttlefish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the spider cuttlefish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderSepiida
  5. familySepiidae
  6. genusDoratosepion
  7. SpeciesDoratosepion lorigerum (Wülker, 1910)

Synonyms Sepia lorigera

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • ウスベニコウイカJapanese
  • Choco-aranhaPortuguese
  • Булаворукая каракатицаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spider cuttlefish

Other species in the same genus Doratosepion.

Bouzukouika

Doratosepion erostratum

SepiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the spider cuttlefish?

The spider cuttlefish (Doratosepion lorigerum) belongs to the family Sepiidae in the order Sepiida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Spider cuttlefish (Doratosepion lorigerum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spider-cuttlefish

MLA

“Spider cuttlefish (Doratosepion lorigerum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/spider-cuttlefish.

BibTeX
@misc{spider_cuttlefish_2026,
  title = {Spider cuttlefish (Doratosepion lorigerum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spider-cuttlefish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}