Hedley's Cuttlefish

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 83 records
February: 60 records
March: 66 records
April: 40 records
May: 28 records
June: 16 records
July: 11 records
August: 22 records
September: 32 records
October: 28 records
November: 19 records
December: 57 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–348 m · Deepest record: 510 m

0–10 m: 135 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 49 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–26 °C

12–14 °C: 43 records
14–16 °C: 216 records
16–18 °C: 30 records
18–20 °C: 35 records
20–22 °C: 52 records
22–24 °C: 29 records
24–26 °C: 14 records

Photos

(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Stella Fish, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Grady Duffy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Hedley's Cuttlefish, King Cuttlefish

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: オウサマコウイカ

Other scientific names: Decorisepia rex, Sepia dannevigi, Sepia hedleyi, Sepia rex

Similar species

Southern Cuttlefish
Decorisepia australis
Acanthosepion ellipticum
Pharaoh Cuttlefish
Acanthosepion pharaonis
Smith's Cuttlefish
Acanthosepion smithi
Australian Giant Cuttlefish
Ascarosepion apama
Broadclub Cuttlefish
Ascarosepion latimanus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
603 open-data records from 1898 to 2015.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.