Ascarosepion pfefferi

Ascarosepion pfefferi
Ascarosepion pfefferi at Lembeh Sulawesi, 2014
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiidae
Genus: Ascarosepion
Species:
A. pfefferi
Binomial name
Ascarosepion pfefferi
(Hoyle, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Sepia (Metasepia) pfefferi
    Hoyle, 1885
  • Metasepia pfefferi
    (Hoyle, 1885)

Ascarosepion pfefferi, also known as the flamboyant cuttlefish, is a species of cuttlefish occurring in tropical Indo-Pacific waters off northern Australia, southern New Guinea, as well as numerous islands of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia.