Ascarosepion
| Ascarosepion | |
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| Ascarosepion mestus | |
| Ascarosepion pfefferi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiidae |
| Genus: | Ascarosepion Hoyle, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Ascarosepion verreauxi Rochebrune, 1884 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Ascarosepion is a genus of cuttlefish inhabiting the coastal regions of the Indian Ocean and East Pacific (comprising part of the Indo-Pacific region). The genus varies wildly in size, from the two species of small, colorful cuttlefish formerly classified in the genus Metasepia, to the largest species of extant cuttlefish, the giant cuttlefish.