Sepia orbignyana
Férussac in d’Orbigny, 1826
Irish Sea to southern Angola, Mediterranean. Predator on mobile preys, above sandy or sandy-muddy bottoms, from the infralittoral down to circa 250m deep; maximum depth registered: 570m (Jereb & Roper, 2005). The sepion is smaller (up to 10cm) and much more slender than that of officinalis.

Above and below: a female washed ashore at Narbonne-Plage, Aude, Occitania, S. France. 90mm. Original pictures provided by S. Clanzig (FR) – (CC BY-NC-SA).
Synonym: enoplon Rochebrune, 1884.
Presence of an acuminate and very conspicuous rostrum.
The males are smaller than the females.
Above and below: possible male from Leucate, Occitania. 58mm. Original pictures provided by S. Clanzig (FR).
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Detail of the rostrum.
Rostrum and sculpture on an immature (32mm) specimen from Les Rosaires, west of Saint-Brieuc, N. Britanny, NW. France. Size of the rostrum: 1,4mm. Left: ventral side; right: dorsal.
Il-Bajja s-Sabiħa, Birżebbuġa, SE. Malta. 85,3mm.
Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT).
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