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Little Cuttlefish, Little Cuttle

Sepiola atlantica

1,601Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
16Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan71
Feb211
Mar57
Apr13
May41
Jun46
Jul238
Aug258
Sep397
Oct71
Nov24
Dec5

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England21
2Argyll and Bute Scotland4
3Torbay England4
4Isles of Scilly England3
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland3
6Kent England2
7Highland Scotland2
8Cornwall England2
9Devon England2
10Gwynedd Wales2
11Fife Scotland2
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
13Suffolk England1
14Shetland Islands —1
15Isle of Anglesey Wales1
410 England85 Scotland35 Wales65 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,601
Peak month
September
Counties with records
16
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Sepiola atlantica
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
660
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Sepiida
Family
Sepiolidae
Genus
Sepiola
Name with authority
Sepiola atlantica d'Orbigny, 1842
Described
1842
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q292467 · GBIF 2289177