Bali Cephalopoda

Cephalopoda in Bali includes species of octopus, squid and cuttlefish. Many species can be difficult to identify, so many of the names we use are tentative, several based on similarities to photos in Humann & DeLoach (2010). This page does not include all species of cephalopods found in Bali, only those for which we happened to get photos.

The thumbnails below link to pages with additional, larger photographs.

OCTOPODIDAE - Octopus


Abdopus aculeatus


Abdopus sp.

Abdopus sp.

Amphioctopus marginatus

Callistoctopus luteus

Callistoctopus luteus

Octopus cyanea

Octopodidae sp. 1

Octopodidae sp. 2

Thaumoctopus mimicus

Wunderpus photogenicus

LOLIGINIDAE - Squid


Sepioteuthis lessoniana

ENOPLOTEUTHIDAE - Enope Squid


Abralia andamanica?

OMMASTREPHIDAE - Enope Squid


Nototodarus sp.

IDIOSEPHIIDAE - Pygmy Squid


Idiosepius sp.

SEPIOLIDAE - Bobtail Squid


Euprymna berryi


Euprymna berryi

SEPIADARIIDAE - Bottletails


Sepiadarium kochii

SEPIIDAE - Cuttlefish


Acanthosepion cf aculeatum


Acanthosepion esculentum

Acanthosepion esculentum

Acanthosepion esculentum

Ascarosepion bandense

Ascarosepion latimanus

Ascarosepion latimanus

Ascarosepion latimanus

Ascarosepion latimanus

Ascarosepion latimanus

Ascarosepion papuense

Ascarosepion papuense

Ascarosepion papuense

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