black-calabash vs Whitley’s cuttlefish

Amphitecna latifolia compared with Sepia whitleyana

Key Differences

• black-calabash is Least Concern while Whitley’s cuttlefish is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-calabash	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Sepiida (Sepiida)
Family	Bignoniaceae	Sepiidae
Genus	Amphitecna	Sepia
Species	Amphitecna latifolia	Sepia whitleyana

Conservation Status

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Whitley’s cuttlefish

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-calabash	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-calabash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Whitley’s cuttlefish

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.