Foca Pia vs Whitley’s cuttlefish

Pagophilus groenlandicus compared with Sepia whitleyana

Key Differences

• Foca Pia is Not Evaluated while Whitley’s cuttlefish is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Foca Pia	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)	Sepiida (Sepiida)
Family	Phocidae (True Seals)	Sepiidae
Genus	Pagophilus	Sepia
Species	Pagophilus groenlandicus	Sepia whitleyana

Evolutionary Relationship

Foca Pia and Whitley’s cuttlefish share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Foca Pia

NE — Not Evaluated

Whitley’s cuttlefish

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Foca Pia	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Foca Pia

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

Whitley’s cuttlefish