Flamboyant cuttlefish
Metasepia pfefferi
Sighting evidence at Blue Ring Flats
Photo: Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC
Flamboyant cuttlefish are the only cuttlefish known to be toxic — their muscle tissue contains the same compounds found in blue-ringed octopus and pufferfish, and their walking-on-fins behaviour combined with their continuously rippling warning coloration makes them unmistakable. They are the only cuttlefish that regularly walk across the seafloor rather than hover, using modified ventral fin tips as legs.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Flamboyant cuttlefish is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.