Sepia papillata is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean and southwestern Indian Ocean. Its natural range stretches from Lüderitz Bay, South Africa (26°11′S 15°10′E), to the coast of KwaZulu-Natal off the Tugela and Umvoti Rivers (29°11′S 31°25′E). It is also present in Mascarene Ridge. It lives at depths of between 26 and 210 m.S. papillata grows to a mantle length of 140 mm.The type specimen was collected near the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
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