Coleoid cephalopods, a subclass of mollusks that includes octopuses, cuttlefish, and squid, exhibit sophisticated biological features, such as dynamic and neurally driven camouflage behavior, inter-individual communication, single-lens camera-like eyes, the largest brains among invertebrates, and a distinctive embryonic development. The common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis has served as a model organism in various research fields, spanning biophysics, neurobiology, behavior, evolution, ecology, and biomechanics. More recently, it has become a model to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying cephalopod camouflage, using quantitative behavioral approaches alongside molecular techniques to characterize the identity, evolution, and development of neuronal cell types. Despite significant interest in this animal, a high-quality, annotated genome of this species is still lacking. To address this, we sequenced and assembled a chromosome-scale genome for S. officinalis . Our assembly spans