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Cuttlefish, Squid, the Class
Cephalopoda, Part B: Squids, Cuttlefishes
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Sepia
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Cuttlefish & Squids:
Genus Metasepia:
Metasepia pfefferi Hoyle 1885. The
Flamboyant Cuttlefish. Western Pacific; Australia, Indonesia,
Philippines. Females to about four inches (body length), males half that. Almost always
pictured "disturbed" in its brilliant coloration. Active,
"walking", hunting during the day. Uses two long
tentacles to grab fishes, crustaceans, gastropods. Two dorsal fins
and a "keel" process. Shown below: A vertical of a
feeding individual, an "alarmed" one and a batch of eggs
laid in an overturned half cocoanut shell. For years divers would pick them
up in their hands. Turns out, Metasepia are quite venomous! Indonesia and
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Genus Sepia:
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Sepia
sp.2. Dwarf (Thumbnail size) Cuttlefish. N. Sulawesi
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