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Pharaoh cuttlefish
Sepia pharaonis
9.3217, 98.042
Field Notes
Description:
Mateing cuttlefish. Pharaoh cuttlefish often show a solid color when resting on a solid color background, alternating from a pale white to all dark brown.
Habitat:
It is native to the Indian Ocean.
Notes:
The males circle each other performing threatening displays of color and tentacles until one male swims off in defeat. The victorious male then mates with females by grabbing them with their tentacles, turning the female so that the two animals are face-to-face, then using a specialized tentacle to insert sperm sacs into an opening near the female's mouth. The male then guards the female until she lays the fertilized eggs a few hours later.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2018
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