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Cuttlefish

Photo by RobertSuntay
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found this in about 30 feet of water on a night dive. Location is Twin Rocks dive site in Anilao, Batangas, Philippines. It seemed to be guarding a nest amidst a mix of hard and soft coral.

Notes:

This was a pretty chunky fellow: perhaps, 1.5 feet in length and pretty stout all around.

Species ID Suggestions

Cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis
KelliSparks
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Comments (2)
Blogie
Hi Robert. This would be a good addition to the Mollusca mission! I hope you'll include it -- and your other mollusks -- in the mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/12147638
The MnMs
Nice finding and explanation :-)
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PublishedOctober 27, 2011

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