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Flamboyant Cuttlefish

Ascarosepion pfefferi

Also known as: Cephalopod, Lightening Cuttlefish, Pfeffers Cuttlefish, Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Seppia Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Metasepia pfefferi

LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@fishx6 · Lembeh Resort, Indonesia · August 20081 / 1

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Overview

Juveniles can produce the same colour and camouflage patterns as their parents from birth. Very small ones have been seen flashing colours continuously and gesturing with their arms.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
blotches
Behaviour
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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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RANGE
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Juvenile photos 1

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Discussion

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classCephalopoda
    4. orderSepiida
    5. familySepiidae
    6. genusAscarosepion
    7. speciesAscarosepion pfefferi (Hoyle, 1885)

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