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Tropical Bottletail Squid

Sepiadarium kochi

Also known as: Bobtail Squid, Bottletail Cuttlefish, Bottletail Squid, Koch's Bottletail Squid, Orange Bottletail Squid

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2012
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Adult
@blogie · Isla Reta Beach Resort, Talikud Island, Island Garden City of Samal, Philippines · October 20111 / 3
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Overview

Found in shallow, coastal waters and lagoons, often buried on muck bottoms, or in the sand with just the eyes showing.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans.

Some of the smallest squids, they can change colour when predators come near.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
white spots
Behaviour
buries in sandchanges colournocturnal

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found in shallow, coastal waters and lagoons, often buried on muck bottoms, or in the sand with just the eyes showing.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classCephalopoda
    4. orderSepiolida
    5. familySepiadariidae
    6. genusSepiadarium
    7. speciesSepiadarium kochi Steenstrup, 1881

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