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  2. Cuttlefish - Wikipedia

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    Cuttlefish eat small molluscs, crabs, shrimp, fish, octopuses, worms, and other cuttlefish. Their predators include dolphins, larger fish (including sharks), seals, seabirds, and other cuttlefish. The typical life expectancy of a cuttlefish is about 1–2 years. Studies are said to indicate cuttlefish to be among the most intelligent ...

  3. Giant cuttlefish - Wikipedia

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    The giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama), also known as the Australian giant cuttlefish, [3] is the world's largest cuttlefish species, growing to 50 cm (20 in) in mantle length and up to 100 cm (39 in) in total length (total length meaning the whole length of the body including outstretched tentacles). They can weigh over 10.5 kg (23 lb).

  4. Common cuttlefish - Wikipedia

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    The cuttlebone of a cuttlefish. This is the largest hard part of a cuttlefish, maintaining the rigidity of its body.. The common cuttlefish is one of the largest species of cuttlefish with a mantle length reaching up to 45 cm and a mass of 4 kg on a presumed male, although this is for an exceptional specimen in temperate waters; specimens in subtropical waters rarely surpass a mantle length of ...

  5. Sepia esculenta - Wikipedia

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    Sepia esculenta, the golden cuttlefish, is a cuttlefish ranging from the Russian seas to the Philippines and throughout the western Pacific. [1] This species of cuttlefish is a nektobenthic organism living with a range of depths between 10m-150m (33 ft-492 ft) [2] but is primarily found within the shallow, coastal waters from Japan to the Philippines at a depth between 10m-100m. [3]

  6. Pharaoh cuttlefish - Wikipedia

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    The pharaoh cuttlefish (Acanthosepion pharaonis) is a large cuttlefish species, growing to 42 cm in mantle length and 5 kg in weight. [2] [3]Acanthosepion pharaonis is likely a complex of at least three species, Acanthosepion pharaonis I, commonly located in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, A. pharaonis II, located from Japan to the Gulf of Thailand and northern Australia; and A. pharaonis III ...

  7. Sepia elegans - Wikipedia

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    Sepia elegans, the elegant cuttlefish, is a species of cuttlefish in the family Sepiidae from the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is an important species for fisheries in some parts of the Mediterranean where its population may have suffered from overfishing .

  8. Metasepia pfefferi - Wikipedia

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    Metasepia pfefferi, also known as the flamboyant cuttlefish, is a species of cuttlefish occurring in tropical Indo-Pacific waters off northern Australia, southern New Guinea, as well as numerous islands of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia.

  9. Category:Cuttlefish - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the Cuttlefish (order Sepiida), marine molluscs. They belong to the class Cephalopoda which also includes squid , octopuses , and nautiluses . Cuttlefish have a unique internal shell , the cuttlebone , which is used for control of buoyancy .