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Cephalopods are often
hard to determinate, also because most Cephalopods
posses the ability to change color. They do that by their
Chromatophores, pigment-containing and light-reflecting
cells, also found in amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans. Sometimes the
flash of a strobe makes them change color instantly. Next to that, a lot of
Cephalopods, especially squid and cuttlefish, also use Bioluminescence
produced by bacterial symbionts.
Cephalopods are the highest developed member of the mollusks; related to, for example, shells and nudibranch. The name Cephalopods comes from the Greek and means head / foot. The main members are octopus, squid en cuttlefish, but also the seldom seen nautilus and argonauts are part of it. There are over 800 different species, all marine; there are no fresh water species.
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![]() Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2002 Dive site: Hairball II |
![]() Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2002 Dive site: Hairball II |
![]() Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2002 Dive site: Jahir |
![]() Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2008 Dive site: Kuda laut I |
![]() Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2008 Dive site: Kuda laut I |
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Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2008 Dive site: Kuda laut I |
![]() Metasepia pfefferi, eggs eggs of Flamboyant cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2008 Dive site: Kuda laut II |
Metasepia pfefferi juvenile Flamboyant cuttlefish Ambon, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Hatiwe |
Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Jahir |
![]() Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Jahir (night dive) |
![]() Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Jahir (night dive) |
![]() Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Rojos |
![]() Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Jahir |
![]() Sepia aculeata Needle cuttlefish Halmahera, Indonesia 2010 house reef Weda resort (night dive) |
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![]() Sepia aculeata Needle cuttlefish Halmahera, Indonesia 2010 house reef Weda resort (night dive) |
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![]() Sepia esculenta Golden cuttlefish Bali, Indonesia 2011 Dive site: house reef Kubu Indah (night dive) |
Sepia latimanus Broadclub cuttlefish Kapalai, Malaysia 2003 Dive site: house reef (Mandarin valley) |
![]() Sepia latimanus Broadclub cuttlefish Gili Islands, Lombok, Indonesia 2009 Dive site: Shark point, Gili Trawangan |
![]() Sepia latimanus Broadclub cuttlefish Gili Islands, Lombok, Indonesia 2009 Dive site: Bounty, Gili Meno |
![]() Sepia latimanus Broadclub cuttlefish ('before' 1st flash) Bali, Indonesia 2009 Tulamben, USAT Liberty (night dive) |
![]() Sepia latimanus Broadclub cuttlefish (after 1st flash) Bali, Indonesia 2009 Tulamben, USAT Liberty (night dive) |
Sepia latimanus Broadclub cuttlefish Bali, Indonesia 2009 Dive site: Menjangan, Garden eel point |
Sepia latimanus Broadclub cuttlefish Ambon, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Laha III / Rhino |
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Sepia latimanus Broadclub cuttlefish Ambon, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Laha III / Rhino |
![]() Sepia latimanus Broadclub cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Jarijari (night dive) |
![]() Sepia latimanus Broadclub cuttlefish Bali, Indonesia 2011 Dive site: house reef Kubu Indah (night dive) |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2009 Dive site: Zeelandbrug |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2004 Dive site: Zeelandbrug |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2004 Dive site: Zeelandbrug |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2008 Dive site: Zeelandbrug |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2006 Dive site: Oesterdam / Bergse Diepsluis |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2006 Dive site: Oesterdam / Bergse Diepsluis |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2009 Dive site: Zeelandbrug |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2009 Dive site: Zeelandbrug |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2009 Dive site: Zoetersbout |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2009 Dive site: Zoetersbout |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2009 Dive site: Stavenisse |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2011 Dive site: Oesterdam / Bergse Diepsluis |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2011 Dive site: Oesterdam / Bergse Diepsluis |
![]() Sepia officinalis juvenile Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2010 Dive site: Oesterdam / Bergse Diepsluis |
![]() Sepia officinalis Common cuttlefish eggs Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2010 Dive site: Oesterdam / Bergse Diepsluis |
![]() Sepia officinalis Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2010 Dive site: Oesterdam / Bergse Diepsluis |
![]() Sepia officinalis Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2010 Dive site: Oesterdam / Bergse Diepsluis |
![]() Sepia officinalis Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2010 Dive site: Oesterdam / Bergse Diepsluis |
![]() Sepia officinalis Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2010 Dive site: Oesterdam / Bergse Diepsluis |
![]() Sepia officinalis Common cuttlefish Oosterschelde, Netherlands 2010 Dive site: Oesterdam / Bergse Diepsluis |
![]() Sepia prashadi Hooded cuttlefish Deep South, Egypt 2004 Dive site: Fury shoal, Abu galawa |
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![]() Sepia sp. Pygmy cuttlefish Ambon, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Tower |
Sepia sp. Pygmy cuttlefish Ambon, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Tower |
Sepia sp. Pygmy cuttlefish ('before' 1st flash) Ambon, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Laha III / Rhino |
Sepia sp. Pygmy cuttlefish (after 1st flash) Ambon, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Laha III / Rhino |
Sepia sp. (male feeding female) Pygmy cuttlefish Ambon, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Laha III / Rhino |
![]() Sepia sp. unidentified cuttlefish Wadi Lahami, Egypt 2003 Dive site: Torfa |
![]() Sepia sp. unidentified cuttlefish Bali, Indonesia 2009 Dive site: Kalanganyar |
Sepia bandensis Stumpy-spined cuttlefish Ambon, Indonesia 2010 house reef Maluku divers (night dive) |
![]() Sepia sp. unidentified eggs of Sepia sp. Halmahera, Indonesia 2010 house reef Weda resort (night dive) |
![]() Sepia sp. juvenile unidentified cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Teluk kembahu III |
![]() Sepia sp. juvenile unidentified cuttlefish Lembeh, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Teluk kembahu III |
Sepia sp. unidentified dwarf cuttlefish Ambon, Indonesia 2010 Dive site: Jetty (night dive) |
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