Lookup any pictures of the iconic Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) and you’re sure to see it’s flashing bright purple and yellow hues. However, a recent study proves their colorful patterns are only a display, and they spend most of their…
Meet The Striped Pyjama Squid: Sepioloidea lineolata
Striped pyjama squids (Sepioloidea lineolata) are some of the cutest cephalopods, rarely seen in aquariums. Pyjama squids are part of the Sepiadariida family, which is a group related to squid and cuttlefish. So it seems despite their name, pyjama squids…
13 Creatures To Photograph At The Murex Bangka House Reef
Murex Bangka House Reef Guests staying at the Bangka Island hotel are in for a treat. The Murex house reef is only a fin toss away from the shore and full of interesting creatures to photograph. And regardless of where…
Meet Sepios, a robot that swims like a cuttlefish
The strange looking four-finned robot doesn’t look like much until it is placed in the water when its fins start undulating and it begins to dance through the water. Inspired by the movements of cuttlefish, Sepios is a unique robot…
Three more new MACNA talks; Nick Klase on LEDs, Laura Birenbaum on cuttlefish and Justin Credabel
MACNA may be more than a month past but the density of high quality speaker presentations continues to be felt on a weekly basis with releases from BulkReefSupply every seven days. Up this week are talks from Nick Klase of…
ReefGen’s captive bred cuttlefish are ready for prime time
No one can ever accuse ReefGen of sitting on their laurels as they blaze a new trail of captive propagated marine life, this time in the direction of our Ceph Overlords. Sepia bandensis is one of the more desirable cuttlefish for…
Friday Smorgasbord: Corals, eels, cuttles and whales
We can’t believe another month has passed us by! Summer is now in full swing and we aren’t taking a vacation from our Friday Smorgasbord, so slather on the sun screen and lets go. Macro photography in the aquarium is…
Broad Club Cuttlefish, Sepia latimanus, maturing quickly at the Steinhart Aquarium
[vimeo width=”680″ height=”420″]http://vimeo.com/26347872[/vimeo] The broad club cuttlefish living at the Steinhart Aquarium in the California Academy of Sciences are going on six months old and are really starting to show the behaviors of adults. Sometimes known as the Giant Cuttlefish,…
Cuttlefish mimicry pictured in varied detail
The cuttlefish is one master of disguise using its ability to change colors as well as shifting the shape of its body to mimic its surroundings. This ability to blend in has been captured in a series of photographs by…
Steinhart Aquarium the first to successfully breed dwarf cuttlefish
The California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium recently became the first aquarium in the U.S. to successfully breed Sepia bandensis, more commonly known as dwarf cuttlefish. Pioneered by Academy marine biologist and Reef Builders’ own Rich Ross, the breeding program…
