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Bottletail Squids

Sepiadariidae Fischer 1882

Habitat

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Benthic. All species bury in the sand during the day and emerge at night to feed. All produce mucous from the underside of the body when disturbed.

Reference

Jereb, P.; Roper, C.F.E. (Eds)(2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates.

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