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  Cuttlefish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cuttlefish have an internal shell, large eyes, and eight arms and two tentacles furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which they secure their prey.
Cuttlefish possess an internal structure called the cuttlebone, which is composed of calcium carbonate and is porous, to provide the cuttlefish with buoyancy.
The blood of a cuttlefish is an unusual shade of green-blue because it uses the copper-containing protein hemocyanin to carry oxygen instead of the red iron-containing protein hemoglobin that is found in mammals.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cuttlefish   (910 words)

  
 Stuffed Cuttlefish From Stuffed Ark
Cuttlefish - Any of several marine cephalopods of the order Sepioidea, related to the octopus and squid and characterized by a thick, internal, calcified shell called the cuttlebone.
Cuttlefish inhabit shallow tropical or temperate coastal waters, usually migrating to deeper water in winter.
Cuttlefish are used by man as food, as a source of ink, and for the cuttlebone, a dietary supplement providing calcium for cage birds.
www.stuffedark.com /cuttlefishft.htm   (155 words)

  
 Cuttlefish Basics
The cuttlefish is an ambush predator and a master of disguise.
For the cuttlefish this ink is a decoy, a means of escape from predators.
The eggs of cuttlefish are laid in clumps together and are often coated in ink from the mother; this serves as camouflage for the eggs.
www.tonmo.com /articles/basiccuttlefish.php   (543 words)

  
 AMAZING CUTTLEFISH - Cephalopods with Natural Camouflage and Sepia Ink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cuttlefish are soft-bodied marine cephalopods, with a large head ringed by tentacles and an internal cuttlebone.
Cuttlefish are soft-bodied marine animals that can change both the colour and texture of their skin rapidly to provide natural camouflage.
Cuttlefish belong to the Class Cephalopoda and like all cephalopods, they have a large head that is ringed by tentacles.
users.bigpond.net.au /je.st/cuttlefish/index.html   (162 words)

  
 Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish normally swim by means of narrow fins that surround the body.Along with squid and octopus, cuttlefish propel themselves through the water at great speed by jetting water from the mantle cavity through a siphon.
Cuttlefish have some economic importance, not only for their flesh, which is eaten in many countries, but also for the “bone” of their internal shell and for the ink they secrete to cloud the water and elude their enemies.
The dried ink sacs of the animal yield the brown pigment sepia, and the dried, powdered cuttlebone is used in polishing and in other industrial processes, as well as a source of calcium and salts for captive birds and other animals.
www.abyss.com.au /cuttle.html   (238 words)

  
 Diving with Cuttlefish
Common throughout the Indo-Pacific region, Europe, Africa and beyond, the cuttlefish is a mollusc from the class of cephalopods, a cousin of the octopus and not a fish at all.
The cuttlefish is so called because they have a bone in the middle of their bodies, known as a cuttlebone, filled with gas, which is used as a buoyancy control device.
Generally speaking cuttlefish are not high on the lists of endangered species and there is not a great deal of data on their population numbers.
www.dive-the-world.com /creatures-cuttlefish.htm   (1014 words)

  
 feature_cuttlefish
However, their results showed that cuttlefish were able to detect contrast differences of at least 15%, which Mäthger and her colleagues suspect might be a critical factor in uncovering what determines camouflage patterning in cuttlefish.
Cuttlefish are cephalopods, relatives of octopuses and squid, and are found in all marine habitats worldwide; they are particularly abundant around coral reefs and temperate rock reefs in which the visual habitat is richly varied.
This series of images shows that cuttlefish exhibit the same disruptive pattern when they sit on a high contrast fl and white or fl and green checkerboard, but when on a low contrast (to their eyes) grey and green background, their body pattern remains uniform, suggesting that they can't tell the two shades apart.
www.mbl.edu /inside/what/news/features/feature_cuttlefish.html   (549 words)

  
 Polarized signaling underwater and the P-vision of the octopus
The European Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) is a relative of the squid with a calcified internal shell.
In particular, the cuttlefish has pink "iridophore" arm stripes down the middle of the six central arms, an "eye ring" around the eyes and a "head bar" at the top of the front of the head.
The polarization pattern is more intense when the cuttlefish cruise or hover in the water and when they are alert at the bottom even if not moving (the researchers determined alertness by the tracking of the eyes).
www.polarization.com /octopus/octopus.html   (1001 words)

  
 Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish arrived at Pearl Harbor 16 June 1939 and was based there on patrol duty, as well as joining in battle problems and exercises in the Hawaiian area.
Returning to Pearl Harbor 20 September 1942, Cuttlefish was ordered to New London, where she served the Submarine School as a training ship from December 1942 until October 1945.
Cuttlefish's third war patrol was designated as "successful," and she received one battle star for that patrol and one for her service during the Battle of Midway.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/c16/cuttlefish.htm   (450 words)

  
 Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Feature Article: Keeping and Breeding the dwarf cuttlefish Sepia bandensis
The question of the toxicity of cuttlefish ink is still up in the air, although it is clear that some cephalopod ink is indeed toxic, but again, the major reason the ink is thought to be toxic is because it coats their gills, causing them to suffocate.
Cuttlefish eyesight tends to go as they reach senescence - the eyes cloud over and they find it hard to see their prey, and these are the symptoms that people have reported keeping cuttles under high intensity lighting.
Cuttlefish breed by coupling head to head, and the male packet of sperm called a spermatophore, is deposited into a pouch in the female's mantle (Photo 16) The mating can last from 10 seconds to many minutes, and in some species, males will use their funnel to flush other male's sperm out the females pouch.
www.advancedaquarist.com /2005/9/aafeature   (6846 words)

  
 Fascinating cuttlefish
The cuttlefish belongs to the mollusk class Cephalopoda—which means ‘head-footed’ derived from the Greek words kephale (head) and podes (feet)—ranging from 2.4 centimetres (around one inch) to 90 centimetres (three feet) in length (even bigger in the case of the giant Australian cuttlefish, which can reach the length of a small man).
The cuttlefish has a skin comprising three layers of chromatophores (colour pigment cells)—a bright yellow layer near the surface, under which is an orange-red layer and finally a dark base.
The cuttlefish propels itself using a series of spurts, drawing water into a compression chamber which it squeezes to jet the water out a funnel under the head.
www.answersingenesis.org /creation/v19/i2/cuttlefish.asp   (1221 words)

  
 Kevin Davidson Underwater Photo Tips - The Cuttlefish
When the young cuttlefish is ready to come out, it finds the thinnest area of the egg, which is slightly stronger than a water balloon and pushes it's way out.
Immediately upon hatching the cuttlefish has all the traits of an adult and is able to feed and fend for itself.
Cuttlefish tend to be territorial so once you spot one returning to the same dive site, finding them again is usually easy.
www.underwatercolours.com /cuttle.html   (625 words)

  
 [Ganoksin] Jewelry Making - Cuttlefish Casting - Theory and Practice of Goldsmithing -
Cuttlefish casting is a quick and fairly accurate casting method.
Cuttlefish bones for casting can be purchased through jewelry suppliers and pet stores, where they are sold for use in birdcages.
The head of the ring, which projects out of the mold is pressed vertically into the third piece of cuttlefish, again being certain that the pieces are brought together so tightly that no gaps remain between them.
www.ganoksin.com /borisat/nenam/cuttlefish-casting.htm   (1402 words)

  
 Cuttlefish - Heidi Gibson
While most of us know cuttlefish as the little surfboard-shaped bones we found at the beach and took home for the budgie - few of us realize the svengali-like talents of that bone's original owner.
But another male cuttlefish can still access the female by adopting female colouration along the side of its body facing the defending male as it passes by.
Inside the shell the tiny cuttlefish appears to be fully-formed and attached to a yoke.
www.undersea.com.au /articles/cuttlefish_HGibson.htm   (545 words)

  
 King of the cross-dressers
A male cuttlefish has distinct white lines around the edge of its body, and rippling stripes along the body while guarding a female from insemination by other males.
Cuttlefish are relatives of the squid and octopus that live along Australia's southern coast.
Preservation tactics - especially regarding the size and location of a marine reserve to protect the cuttlefish - will be based on whether or not the populations are genetically and ecologically isolated.
whyfiles.org /shorties/156cuttlefish/index.html   (647 words)

  
 CUTTLEFISH poetry and poetics
Meanwhile, over on his blog Ron Silliman (June 30th post) quotes what is evidently a moving tribute to Cuttlefish by one Michael Basinski, recently appointed curator of the poetry collection at University at Buffalo State Universities.
Cuttlefish are indebted to Silliman for giving his own name to SOS, the "School of Silliness".
Cuttlefish also use colour to signal emotions such as anger, fear and sexual arousal.They will flush deep red when agitated and then change to a mottled sand colour as natural camouflage so they can disappear into the surroundings.
cuttlefishpoetry.blogspot.com   (2218 words)

  
 The Common Cuttlefish   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sometimes they use a bit of orange behind their eyes, or grey in lines along their arms) to hide, or to send signals to other cuttlefish or to predators.
They spend a lot of time on the bottom, and usually only swim when they are hungry (to catch prey), or when they meet another cuttlefish (they will fight or mate).
Cuttlefish can lay eggs several times at the end of their life.
www.nhm.ac.uk /hosted_sites/tcp/Soffic.html   (408 words)

  
 CuttleFish Index
Throughout the cooler months cuttlefish are found in the deeper reef waters being relatively inactive during the day until during the warmer months when they are often in the shallows laying eggs and mating amongst the larger coral colonies.
The seasonal aspects of cuttlefish movements are noted to give an understanding of mating, laying and overall lifestages of this very short-lived animal.
Behaviour of cuttlefish is recorded on digital video for analysis of mating behaviour and patterns of behaviour both daily and seasonally.
www.australiancephalopods.com /cuttlefish_index.htm   (219 words)

  
 Cuttlefish Husbandry; What is a Cuttlefish?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cephalopoda is the class containing cuttlefish, octopuses, squid and the chambered nautilus.
Sepia officinalis, the common cuttlefish, is well known to scientists who study cephalopods as it is capable of many advanced color changes, body patterns and other unique and interesting behaviors.
Some species, the ancestors of modern squid, cuttlefish and octopuses abandoned the armor of their heavy shell in favour of a faster, more streamlined form.
www.nhm.ac.uk /hosted_sites/tcp/cuttle1.html   (1073 words)

  
 Sepia officinalis, Cuttlefish at MarineBio.org
Cuttlefish (Sepiida) are in an Order of molluscs that possess an internal shell called the cuttlebone.
The reproductive cycles of cuttlefish occur year round, with spikes in mating during the months of March and June.
Cuttlefish have large eggs, 6-9 mm in diameter, that are stored in the oviduct, which are then deposited in clumps on the bottom of the sea.
marinebio.org /species.asp?id=540   (1236 words)

  
 CAIDA : tools : visualization : cuttlefish   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The goal of Cuttlefish is to create visualizations that provide a more intuitive representation of geographically distributed data with strong diurnal patterns.
Cuttlefish sums the values associated with overlapping geographic regions that must fit into the smallest data display unit of 2 pixels wide by 1 pixel high.
While cuttlefish does recognize several command-line options, for most images or animations, it requires only the path and name of the configuration file.
www.caida.org /tools/visualization/cuttlefish   (377 words)

  
 Sea Creatures 101: Cuttlefish: Much More Than Sea Biscuits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cuttlefish use the small sacks on their skin called chromataphors to camouflage themselves from predators and to communicate with other cuttlefish.
The baby cuttlefish is inside of the egg, feeding on a yolk attached to its body.
When the baby cuttlefish is ready to leave the egg it finds a weak part of the egg and breaks it open with its mouth.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/aquatic_animals/89938   (452 words)

  
 Cuttlefish Digital Arts - Creative Technology Company Based In Loughborough, Leicestershire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cuttlefish Digital Arts is an artist-led creative technology company set up by Sean Clark with a studio in the centre of Loughborough, Leicestershire in the UK's East Midlands.
Cuttlefish's expertise includes making interactive artworks using Max/MSP/Jitter, stage and installation lighting with DMX, live multimedia performance and Live Cinema, audio and video production, mobile multimedia (using technologies such as podcasting, GPS, MMS and 3GP) and sophisticated Web site development via our sister companies Cuttlefish Multimedia Ltd and Calico Interactive Ltd.
Directed and edited by Cuttlefish's Sean Clark, it combines the photography of George Harris and Candice Moule with music by Bathysphere's Steve Gibbs.
www.cuttlefish.org   (329 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cuttlefish wimps 'dress as girls'
Diminutive giant Australian cuttlefish males have taken to pretending to be female to elbow out larger love rivals, science magazine Nature has revealed.
In a competitive dating environment, female giant Australian cuttlefish could afford to be choosy, rejecting 70% of mating attempts, said the researchers.
But smaller males also tried their luck by moving in while male consorts were fighting, or by "meeting females under rocks".
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/4188495.stm   (381 words)

  
 Cuttlefish Multimedia Ltd - Web Design Company Based In Loughborough, Leicestershire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cuttlefish Multimedia Ltd is a creative Web design and multimedia company based in the centre of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the UK's East Midlands.
The LSEP asked Cuttlefish to develop a good-looking site that could be updated by around 100 project managers, as well as the Communications Officer and administration staff.
Cuttlefish's Sean Clark was a speaker a today's 'Emerging Technologies and Creative Industries' event in Leicester.
www.cuttlefish.com   (424 words)

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