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2. ID Cart :
 Name : Sepioloidea lineolata
 Nickname : Striped Pyjama Squid
 Type : Cuttlefish (Cephalopod)
 Origin : Southern Indo-Pacific
 Lenght : 5cm max.
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3. Habitat
 Eastern, southern and western Australia
 Depth range (m): 1 – 251
 Temperature range (°C): 14.861 - 26.503
 On sand and amongst seagrass
 Diet : crabs, fish and small shrimp
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4. Appearance
 8 arms and 2 tentacles (denticulated suckers)
 Internal shell
 Large W-shaped yellow pupils
 Dark brown longitudinal stripes
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5. Reproduction
 Head-to-head
 Storing the sperm in a pouch
under her mouth until ready to
lay eggs
 White spherical eggs
 The young appearing as
miniature adults
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6. Toxicity
 All cuttlefish have bacterially-produced neurotoxins in
their saliva
 Glands that produces a poisonous slime
 Few poisonous cephalopods :
 Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaen)
 Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi)
 Striped Pyjama Squid (Sepioloidea lineolata)
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7. Thank you for your attention
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