Common cuttlefish

This mollusc, very abundant is the subject of an intensive fishing (from 2.000 to 10.000 tons per annum in Manche).

It is presented in the plates under the name of cuttlefish of course but also, wrongly, of Encornet.

The young people are called seichons or cuttlebones (there is no larval stage).

Morphology

  • length of the body: 14 cm (male), 18 cm (female)
  • adult weight:

Physiology

  • sexual maturity:
  • gestation: 1,5 to 3 months
  • many young people/carried: 3.000 eggs per annum
  • many ranges/year:
  • free longevity
    • : 2 years
    • captive:

Localization

food Mode Predatory

External bonds

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