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Winckworth, 1936
The Hooded cuttlefish is a ten-armed cephalopod and gets its name from its fishing tactics: it covers its victims with an approx. 30 cm large hood from its skin mantle, from which there is then no escape.
Along the north-eastern coast of India, the cuttlefish is most common from January to June, but in some years from October to December.
Further south, around Chennai (Madras), there is a large emergence of the animals in January to April with the upwelling of deep water.
The coloration is, as with most cephalopods, very variable.
Rhombosepion prashadi occurs over sandy areas and in seagrass beds and is mostly nocturnal.
Synonyms:
Sepia prashadi Winckworth, 1936
Sepia (Doratosepion) prashadi Winckworth, 1936
The Hooded cuttlefish is a ten-armed cephalopod and gets its name from its fishing tactics: it covers its victims with an approx. 30 cm large hood from its skin mantle, from which there is then no escape.
Along the north-eastern coast of India, the cuttlefish is most common from January to June, but in some years from October to December.
Further south, around Chennai (Madras), there is a large emergence of the animals in January to April with the upwelling of deep water.
The coloration is, as with most cephalopods, very variable.
Rhombosepion prashadi occurs over sandy areas and in seagrass beds and is mostly nocturnal.
Synonyms:
Sepia prashadi Winckworth, 1936
Sepia (Doratosepion) prashadi Winckworth, 1936
