Cuttlefish Anatomy

Please try again later. The cuttlefish belongs to the phylum mollusca.

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The mollusca group has three key features that define the phylum these features are a mantle radula and foot.

Cuttlefish anatomy. This versatile animal can change its appearance. Anatomy of a cuttlefish. Superficial similarities between cephalopod and vertebrate eyes are thought to be examples of convergent evolutionthe cuttlefish pupil is a smoothly curving w shape.

Although it can take hours for the cuttlefish to change its density through its cuttlebone alone it can control its. Cuttlefish like other cephalopods have sophisticated eyes. When danger looms.

The organogenesis and the final structure of the cephalopod eye fundamentally differ from those of vertebrates such as humans. A defining characteristic of the cuttlefish the cuttlebone is a porous internal shell that helps both gas filled forward chambers and water filled rear chambers. They can change their appearance in a split second mimicking floating vegetation or rocks on the seafloor.

Profile of cuttlefish showing external anatomy. Cuttlefish have abilities and senses that are alien to us humans. One of the most mystifying creatures of the deep the cuttlefish has abilities and even senses that are alien to us humans.

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