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Striped Pyjama Squid
(Sepioloidea lineolata)
also known as the Striped Dumpling Squid, Despite it’s name it is actually a cuttlefish of the order (Sepiida). They are native to the Southern Indo-Pacific centered around Southern Australia. while it may look cute it is actually fairly poisonous, it is pretty small and grows up to 2 in in length. they tend to bury themselves in the sand where their heads are only visible probably for protection/hunting.
Phylogeny
Animalia-Mollusca-Cephalopoda-Sepiida-Sepiadariidae-Sepioloidea
omgomgomgomg it’s wearing pinstripes
Reason #382 to love cephalopods: there is a cephalopod called the “striped pyjama squid”.