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Cuttlebone, also
known as
cuttlefish bone, is a hard,
brittle internal structure (an
internal s****)
found in all
members of the
family Sepiidae, commonly...
- octopuses, and nautiluses.
Cuttlefish have a
unique internal s****, the
cuttlebone,
which is used for
control of buoyancy.
Cuttlefish have large, W-shaped...
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Characteristic of the
genus Metasepia, the
cuttlebone is
rhomboidal in outline. Both the
anterior and
posterior of the
cuttlebone taper gradually to an
acute point...
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Sepiidae encomp****ing some of the best
known and most
common species. The
cuttlebone is
ellipsoid in shape. The name of the
genus is the
Latinised form of...
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internalized vestigial aragonite/calcite-chitin s****
known as
gladius or
cuttlebone,
which can
serve as
muscle attachments but the main
function is often...
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called cuttlebone or
gladius that is used for
buoyancy or as
muscle anchorage. Some species,
notably incirrate octopuses, have lost
their cuttlebone altogether...
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tracts of the
cuttlefish and is also home to an
internal s****
called the
cuttlebone,
located on the
dorsal side of the animal. The
common cuttlefish has two...
- a
morphological asymmetry present in the
cuttlebone curvature within the
kisslip cuttlefish. The
cuttlebone may be more convex, or more developed, on...
- Piedmont, Italy. The name
comes from Gr****
sepion (σήπιον),
meaning "
cuttlebone" (the
porous internal s**** of the cuttlefish), +
lithos (λίθος), meaning...
- the
ectoderm forms during the
embryonic period,
resulting in a s**** (
cuttlebone) that is
internal in the adult. The same is true of the
chitinous gladius...
