Penny Martin I think it is sepiola atlantica ?? seen in Orkney this morning.
Penny Martin Or is it just a "sepia" hatchling ??? can anyone advise please?
Cynthia D. Trowbridge not a clue...we do not have cuttlefish on our coast... I do admire it though :-)
David Wilson I don't think this is a Sepia officinalis hatchling as the ones I have seen resemble miniature adults, I caught a little one like this in a shrimp net in the Salcombe estuary many years ago. At the time I thought it was Sepiola atlantica.
Andy Horton http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Sepiola.html
Andy Horton Sepietta http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=4335
Darryl Mayer It is Sepiola atlantica aka Little Cuttlefish/Bobtail cuttlefish
Penny Martin or is it Sepietta oweniana?? How would one tell the differerence ? it definitely was showing blue bioluminescence .. see my other photos
Becky Hitchin Anyone any ideas on these (presumably) egg cases? Found growing on a horse mussel about 15m, Scapa Flow
Bernard Picton I think they might be a cephalopod’s eggs. That shape with a pointed bit at the top looks like the eggs of Rossia or Sepia.
Becky Hitchin We were wondering cephalopod, they did look like white cuttlefish eggs. Dawn, not as flattened as dog whelk eggs, and less "definite" in shape
Becky Hitchin look like the ones here (half way down): http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Torpedo2004Nov.htm
Becky Hitchin Richard Lord, did you ever discover more about those cuttlefish eggs?
Peter H van Bragt Looks very much like cuttle fish spawn. When did you find them In the Dutch Eastern Scheldt we have an annual 2nd but very small Sepia run in the fall. Few approx one and hal year old Sepia's come to the coast and actually spawn. Eggs are often very small and don.t seem to develop succesfully.
Becky Hitchin Last weekend, Peter. So it would fit in with November records from others.
Richard Lord What is the size of these objects? Are they attached together or individually attached to the substrate?
Richard Lord Changed exposure in Photoshop and looks more like cuttlefish eggs than I thought originally but I doubt it is Sepia officinalis
Becky Hitchin It was pretty hard to tell details, Richard. But they must have been about 0.5-1cm. I'm really not sure about attachment, let me see if I can see on any other photo
Becky Hitchin Better shape, but can't see the attachment
