Sepioloidea lineolata

Sepioloidea lineolata or more commonly known as the striped

pyjama squid or the striped dumpling squid is a type of cuttlefish Sepioloidea lineolata
that inhabits the Indo-Pacific Oceans of Australia. The striped
pyjama squid lives on the seafloor and is both venomous and
poisonous. When fully mature, a striped pyjama squid will only be
about 7 to 8 centimeters in length.

Contents
Anatomy Conservation status
Feeding
Parasites
Mating and reproduction Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
References
Scientific classification
External links
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Anatomy
Class: Cephalopoda
Because the striped pyjama squid is a type of cuttlefish, it is able to Order: Sepiida
disguise itself by changing its appearance. The squid will change to
Family: Sepiadariidae
a dark brown or purple color when it is being attacked or to
camouflage itself with the surrounding environment. Sepioloidea Genus: Sepioloidea
lineolata has two tentacles for feeding and eight arms. It also has a
Species: S. lineolata
rounded shell and is small. The squid's two feeding tentacles have
suckers on them with toothed rims.[3] Binomial name

Sepioloidea lineolata also have glands underneath their body that Sepioloidea lineolata
can secrete a toxic slime whenever the squid is being attacked by a (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) [2]
predator. The slime that is produced by the squid contains many
Synonyms
different proteins and toxins.[4] The slime scares off the predators or
allows the striped pyjama squid enough time to escape. Another
defense mechanism that S. lineolata uses is its inking behavior. The Sepiola lineolata
ink that cephalopods produce is made of secretions from two Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
different glands that is colored by melanin. The ink that expelled
can mimic the shape of the squid and therefore distract the predator long enough for the squid to get away, or it
can interfere with the vision of the predator.[5]

The striped pyjama squid has white and brown stripes all across its body. The white stripes on the squid are
reflective of white light.[6] The dark stripes are actually chromatophores, tiny sacs of pigment that the squid
can flash.[7] S. lineolata and other similar cephalopods are poisonous with the venom of their saliva containing
tetrodotoxin, a type of neurotoxin.[8]
Feeding
The striped pyjama squid is a predatory animal that feeds on fish, shrimp and crustaceans. During the day,
Sepioloidea lineolata will bury itself in the sand to where only the top of its head and its yellow eye are visible.
Throughout the day, the squid continues to flick sand particles over its body in order to remain hidden.
Because the striped pyjama squid is almost always buried, its pupil is placed dorsally on its body. This also
means that Sepioloidea lineolata have high density photoreceptors due to the increased eye movements.[9]

Parasites
The striped pyjama squid has been found to be parasitized by dicyemids. Dicyemids are mesozoans, worm-
like parasites that affect the renal appendages on cephalopods that live near the seafloor, like S. lineolata.
These dicyemids are also usually host specific.[10] Dicyemids are able to thrive inside the striped pyjama squid
because the renal appendages are filled with fluid, which creates the perfect habitat for the parasite.[11] Once
inside S. lineolata, the dicyemid will receive its nutrition from the squid's urine.[12][13]

Mating and reproduction

Sepioloidea lineolata reproduce sexually. In order to mate, a male striped pyjama squid will grasp a female
striped pyjama squid and place her to where they are both head-to-head. The male squid then inserts a
spermatophore, or a sperm packet, near where the female will store the sperm until she is ready to lay eggs.
The male Sepioloidea lineolata can also remove sperm from another male if he detects it in the female. He
removes the sperm using a specialized arm shaped like a spoon. Like many species in the order of Sepiida, the
male usually dies after mating.[14] The females lay their eggs soon after mating. They lay their eggs in batches
or clumps under coral on the seafloor.

References
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Pineda, Sandy S.; Strugnell, Jan M. (2016). "A combined proteomic and transcriptomic analysis
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External links
"CephBase: Sepioloidea lineolata" (https://web.archive.org/web/20050817053958/http://www.c
ephbase.utmb.edu/spdb/speciesc.cfm?CephID=117). Archived from the original (http://www.ce
phbase.utmb.edu/spdb/speciesc.cfm?CephID=117) on 2005.

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