New Zealand Seashore

DSC_4158 Pacific bobtail squid (Sepioloidea pacifica) developing young inside eggs, with their eyes just becoming visible. This species of cuttlefish is native to the southern Pacific Ocean. It's western distribution extends to New Zealand, and to the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges in the east. Quarantine Point, Otago Harbour *

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DSC_4158 Pacific bobtail squid (Sepioloidea pacifica) developing young inside eggs, with their eyes just becoming visible. This species of cuttlefish is native to the southern Pacific Ocean. It's western distribution extends to New Zealand, and to the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges in the east. Quarantine Point, Otago Harbour *

DSC 4158 Pacific bobtail squid Sepioloidea pacifica developing young inside eggs eyes visible cuttlefish southern Pacific Ocean Quarantine Point Otago Harbour