Habitat, morphology and age of cuttlefish and squids (Cephalopoda) in the southern Mediterranean Sea (Bumba Bay, eastern Libya)

Abstract

Habitat, morphology, and age composition of cuttlefish and squids of Bumba Bay, Southern Mediterranean Sea, were established. The random sample collected consisted of Sepioteuthis lessoniana (40 individuals), Sepia officinalis (31), S. prashadi (18), S. elegans (14), S. orbignyana (3), and three unidentified species designated Sb (6), Sc (4), and Sa (1). Twenty-seven key morphometric parameters measured for individual species were correlated with each other, and related to total length and body weight by regression equations. The cuttlefish and squids, by order of decreasing total weight were Sa,