Common Cuttlefish

Photo: Giedrė Kmitienė · © all rights reserved

Cuttlefish hunt the sandy corridors between sponge clusters, ambushing shrimp and small fish with their rapid tentacle strike. Their chromatophore displays become particularly elaborate during the spring breeding season when males display to females between sponge formations. They are keystone mid-trophic predators linking the invertebrate and fish communities of the plateau.