Abstract.
The relationships between mantle length and number of cuttlebone chambers (or septa), and between weight and number of cuttlebone chambers were studied in Sepia orbignyana collected in the south-western Adriatic Sea. Weight-at-chamber count and mantle length-at-chamber count were statistically higher in females than in males. As the available literature suggests that the rate of cuttlebone septum formation is the same in both sexes of Sepia species, it follows that in S. orbignyana females have higher growth rates than males.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Received in revised form: 6 February 2001
Electronic Publication
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Bello, G. Dimorphic growth in male and female cuttlefish Sepia orbignyana (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae) from the Adriatic Sea. Helgol Mar Res 55, 124–127 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101520100071
Received:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s101520100071