I think you wrote me as well, either that or John shared your email with me while I was working at the NRCC. I believe that I also suggested that you likely observed Caribbean Reef Squid. For the record, John has likely logged more time obsering Caribbean Cephalopods than any other scientist I can think of; he is one of the best (but that doesn't mean he doesn't get stumped too!).
These guys are common but are capable of a lot of very interesting behaviors and displays.
They often have white dots and if they expressed thier blue irrodophores over the white dots it could look like they were covered with a lot of tiny light blue gemstones.
Dr. Byrne has created a graphical photoshop model of many of the more common patterns these squid produce.
Cheers,
James
These guys are common but are capable of a lot of very interesting behaviors and displays.
They often have white dots and if they expressed thier blue irrodophores over the white dots it could look like they were covered with a lot of tiny light blue gemstones.
Dr. Byrne has created a graphical photoshop model of many of the more common patterns these squid produce.
Cheers,
James