[Photo]: Mystery photo!

[tonmo]

Well, OK, I think most of us know what this is... looks like a cuttlefish! (edit: it is, in fact, Sepioteuthis sepiodiea, the Caribbean Reef Squid; see Colin's reply to this thread.) TONMO.com visitor Nick B. let me share this photo with you to get your thoughts... What a remarkable pose! According to Nick:

I am the manager of our local dive clubs photo contest - and one of my friends took the photo below - at night, the creature was about 4 inches, taken in Florida Keys

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Thanks Nick for sharing!

 

[joel_ang]

What an excellent picture Nick! I never new feeding tentacles could do that.

 

[Colin]

Sepioteuthis sepiodiea The Caribbean Reef Squid

Apparantly the scientific name means 'cuttlefish like squid' so cuttlefish is close but no banana... no cuttlefish in the USA

 

[tonmo]

Duly noted, thanks Colin!