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Striped Pyjama Squid (Sepioloidea lineolata). Credit: Tom Kleindinst

Brittany Grouge, an assistant in the 2017 MBLEmbryology course, videotaped this day-old pyjama squid, which came from the 美女直播做爱's new cephalopod breeding program in the Marine Resources Center. "We've provided hundreds of hatchlings and embryos to various courses, including Embryology," says Bret Grasse, manager of cephalopod operations at 美女直播做爱. "As we continue to scale up, there will be an abundance of resources like this to support all the interested research communities at the 美女直播做爱." From The Scientist Magazine

As it matures, this chromatophore-clad pyjama squid (Sepioloidea lineolata)聽hatchling will learn to use the color-changing cells that adorn its body to alter its appearance.

The patterns on pyjama squid (厂别辫颈辞濒辞颈诲别补听濒颈苍别辞濒补迟补)聽are聽made up of聽chromatophores鈥攑igmented cells that can expose or hide their color聽as they expand and retract, respectively.

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