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Ceph., Mar. 14, 79, I.

There is quite a large octopus in tank at the lab here. Possibly the same species seen yesterday. Sitting on bottom. In usual octopus style. But this individual looks particularly inert. Perhaps not in the best health.

Generally light pinkish brown all over. Round or oval white spots on arms. Becoming broader and fainter (to light bars) at very base of arms and on interbrachial web. Head, body, and web are covered by dark red "Reticulation" network.

This seems to be fairly cryptic in the tank.

As far as I can remember, it is also very much like the vulgaris described by Packard.

We go into water in front of lab in afternoon 1:40 pm. Rocky coast. Sepiots have been seen here on several occasions recently.

Swim over quite a wide expanse of coral and rock bottom. Unfortunately there is a fairly heavy swell, and the water is not particularly clear.

1:45 pm. Catch very brief glimpse of small Sepiot 3 ft up in 15 ft water. In some sort of "Ord". Disappears immediately

We continue swimming until 2:30 pm. without seeing anything more of interest.

NOTE: According to one of the graduate students here, Denny Lassery, [[??]] the Sepiots are most common at this site later in the dry season. Late April to (approximately) July.

Colonel Moore also says that some of his divers saw Sepiots at a place called Gun Beach, on west coast of the island, a few days ago. And that this is the time of the year when the squids usually begin to show up.

All this would suggest that the local lessoniana may well be seasonal.

Moore has never seen any contact between lessoniana and Sepia latimanus. The segregation between the 2 species must be nearly perfect.

Palau,
March 17, 1979.

Spent the last two days travelling, making arrangements, and also looking at kingfishers.

Arrive here at Mariculture Station (Malakal Island) ca 11:00 am.

Almost immediately see large group Sepiots from edge concrete breakwater. Approximately 60 inds. Near surface in 5 ft of water over white rock and sand bottom. Inds. look medium to large. Jumbled, facing in all directions, but quite close to one another. Perhaps 2"-6" apart in most cases. All in Dark. No