title: Cephalopod behaviour: Skin flicks.
abstract: Cephalopods, such as octopus and squid, can change their coloration in an instant, and even produce moving patterns on their skin. A new study describes these wavelike patterns in a colourful tropical cuttlefish, providing insights into the neural mechanisms that generate them.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QG, UK. Electronic address: d.osorio@sussex.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Osorio
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D002856:Chromatophores / Q000378:metabolism*; D049832:Decapodiformes / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010858:Pigmentation