[4] After maturity, males perform different visual displays to attract a potential mate to sexually reproduce.

These members of the Cephalopoda class are gonochoric, meaning reproductive organs are separate between males and females.

In cuttlefish, to carry out mating, males pass a packet of sperm using one of their arms specially adapted for this purpose to the females buccal membrane.

[5] Golden cuttlefish male sperm competition plays a large role in reproduction.

[10] When the eggs are hatched, golden cuttlefish start out in a planktonic stage for a period of time before growing larger and taking up a benthic lifestyle.