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none Squid have no shells, the hardest part of the body is the beak which it uses to crush its food.
-- Squid have a vestige of an ancestral shell called a "quill" or "pen" due to its shape. It is much like a cuttlebone, but chitinous and transparent. Extinct squid did have a shell, but only one. --
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∙ 12y agoI'm afraid the above answer is incorrect: squid have eight main 'arms' and two, usually longer, feeder tentacles for a total of ten appendages. As far as I am aware this is true of ALL squid. Octopuses have only eight.
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8 are the same size and help with jet propulsion (the way a squid moves).
The other 2 are 3 to 4 times as long as the other tentacles and are used to grab it's food.
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∙ 13y agoGiant Squids have 16 in all. If you count the two small ones, near the squid's back, it would be 18.
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∙ 9y agoNo, a squid does not have a shell.
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What is the name given to a spiral shell?
Spiral seashells are called nautilus shells. These types of shells can be found on a squid or octopus and are very hard.
What is predator to a squid?
Squid eat fish. They are carnivores. They catch the fish with one of their long arms and pull it to their mouth. Squid have a hard beak like a parrot's.
What is a cephalopod that has no shell?
A octopus is a cephalopod that has no shell. Also squid have internal shells that are not used for protection.
What is a squid's shell called?
at the bottom of the ocean -- You can find squid most anywhere, including the shallows, depending on the species. --
10 examples of mollusks?
tusk shells, slugs, octopus, snails, mussels, squid
How many teeth outside of its beak does a squid have?
A squid's beak doesn't have any teeth at all, in fact they are used to pry open shellfish and so on. They can drill through hard shells of prey. It is powerful enough to break human bone.
How many arms the squid has?
Technically, a squid doesn't have arms.
Are mollusks soft bodied?
Mollusks are soft bodied animals that can have no shells,1 shell or even 2 shells. Snails, clams, sea slugs, clams, scallops, oysters, octopuses, and squid, are some types of Mollusks.
How many chromosomes does a giant squid have?
the squid usually has three hearts
How many Legs on a squid?
Squid are decapods which means they have ten legs .
How many gills does the squid have?
A squid has a total of 4 gills, 2 on each side.
Where is the squids shell?
Their ancestors had internal shells, but now all the squid has left is a chitin-like substance called a "pen," and is used as a flexible back bone.
