The word literally means 'colour carrier'; chromatophores are pigment cells that can grow and shrink at will, effectively changing the colour of animals such as squids. It can be used for camouflage and/or communication and/or threat displays.
First, squid are able to squirt out ink and blind their predators. After this, they use jet propulsion to run away.
The suction cups on a squid are simply used to maintain the grasp of food.
In a squid, its entire body helps it to move. The movement first takes place in the brain. The cilia is used as are muscle contractions that take place all over the squid's body.
I'm part Japanese, so yeah. Dried squid is pretty tasty actually, it's sort of like fishy beef jerky. I think Ika (sold at most sushi places) is squid
Frogs have backbones
the chromatophores
Chromatophores are spots that change size to change the color of the squid by stretching out the Chromatophores by the muscles.
Chromatophores are spots that change size to change the color of the squid by stretching out the Chromatophores by the muscles.
for camoflauge so the squid can change color to better blend into its surroundings.
Chromatophores are pigment containing cells in frogs, toads, octopus, and squid that allow for them to change the color of their bodies for camouflage purposes or even for mating.
The skin is of a giant squid is covered in chromatophores, which enable the squid to change color to suit its surroundings. Like a chameleon
Chromatophores are pockets of meyonin (similar to melanin in humans) that color the squid. These can grow larger or smaller to change the color of the squid itself. This can be used as a defense mechanism to camaflouge the squid from any harmful predators.
dark red -- It depends on the species of squid and also how they are feeling. Squid have chromatophores that they use to change their colour. Deep sea squid are generally dark red (the red wavelength doesn't penetrate into the deep sea, making them nearly invisible) or delicate and clear. The firefly squid has blue bioluminescent chromatophores that it uses to lure prey, signal to other squid, and avoid predators by blending in with the surface ocean. When squid are calm, they are typically a light sandy colour, but if they feel threatened or are trying to ward off competitors they are often a bright red. Some are striped, polka dotted, and they come in every colour. There is not single distinct colour that squid in general are. --
the giant squid can be any color because when it needs to hide it has to camouflage with the coral around it
Chromatophores being the general term, a squid uses cells called melanophores and erythrophores mainly to communicate with each other. An example of this is the Humbolt Squid which uses flashes of red and white to communicate.
They cannot live in warm water. They do not have back bones. There is two facts -- Bobtail squid, and in fact many other species, live in warm water. They have 8 arms and 2 tentacles, have chromatophores which let them change their colour, and have large eyes that are adapted for low-light situations and quite advanced. --
They look like big eyes that are the size of footballs. The puples and color on some squids are black. But all squids have whites. -- If it is a Giant Squid, they eyes can be the size of basketballs, but squid in general are small. Their eyes are generally large compared to body size and are round. They have a single black dot in the middle, like the human pupil, which is surrounded by chromatophores which can change colour like the squid's skin, not whites. --