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Cephalopods use their tentacles mainly to catch food.
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Do squid regrow lost tentacles?
yes,most cephalopods like squids & octopus can regrow tentacles
Difference between human arms and tentacles?
Suction cups on tentacles, hands on arms. Arms have hair. Tentacles are slimy. Arms are found on people. Tentacles are found on cephalopods. Anything else?
Are Cephalopods a carnivrous that eats animals?
Cephalopods include squid and octopi, and are considered carnivores. They capture prey with their tentacles and consume it with a beak structure.
Why tentacled mollusks called cephalopods?
Cephalopod means "head feet" with refers to the fact that their tentacles are connected to their head.
What features of the chambered Nautilus are not found in other cephalopods?
The chambered nautilus has more primitive eyes than some other cephalopods; the eye has no lens and thus is comparable to a pinhole camera. The species has about 90 tentacles with no suckers, which is also different from other cephalopods. Chambered nautiluses have a pair of rhinophores, which detect chemicals, and use olfaction and chemotaxis in order to find their food... -wikipedia
What is a shellfish with ten legs called?
Cephalopods (octopi, squids) have tentacles, but the word has nothing to do with the number ten. It is from the Latin tentare, to feel.An octopus has 8 arms (which are sometimes referred to as tentacles) and a squid has 8 arms as well as 2 separate tentacles, which are longer.
What is genus Octopus?
The genus Octopus defines the family of the Octopodidae and the members of the family are bottom-living cephalopods having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles.
What two features do cephalopods share with humans that other mollusks do not?
Cephalopods are a phylum of mollusks that include squids, octopi, the chambered nautilus, and cuttlefish. All cephalopods have tentacles, most are carnivores, and they are all mollusks. All mollusks have a radula, or toothy tongue, a mantle, or thin layer of tissue that covers the organs and makes the shell, and a muscular foot.
What are some phylum mollusca charateristics?
Characteristics include:MantleMuscular Foot (in cephalopods this has branched out to form tentacles and arms)Radula - a chainsaw like feeding tongue (secondarily lost in some species such as the bivalves and some cephalopods)Calcium Carbonate Shell (secondarily lost in some cephalopods and some gastropods)Open Circulatory System
Do mollusks have tentacles?
Yes. Eight , hence " Octo" .Actually that is incorrect. Octopus have 8 arms. Only squids have tentacles. Tentacles are those long arms on the squid which is meant for grabbing prey. Octopus have eight arms not tentacles. TELL ALL!!!Yes 8 to be exact!!!!!
What do cephalopods eat?
What do Cephalopods eat?
How do cnidarian use their tentacles?
They use them to capture food.
