The phylum for a squid is Cephalopoda, derived from the Greek words "kephalē," meaning "head," and "pous," meaning "foot." This reflects the anatomical structure of cephalopods, where the head is prominent and the arms or tentacles are directly attached to it. Thus, the name emphasizes the unique body plan of these marine animals.
The Latin meaning of "phylum" is "race" or "tribe." The Latin meaning of "class" is "division" or "rank."
Squid belong to the class Cephalopoda, which comes for the Greek words for "head" and "foot".
The phylum of a squid is Mollusca.
Phylum is a Latin word ---- In biology, a phylum is a taxonomic rank below Kingdom and above Class. "Phylum" is equivalent to the botanical term division
squid
Annelidia (Latin), or Annelid (English)
MOLLUSCA
Phlyum: Molluska (mollusks) Class: Cepholopoda (cepholopods)
The octopus belongs to the phylum, Mollusca. It shares this phylum with its brethren squid and mollusks. It is a cephalopod, the octopus; therefore, Cephalopoda would be its class. Hope this helps.
Squid are in the Class Cephelapoda, Phylum Mollusca, Kingdom Animalia.
No - squid belong to the Phylum Mollusca and the Class Cephalopda. They do not belong to the Phylum Arthropoda.
They're in phylum Mollusca, meaning they are mollusks. After that, they're in the class Cephalopoda, subclass Coloeidea, order Teuthida, suborder Oegopsina, family Architeuthidae, genus Architeuthis. The most well-known species of giant squid is Architeuthis dux.