it helps it poop
the collar helps the squid digest it's food
The mantle of a squid is to cover and protect the squid's body.
Well, the mantle is esentiallly the head, and body, of the squid. It has all the organs and on the bottom is the beak.
The mantle of a squid is to cover and protect the squid's body.
on the outside of the body
It's the cartilage in it's mantle that helps the mantle from not tipping over.
somewhere on the body
Squid use their gills to exchange gases, extracting oxygen from the water and releasing carbon dioxide. The gills are located inside the mantle cavity of the squid.
the mantle? i think.
the mantle
A squid is a male if it has a small penis just posterior and lateral to the gill heart. A squid is a female if it has eggs in the gonad, located in the mantle. These eggs are produces in the ovary, which extends posteriorly from the gill hearts to the posterior tip of the mantle. Hope this helps!
The foot of the squid is it's tentacles, it enables the squid to move very very very very very very very fast. The foot is also the mantle of the squid (the mantle is a thick layer of tissues {muscle} all mollusks use to protect their guts). In this case the squid uses it's mantle to run away from predators (swim away).