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Squid
There are over 300 species of squid, and some may become quite large. Some squid are over 40 feet long. They have a large mantle shaped head and eight tentacles.
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What kind of squid can you eat?
Species of squid which are most commonly eaten include:
- cuttlefish
- Sparkling Enope (firefly) squid
- spear squid
What eats both octopus and cuttlefish?
octopuses will eat crabs, fish, sea urchins and many other things.
How do squids adapt to its environment?
The Squid adapts by using tactics against predators, getting food and temperature. The squid breathes through gills, and may emit a cloud of inky material from its ink sac when in danger. The circulatory and nervous systems are highly developed.
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.
Why are squid considered to be mollusks?
The three primary characteristics of mollusks are a mantle with a cavity for breathing and excretion, a radula, and the structure of the nervous system. Squid and other cephalopods have all of these characteristics.
What body part of the squid used in getting food?
They use their tentacles to catch and bring in their prey. Then the drag it to their mouth.
How do octopus reproduce sexually?
Yes this is very true. Males live long enough to reproduce with more females, but die within two months at most. Females lay their eggs in a secretive cave, and take care of her eggs for 6 whole months. Before they hatch she leaves and places herself to pass away in a small area. It is a triggered hormone that forces them to die after laying eggs, or in males case, after they mate. It is said that if the reproductive organs was removed for a female, she a longer chance of living. But I have never heard of this to happen, so perhaps it was just a rumor.
Does octopus have muscular feet?
An Octopus has a foot ( mollusk foot ).
It is not very muscular.
The Octopus does have a very muscular hydrostat. It is used to manipulate items (including food) or to move its host about and consists mainly of muscles with no skeletal support. This controls the tentacles.
How many legs does an octupus have and triple it?
6!
Octopuses have two legs, because they only use two of their tentacles to move and the remaining six for feeding.
How fast can colossal squid swim?
Giant squids can swim upto a speed of 25 miles per hour. Very fast swimmers!
They have 8 "legs" and 2 tentacles, suction cups with hooks on all of their legs, a strong jaw, water propulsion system (pushing water to move), ink sac (for protection and hunting).all i got hope it helps
How have humans affected the giant squid?
They litter the habbitat of the giant squidwitch is the water(oceans).
What animals belong to the mollusk phylum?
Snails, slugs, clams, squid, octopus, cuttlefish, to name only a few.
Related Information:
The phylum Mollusca contains about 93,000, approximately 23%, of the named species with us today. Estimates of 120,000 have been made.
The majority of species live in salt water, some in fresh water, some are land animals. The phylum is usually divided into about eight living classes and two extinct classes:
Aplacophra,
Bivalvia,
Caudofoveata,
Cephalopoda,
Gastropoda,
Helcionelloida (extinct),
Monoplacophora,
Polyplacophora,
Rostroconchia (extinct),
Scaphopoda.
How big can a giant squids eyeball grow up to?
A colossal squid's eye is about 27 centimeters across. This animal has the largest animal eye. A colossal squid's eye also has a light organ that is used to see its prey in the dark. The light organ or photosphere functions as a headlight.
What is the purpose of a chromatophore?
Chromatophores are spots that change size to change the color of the squid by stretching out the Chromatophores by the muscles.
Which has more tentacles an octupus or squid?
Technically, octopus and squid have the same number of arms (8), but squid have two long tentacles with fleshy clubs at the end, making their total appendage count 10. So, squid and octopus have the same amount of arms, but squids have more appendages.
What are two traits that squid share with other mollusk?
I came here to get help, cause I'm a sophmore in hs and i need help on how to answer that Q. I'm really sorry, but i also need that Q.
An octopus does not poop out of its mouth. It expells its waste through its syphon (or funnel), which is located on the side of the mantel. It only uses its mouth for eating. However, there are animals that do poop out of their mouths, such as sea anenomes.
