Marine Cephalopod

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Marine Cephalopod

Marine Cephalopod

@ProfessorSquid

I am here to educate and feed upon human brains.

Ocean Katılım Mart 2009
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
In female squid, the ink sac is hidden from view by a pair of white nidamental glands, which lie anterior to the gills.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
Squid have differentiated from their ancestral molluscs, their body plan has been condensed antero-posteriorly and extended dorso-ventrally.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
The head end of the squid bears 8 arms and 2 tentacles, each a form of muscular hydrostat containing many suckers along the edge.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
Squid are one of the southern water's favourite angling targets. On any given day hundreds of keen anglers are chasing these cephalopods.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
New research shows that squid are the missing evolutionary link between man and Octopus.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
Squid are a diverse group of invertebrates, and range in size from barely two and a half centimetres to a total length approaching 18 m.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
The Colossal Squid, sometimes called the Antarctic or Giant Cranch Squid, is believed to be the largest squid species.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
Giant squid have a sophisticated nervous system and complex brain, attracting great interest from scientists.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
Like other cephalopods, giant squid are propelled by pushing water through its mantle cavity through the funnel, in gentle, rhythmic pulses.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
1925 – Colossal Squid first discovered in the form of two tentacles found in the stomach of a sperm whale.
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2003 – A complete specimen of a subadult female colossal squid was found near the surface with a total length of 6 meters.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
2007 – Largest ever Colossal Squid captured by a New Zealand fishing boat off Antarctica. Length: 10 m Weight: 450 kg
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
Guest animal: the Moose. The animal bearing the scientific name Alces alces is known in Europe as elk and in North America as moose.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
The Humboldt Squid, also known as Jumbo Squid, is a large, aggressive predatory squid found in the waters of the Humboldt Current.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
A basic squid has: Two fins A mantle A head 8 arms and two tentacles, each endowed with hooks and/or suckers and sucker rings.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
Some squid naturally lose the tentacles in post-larval stages, so that the adult possesses 8 arms only; some squid can have more than 2 fins
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
The common squid is a carnivorous mollusk belonging to the same class as the nautilus, cuttlefish, and octopus.
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Marine Cephalopod@ProfessorSquid·
Giant Squid netted in Gulf of Mexico http://tiny.cc/IWaCP
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Half-billion-year-old Burgess Shale fossil may be first ancestor of squid http://bit.ly/bdh29Z
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