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Little Squid
African Squid
European Common Squid
Taken from: http://www.blueseas.co.za/squid.html
Taken from: http://www.ecomare.nl/en/encyclopedia/organisms/animals/invertebrates/molluscs/cuttlefish/
Taken from:http://becuo.com/little-squid
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Teuthida
Family: Loliginidae
Genus: Sepioteuthis
Species: Sepioteuthis sepioidea
-Loliginidae family consumed raw, dried, and cooked in many international cuisines
-Use of squid ink in cooking
-Many are mistakenly caught by fish and shrimp anglers
-not endangering because they exist in large masses
Veined Squid
Spear Squid
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loligo_forbesii
Taken from: http://shizuokagourmet.com/tag/spear-squid/
The Caribbean Reef Squid
Taken from: http://www.reefnews.com/reefnews/news/v06/v06n06/olblue12.html
-Coelomates
-Mantle with a cavity that holds the visceral mass and is responsible for creating the hard shell
-Visceral Mass: includes organs for digestion, reproduction and excretion
-Muscular Foot: usually for movement, used as a sucker, burrowing, jet propulsion
-Radula: used for scraping food and feeding (not in bivalves)
-Gills (Ctenidium): respiratory organ; comb-like structure with cilia to create water current
-Torsion: (especially in gastropods) allows to pull heads into their shell
http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/Ssepioidea.php
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=286
http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=zmns&id=94&menuentry=groepen
http://tolweb.org/Loliginidae/19422
http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/Ssepioidea.php
http://eol.org/pages/455703/details
Cooked squid in Asian cuisine taken from: http://thejanechannel.com/2011/10/10/%E7%B4%85%E7%87%92%E9%AD%B7%E9%AD%9A-braised-whole-squid/
-consume 30-60% of body weight daily
-feed on small fish, molluscs, and crustaceans
-use their two tentacles to catch prey
-Found in the Carribean Sea and in Florida
-Live far from land
-Newborns hide under vegetation, usually turtle grass, close to the surface
-Young squid venture deeper to avoid predators
-Adult squid able to go 100m below the water
Caribbean Reef Squid distribution taken from http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=286 .
-are able to camouflage (usually to a paler shade)
-flash eye spots and eject ink when in danger
-males create zebra-like patterns to attract females
-stout, broad mantle
-fins that occupy almost the entire mantle
-have a buccal crown without buccal suckers at the mouth
-vary greatly in colour (from greenish to reddish brown)
Two male Caribbean Squids attracting a female squid with it's zebra-like patterns. http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/Ssepioidea.php
This is a cephalopod buccal crown from http://tolweb.org/accessory/Cephalopod_Brachial_and_Buccal_Crowns?acc_id=1957 .
A Caribbean Reef Squid from http://reefguide.org/carib/reefsquid.html .
The rapid and stark camouflage of the Caribbean Reef Squid.
taken from http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/Ssepioidea.php
-Instead of a muscular foot: 8 arms, 2 tentacles
-Instead of an external shell: Pen/Gladius made of chitin which extends the full length of the mantle
-Advanced eyes with cornea similar to camera lenses
-Gill contains branchial canal (central hole for water flow)
-Mantle contains: stomach,gills, inc sac, reproductive & digestive organs, and pen.
-Strong beak-like mouth to cut open predators and further digest with the radula
Squid Dissection from The Biology Corner
http://www.biologycorner.com/myimages/squid-dissection/
Squid diagram from https://uluokala.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/youll-never-think-of-pens-the-same/