information the squid animal with diagram
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Squid
Temporal range: (at least) Late Cretaceous–Recent[1]
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Photo of squid with 8 short arms and two longer tentacles
European squid (Loligo vulgaris)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Superorder: Decapodiformes
Order: Teuthida
A. Naef, 1916
Suborders
†Plesioteuthididae (incertae sedis)
Myopsida
Oegopsida
Sepiolida
Spirulida
Squid are cephalopods in the order Teuthida with elongated bodies, large eyes, eight arms and two tentacles. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, and a mantle. They are mainly soft-bodied, like octopuses, but have a small internal skeleton in the form of a rod-like gladius or pen, made of chitin.
Squid can change colour for camouflage and signalling. Some species are bioluminescent, using their light for counter-illumination camouflage.
