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Squid

A squid (pl. squid) is a mollusc with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight arms, and two tentacles in the orders Myopsida, Oegopsida, and Bathyteuthida (though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also called squid despite not strictly fitting these criteria).

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related to In literature and art · 27
Squid → AD, Animals, Aristotle, BC, Chapter, Elder, Giant, Greek, Haploteuthis, Herman Melville's, History, In, Jules Verne, Medusa, Moby-Dick, Natural History, Odyssey, Pliny, Scylla, Seas
related to As food · 20
Squid → American East Coast, Among, B12, Calamar, Calamaro, Canada, China, English, In English-speaking, Italian, Japan, Loligo, Mediterranean, North Pacific, Northeast Atlantic, Ommastrephidae, Spanish, The, Three, Todarodes
related to Taxonomy and phylogeny · 20
Squid → Cephalopoda, Coleoidea, Decapodiformes, DNA, Greek, If, Myopsida, Oegopsida, Orders, Sanchez, Sepiadariidae, Sepiida, Sepiidae, Sepiolida, Spirulida, The, Their, They, Two, Vampyroteuthis
related to Other common squid parasites · 15
Squid → Biology Unit, Chromidina, Ciliates, Copepods, Dicyemids, Ikanecator, In, OIST, Parasitic Copepods, Physics, Rhombozoan, They, This, To, Wormlike
related to Development · 13
Squid → Aliivibrio, Approximately, Bioluminescence, Colonization, During, Hawaiian, In, Loligo, Once, Some, Squids, The, This
related to Evolution · 13
Squid → Both, Crown, Early, Four, Jurassic, Late Cretaceous, Mississippian, Paleozoic, Spirulida, Syllipsimopodi, The, True, What
related to Buoyancy · 8
Squid → About, Bathyteuthidae, Cranchiidae, Glass, Since, The, This, Unlike
related to External links · 8
Squid → CephBase, Giant SquidThe Cephalopod PageThe, Museum, New Zealand Te Papa, Octopus News Magazine Online, Scientific American, TeuthidaColossal Squid, TongarewaMarket
related to Nervous system and sense organs · 8
Squid → Cephalopods, Deep, Giant, Histioteuthidae, Paired, Squids, The, Their
related to Ecology · 7
Squid → Different, Fish, In Antarctica, Juvenile, Larger, The, Throughout

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mantle species large may cavity water arms used prey food tentacles also squids body fish camouflage light sea funnel cephalopods

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Squidis agood food source for zinc and manganese0.90text
the firefly squidinstance ofNeural control of the iridophores enabling rapid changes in skin iridescence appears to be regulated by a cholinergic process affecting reflectin proteins.Some mesopelagic squid0.80text
abdominal paininstance ofbut still propose a large risk if consumed by humans.The risk comes from eating raw or undercooked seafood that can cause severe symptoms0.80text
nauseainstance ofbut still propose a large risk if consumed by humans.The risk comes from eating raw or undercooked seafood that can cause severe symptoms0.80text
vomitinginstance ofbut still propose a large risk if consumed by humans.The risk comes from eating raw or undercooked seafood that can cause severe symptoms0.80text
feverinstance ofbut still propose a large risk if consumed by humans.The risk comes from eating raw or undercooked seafood that can cause severe symptoms0.80text
and diarrheainstance ofbut still propose a large risk if consumed by humans.The risk comes from eating raw or undercooked seafood that can cause severe symptoms0.80text
Squidrelated to As foodJapan0.60section
Squidrelated to As foodThree0.60section
Squidrelated to As foodLoligo0.60section
Squidrelated to As foodMediterranean0.60section
Squidrelated to As foodCalamar0.60section

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