Squids

Kingdom: Animalia

Characteristics that place it here:

• multicellular with a special kind of cell

• rely on other organisms survival

• ingest and digest food in an inner mouth and stomach

• they can move on their own

Phylum: Mollusca

Characteristics that place it here:

• Strong head- where a mouth and beak is located

• Tissue is formed on outer part of the body

• complex digestive system

Class: Cephalopoda

Characteristics that place it here:

• special pigment cells

• most complex brain of all invertabrate

• gills are ventilated by the movement of the body

Order: Teutoida

Characteristics that place it here:

• pigment cells allow them to change colors

Family: Architeuthidae

Characteristics that place it here:

• two long tentacles that have lots of suckers on them

• has small fins which help it to navigate gently

• 8 arms or tentacles

Genius: Architeuthis

Species: Architeuthis Dux                              

Animal Description

    The squid is an animal that lives in the ocean.  It feeds off of fish and some plants on a rare occasion.  The squids only known predator is the Sperm Whale.  Other than the Sperm Whale, the Squid is the King of the Ocean.  The squid is about 40 ft. long, with 2 long whips about 20 ft. long.  The biggest known squid was about 34 meters long.  This is also known as the Giant Squid.    

Poem:

They're slick and they slide,

They swim and they glide!

They're red and they're white,

They're like thieves in the night!

They're head is like a lid,

This of course, 

Is the Squid. 

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