The Reef squid, Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823), or Caribbean Reef squid, are members of the 10 arm cephalopods (decabrachia) with torpedo-shaped bodies (with the hood-like part above the head called the mantle which contains the stomach, gills, ink sac, pen, reproductive organs, and digestive organs), two large complex eyes, 8 short arms near the mouth and 2 longer tentacles, tucked inside, armed with suckers to capture prey. Their fins extend nearly the entire length of the body and undulate rapidly as they swim. All 10 appendages of the squid are "fixed to its head", and are arranged in a circle around the mouth. Orders Subclass Coleoidea Belemnoidea (extinct) Sepiida Sepiolida Spirulida Teuthida Octopoda Vampyromorphida Subclass Ammonoidea(extinct) Subclass Nautiloidea The Cephalopods (head-foot) are the mollusk class Cephalopoda characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a modification of the mollusk foot, a muscular hydrostat, into the form of arms or tentacles. ... A torpedo in Rail terminology refers to a small explosive device strapped to the top of the rail to alert an approaching train of immediate danger ahead. ... A Mantle is a layer of the Earth below the crust and above the core. ... In anatomy, the stomach (in ancient Greek στόμαχος) is an organ in the gastrointestinal tract used to digest food. ... In aquatic organisms, gills are a respiratory organ for the extraction of oxygen from water and for the excretion of carbon dioxide. ... An ink is a liquid containing various pigments and/or dyes used for colouring a surface to render an image or text. ... A ballpoint pen A pen is a writing instrument which applies ink to some surface. ... Reproduction is the creation of one thing as a copy of, product of, or replacement for a similar thing, e. ... An organ is the following: In anatomy, an organ is a group of tissues which perform some function. ... Digestion is the process whereby a biological entity processes a substance, in order to chemically convert the substance into nutrients. ... The word arms may refer to: The arm is anatomically the part of the body extending from the shoulder to the elbow. ... Tentacles can refer to the elongated flexible organs that are present in many invertebrates, and sometimes to the hairs of the leaves of insectivorous plants. ... A fin is a surface used to produce thrust or to steer while traveling in water, air, or other fluid media. ...

World Range and Habitat

Found throughout the Caribbean sea as well as off the coast of Florida, commonly in small schools (4-30) in the shallows associated with reefs. The habitat of reef squid changes according to the squid's stage of life and size. New hatchlings tend to reside close to the shore in areas from 0.2-1 m below the surface on or under vegetation. Young small squid typically congregate in shallow Turtle grass near islands and remain several centimeters to two meters from the surface to avoid bird predators. Adult reef squid venture out into open water and can be found in depths up to 100 m. When mating, adults are found near coral reefs in depths of 1.5-8 m. The Caribbean Reef Squid is the only squid species commonly sighted by divers over inshore reefs in the Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean region. Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean (pronounced or ) Sea is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ... school, see School (disambiguation). ... A reef surrounding an islet. ... Look up habitat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants, and is, by far, the most abundant biotic element of the biosphere. ...

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