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For other uses, see Squid (disambiguation).
Squid
Fossil range: (at least) Late Cretaceous–Recent[1]
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Mastigoteuthis flammea,
a species of whip-lash squid
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Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Mollusca
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Cephalopoda
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Coleoidea
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Decapodiformes
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Teuthida
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Suborders
†Plesioteuthididae (incertae sedis)
Myopsina
Oegopsina
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Squid are marine cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms and two tentacles arranged in pairs. (The only known exception is the bigfin squid group, which have ten very long, thin arms of equal length.) |
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