Squid Dissection

Chromatophores : The primary function of the chromatophores is camouflage. They are used to match the brightness of the background.

Tentacles: Like all squid, the colossal squid has eight arms and two tentacles.

Clubs: Most squids have eight arms and two longer feeding tentacles. The tips of the tentacles, which are often broader and armed with suckers.

Mantle: His colossal squid's mantle is about 2.5 metres long and about 982 millimetres wide, almost the same diameter as a truck tyre.

Swimming fins: Eight major fin shapes can be distinguished among the decapodiformes.

Eyes: With huge eyes and built-in headlights, the squid is well equipped for life in the dark depths of the Southern Ocean.

Cecumz: Punch that receive and store food from stomach

Gills: The seawater enters the mantle through the opening near the head, and passes over the gills.

Arms: Like all squid, the colossal squid has eight arms and two tentacles. Each of the arms is a different length.

Beak: The beak is a hard structure rather like a parrot's beak.

Siphon: It has several functions, including respiration and discharge of wastes.

Penis: The male squid's sexual organ is almost as long as its whole body, including the squid's mantle, head and arms.

TestisTestis: The tentacles are used to strike out and capture prey. The eight arms are used to hold onto prey when captured and bring food into its mouth.

Branchial hearts: The branchial hearts, they are used to circulate blood around the entire body.

Brain: Squids have a complex brain in the form of a nerve ring encircling the oesophagus, enclosed in a cartilaginous cranium.