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Whole squid sold as food in Lipari, Sicily, Italy Fried squid in Greek cuisine Drying squid in Ulleungdo, South Korea. Squid is eaten in many cuisines; in English, the culinary name calamari is often used for squid dishes. [1] There are many ways to prepare and cook squid. Fried squid is common in the Mediterranean.
The Caribbean reef squid is the only squid species commonly sighted by divers over inshore reefs in the Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean regions. They are also found around Brazilian reef habitats, due to a symbiotic relationship in which the squid protect juvenile fish from open-ocean predators.
Edible molluscs are harvested from saltwater, freshwater, and the land, and include numerous members of the classes Gastropoda (snails), Bivalvia (clams, scallops, oysters etc.), Cephalopoda (octopus and squid), and Polyplacophora (chitons). Many species of molluscs are eaten worldwide, either cooked or raw.
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Not much is known about the colossal squid's reproductive cycle, although it does have two distinct sexes. Many species of squid, however, develop sex-specific organs as they age and develop. [ 42 ] The adult female colossal squid has been discovered in much shallower waters, which likely implies that females spawn in shallower waters, rather ...
The Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), also known as jumbo squid or jumbo flying squid (EN), and Pota in Peru or Jibia in Chile (ES), is a large, predatory squid living in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the only known species of the genus Dosidicus of the subfamily Ommastrephinae , family Ommastrephidae .
Squid can expel up to 94% of the fluid within their cavity in a single jet thrust. [68] To accommodate the rapid changes in water intake and expulsion, the orifices are highly flexible and can change their size by a factor of twenty; the funnel radius, conversely, changes only by a factor of around 1.5.
Doryteuthis opalescens, the opalescent inshore squid or market squid, [2] is a small species of squid in the family Loliginidae. ... Fish do not eat them, although ...