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| Gonads | Both the male and the female squid have them. It is the ovary (female squid) or the testes (male squid). |
| Ovary | _____ is the female gonad and it contains eggs. "egg sac" |
| Testes | _____ is the male gonad and it contains sperm. |
| Eggs | Females have them, they are light yellowish in color and feel like jelly. |
| Egg Textures (2) | (1) many and visible like tiny dots in jelly (tapocia pudding) or (2) in a much smaller more watery substance. |
| Nidamental Glands | Only in the female squid - two large white organs in the center of the mantle cavity. |
| Mantle Cavity | The inside of the mantle where the organs are contained. |
| Sperm | Males have _____ which is white in color and more cloudy and watery than eggs. |
| When squid are caught in nets most are females, then large males and then small males. Why? | The females go in a huge group to lay their eggs - the big males dart in and out, and then a few small sneaker males just hang out hoping to get lucky. |
| Shoals | A group of fish swimming together, not all the same type of fish. |
| Sneaker Males | Small males which try to mate with the females while the big males are fighting (or displaying themselves). |
| Cannibals | Squids are _______, the smaller males are likely to be eaten. |
| Reproduction | _______ takes place as shoals of squids gather in shallow water for mating. |
| Hectocotylus | The modified arm the male uses to grab the sperm packet from his mantle cavity and place it in the females mantle cavity or in a pouch under her mouth. |
| Sperm packet | A handful of sperm that the males get from their mantle cavity to deposit in the female. |
| Fertilizes | The sperm ______ the eggs while they're still soft and penetrable. |
| Spawns | The female expels or (_____) the eggs through the funnel. |
| Egg Capsules | Strands of about 180-300 eggs, each size is about index finger size. |
| Where is the egg capsule glued? | To plants or rocks on the ocean bottom. |
| How many eggs capsules are laid? | 20 per day for 3 days. |
| What happens to both the male and females squid 3 days after reproduction? | They die. |
| How long until the eggs hatch? | A month or so. |
| What do the young squid look like? | Like miniature adults but only 1/10th of an inch long. |
