Natural history . - o- 3 s Q W^ 5 -2- srf a oa £ B g w T3-I flUJ c3 — o g H- O :- 116 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 115, was prepared in the Museum under the direction of Dr. L. , and represents the male cut so as to show the peculiar internalanatomy of the animal. It is about twice (linear) natural size. The Squid belongs to the Decapods, a subdivision of the Mollusks,and is closely related to the Octopus. The species represented by themodel averages more than a foot in length and is somewhat cigar-shaped. It has a distinct head, furnished with a single pair of eyeswhich are the most
Natural history . - o- 3 s Q W^ 5 -2- srf a oa £ B g w T3-I flUJ c3 — o g H- O :- 116 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 115, was prepared in the Museum under the direction of Dr. L. , and represents the male cut so as to show the peculiar internalanatomy of the animal. It is about twice (linear) natural size. The Squid belongs to the Decapods, a subdivision of the Mollusks,and is closely related to the Octopus. The species represented by themodel averages more than a foot in length and is somewhat cigar-shaped. It has a distinct head, furnished with a single pair of eyeswhich are the most perfect found among invertebrates and closely re-semble the vertebrate eye itself, though originating in the embryo in aquite different way. The head is provided with a parrot-like beak,especially adapted for tearing flesh. The beak is set in a circularmouth surrounded by ten flexible arms, or tentacles, eight of whichare of equal length and studded with suckers for grasping the ani-mals prey. The remaining two
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