What is the difference between cuttlefish and squid?

Everyone is familiar with squid. Squid is rich in nutrients, and there are many ways to eat squid. The most common way to eat it is grilled squid. For people who often eat squid and cuttlefish, it is very easy to distinguish between the two. However, for people who don’t eat squid very often, they think that the two are the same thing and the taste is similar. In fact, there are certain differences between the two.

The difference between cuttlefish and squid

1. Similarities between cuttlefish and squid

1. Cuttlefish and squid are eaten in basically the same way, and their meat tastes very similar.

2. There are tentacles at the front end of the head, commonly known as whiskers. This is what squid tentacles are.

3. Both have stony bones, funnels and excreta, also known as sea cucumber sheaths.

4. They are both cephalopods

2. Differences between Cuttlefish and Squid

1. In fact, squid and cuttlefish can be easily distinguished. The squid is 10 feet. There are four pairs of antennae in the front, one pair of which is particularly developed, and there are two rows of suction cups on the inside of the arm. The cuttlefish has a big head, a pair of eyes, and 10 tentacles. One pair of arms is particularly long, and each arm has four rows of suction cups.

2. The squid has a long body and a pointed, triangular head. The cuttlefish is oblate and oval in shape, with inner fins on both sides.

3. Cuttlefish have ink sacs and a large amount of ink in their bodies, so their body surface often appears ink-colored. Also called squid. Squid are often purple-pink or pink in color.

4. Cuttlefish is 1/4 to 1/5 shorter than squid. But after cutting open, the meat on both sides of the cuttlefish is wider than that of the squid.

5. Cuttlefish is much more nutritious than squid. So it’s also much more expensive. Usually, we use cuttlefish to make soup at home, while the barbecue stalls on the roadside use squid.

Squid, also known as squid, cuttlefish or calamari, is an animal of the suborder Osmoothias in the class Cephalopoda of the class Mollusca. The body is slender and tapered, with ten tentacles, two of which are longer. There is a suction cup at the front end of the tentacle, and inside the suction cup there is a horny tooth ring. When hunting food, the tentacles are used to wrap around it and swallow it. They like to gather in groups, especially during the mating and spawning season in spring and summer.

We can still eat squid frequently, but many people usually eat grilled squid, which is only part of the squid. Squid can be eaten in many other places, but we usually can't eat it. Squid tastes delicious. People who have eaten it should know that squid can also be helpful for thin people. It provides nutrients for thin people and contains more fat.

Cuttlefish is an animal of the order Sepia in the class Cephalopoda of the phylum Mollusca. When a squid encounters a strong enemy, it will use "ink spraying" as a way to escape and wait for an opportunity to leave, hence the names "squid" and "cuttlefish". There are small pigment sacs in its skin that change color and size depending on its "mood". Cuttlefish can leap out of the sea and have amazing aerial capabilities. The body of cuttlefish can be divided into three parts: head, foot and trunk. The trunk is equivalent to the visceral mass, covered with a muscular mantle and with a calcareous inner shell. The head is located at the front end of the body and is spherical in shape. The top is the mouth, which is surrounded by oral membranes and 5 pairs of arms on the outside. There is a pair of well-developed eyes on both sides of the head, with complex structure. There is an oval pit below the eye, called the olfactory pit, which is the olfactory organ, equivalent to the olfactory detector of gastropods, and is a chemical receptor.

Cuttlefish contains fresh water compounds and some vitamins. It is a highly nutritious tonic food and has a good effect on women's body shaping and skin maintenance.