Cephalopod eight or ten. Decapods such as cuttlefish and squid have five pairs. The longer two, termed "tentacles", are actively involved in capturing prey; they can lengthen rapidly (in as little as 15 milliseconds). In giant squid they may reach a length of 8 metres. They may terminate in a broadened, sucker-coated club. The shorter four pairs are termed "arms", and are involved in holding and manipulating the captured organism. They too have suckers, on the side closest to the mouth; these help to hold onto the prey. Octopods only have four pairs of sucker-coated arms, as the name suggests, though
Squid (Marvel Comics) hands. He later had an ability to emit ink constantly from his entire body. Seeing how he can fit through pipes, Squid is presumably boneless in this form. Squid (Marvel Comics) Squid is the name of four Marvel Comics villains. The Donald Callahan version of Squid first appears in "" Vol. 2 #16 and was created by Howard Mackie and John Romita Jr. The second Squid was a gangster and youngest member of the Scungili Crime Family who battled Spider-Woman. The third Squid is the leader of The School (which also consisted of Crab, Minnow, Mussels, Seahorse, and Seaweed) who