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Although the males of many species of squid do have a hectocotylus and reproduce that way,
Archi definitely has a completely separate and unmistakable 'male bit' (as Steve likes to call it tactfully), which, in mature males, can reach up to a metre or more. The males actually stab the females (and often other males) in the arms, mantle, under the eyes, whatever they can reach, and forcibly inject spermatophores into the skin, where (our best guess goes), they remain until the female is ready to produce her eggs. When she does, the eggs are sealed into a large gelatinous sphere (up to 2m in diameter), which she then cradles in her arms for a bit before allowing it to drift free in the water column. We think the spermatophores would be chemically triggered somehow by the presence of the egg mass, break open, release the sperm inside, and thus fertilise the eggs within the mass.
Sounds wild, but the egg masses have been documented (there may even be pictures of them somewhere on TONMO? There used to be... )
Anyway, the short answer is (too late), while the males' tentacle clubs aren't used as sperm conductors, they might well suffer casualties during the violent mating process.