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  2. Giant squid - Wikipedia

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    The giant squid is widespread, occurring in all of the world's oceans. It is usually found near continental and island slopes from the North Atlantic Ocean, especially Newfoundland, Norway, the northern British Isles, Spain and the oceanic islands of the Azores and Madeira, to the South Atlantic around southern Africa, the North Pacific around Japan, and the southwestern Pacific around New ...

  3. New giant squid footage shows they're not terrible monsters ...

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    We love tales about monsters.Especially monsters that dwell in the dark, and have only been glimpsed alive in grainy, murky pictures or videos. But recent footage of the legendary giant squid ...

  4. Taningia danae - Wikipedia

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    Taningia danae, the Dana octopus squid, is a species of squid in the family Octopoteuthidae. It is one of the largest known squid species, reaching a mantle length of 1.7 m (5.6 ft) [3] and total length of 2.3 m (7.5 ft). [4] The largest known specimen, a mature female, weighed 161.4 kg (356 lb). [5]

  5. List of giant squid specimens and sightings (2001–2014)

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    Richard Ellis, from the concluding paragraph of his 1998 book The Search for the Giant Squid Though the total number of recorded giant squid specimens now runs into the hundreds, the species remains notoriously elusive and little known, and has retained its status as a "quasi-mythical" animal. By the turn of the 21st century, the giant squid remained one of the few truly large extant megafauna ...

  6. Thysanoteuthis rhombus - Wikipedia

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    Thysanoteuthis rhombus, also known as the diamond squid, diamondback squid, or rhomboid squid, is a large species of squid from the family Thysanoteuthidae which is found worldwide, throughout tropical and subtropical waters. T. rhombus is given its name for the appearance of the fins that run the length of the mantle. They are a fast growing ...

  7. Galiteuthis phyllura - Wikipedia

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    Galiteuthis phyllura, also known as the cockatoo squid, is a species of glass squid, possibly the largest in the genus. In 1984, the Russian stern-trawler Novoulianovsk brought up the remains of a gigantic specimen of G. phyllura from a depth of 1000–1300 m in the Sea of Okhotsk . [ 3 ]

  8. Explore the Mysterious World of the Glass Squid and Its ... - AOL

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    Other Strange Facts About the Glass Squid This intriguing creature has a few other fascinating traits that help it survive the strange environment it calls home. For one thing, it fills its empty ...

  9. Deep-sea gigantism - Wikipedia

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    Examination of a 9 m (30 ft) giant squid, the second largest cephalopod, that washed ashore in Norway in 1954 In zoology, deep-sea gigantism or abyssal gigantism is the tendency for species of deep-sea dwelling animals to be larger than their shallower-water relatives across a large taxonomic range.