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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]
Dana octopus squid. The third-heaviest extant squid species is Taningia danae, also known as the Dana octopus squid. The largest well documented specimen is a 160 cm ML mature female reported by Roper & Vecchione (1993) from the North Atlantic.
Octopoteuthis danae is a little known species of small squid in the genus Octopoteuthis of the family Octopoteuthidae. They belong to the pelagic squid order Oegopsida. It is found in the Atlantic Ocean. [1] It is distinguished from the other known similar Atlantic species, Octopoteuthis megaptera, by having a shorter tail which has two ...
Octopoteuthis is a genus of squid.It is one of two genera in the family Octopoteuthidae, the other being Taningia.Both Octopoteuthis and Taningia are characterized by their lack of tentacles for the majority of their life cycle, and have traits characteristic of both squids and octopods. [2]
Giant squid size—long a subject of both popular debate and academic inquiry [86] —has often been misreported and exaggerated. Reports of specimens reaching or even exceeding 18 m (59 ft) in total length are widespread, [ nb 9 ] but no animals approaching this size have been scientifically documented in recent times, despite the hundreds of ...
There are around 300 species of squid living in the ocean and they can range in size from less than an inch to the massive 50-foot-long giant squid. The strawberry squid ( Histioteuthis heteropsis ...
Octopoteuthis sicula, Ruppell's octopus squid; Genus Taningia. Taningia danae, Dana octopus squid; Taningia fimbria; Taningia persica * The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are a valid species or a synonym.
The latest drink waiting to wrap its tentacles around Walt Disney World (WDW) guests is the Squid’s Revenge, a michelada rimmed with blue salt and garnished with a gigantic charred octopus tentacle.