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A video of the same squid appears in a Japanese made-for-television film. [11] The image was published in the 1993 book European Seashells by Guido T. Poppe and Goto Yoshihiro, where it was identified as Architeuthis dux , the giant squid , and said to have been taken in the North Atlantic .
The camera took over 500 photos before the squid managed to break free after four hours. The squid's 5.5 m (18 ft) tentacle remained attached to the lure. Later DNA tests confirmed the animal as a giant squid. [9] One of the series of images of a live giant squid taken by Kubodera and Mori in 2004
Bigfin squids are a group of rarely seen cephalopods with a distinctive morphology.They are placed in the genus Magnapinna and family Magnapinnidae. [2] Although the family was described only from larval, paralarval, and juvenile specimens, numerous video observations of much larger squid with similar morphology are assumed to be adult specimens of the same family.
Sensing element of a SQUID, 2008. A SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device) is a very sensitive magnetometer used to measure extremely weak magnetic fields, based on superconducting loops containing Josephson junctions. SQUIDs are sensitive enough to measure fields as low as 5×10 −18 T with a few days of averaged measurements. [1]
The Humboldt squid is the largest of the Ommastrephid squids, as some individuals may grow to 1.5 m (5 ft) in mantle length [17] [18] and weigh up to 50 kg (110 lb). [8] They appear to be sexually dimorphic: on average the females mature at larger sizes than the males. [19]
Bobtail squid (order Sepiolida) [1] are a group of cephalopods closely related to cuttlefish. Bobtail squid tend to have a rounder mantle than cuttlefish and have no cuttlebone . They have eight suckered arms and two tentacles and are generally quite small (typical male mantle length being between 1 and 8 cm (0.39 and 3.15 in)).
H. bonnellii is one of the larger species in its genus, usually reaching 33 cm in mantle length [5] and a total length of 119 cm. [3] Mature males can reach a mantle length of 50–330 millimetres (2.0–13.0 in). [3] Body of these small to medium sized squids have a purplish color.
The squid's vernacular name arose due to its rich red skin pigmentation and the presence of photophores along its body, making it appear like a strawberry with seeds. [ 2 ] H. heteropsis live in the ocean's mesopelagic zone and are found in the California Current and the Humboldt Current . [ 4 ]