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Unlike most squid species, the colossal squid exhibits abyssal gigantism, as it is the heaviest living invertebrate species, reaching weights up to 495 kg (1,091 lb). [3] For comparison, squids typically have a mantle length of about 30 cm (12 in) and weigh about 100–200 g (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 –7 oz). [10]
Colossal squid, the largest squid species by mass; Enteroctopus, a genus whose members are commonly known as giant octopuses; Giant Squid Interpretation Site, a small museum in Glovers Harbour, Newfoundland; Gigantic octopus, a hypothesised species of octopus; Humboldt squid, a large species of squid and the only member of the genus Dosidicus
This species is the largest squid commonly encountered by humans. [68] The Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), also known as the 'jumbo squid', grows to a maximum mantle length of at least 120 cm (3.9 ft), [69] if not 150 cm (4.9 ft). [70]
The 55 ft (16.76 m) "Thimble Tickle specimen" reported by Verrill (1880a:191) is often cited as the largest giant squid ever recorded, [nb 10] and the 55 ft 2 in (16.81 m) (or 57 ft [17.37 m]) specimen described by Kirk (1888) as Architeuthis longimanus —a strangely proportioned animal that has been much commented on—is sometimes cited as ...
There are 60 different species of glass squid in the Cranchiidae family and they live in the deep water all around the world. ... is the largest squid in the world, ...
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]
The largest known complete specimen of the colossal squid—and the heaviest recorded extant cephalopod—was a mature female captured in the Ross Sea in February 2007. Its weight was initially estimated at 450 kg (990 lb), its mantle length at 4 m (13 ft), and its total length at 8–10 m (26–33 ft). [15]
About 800 living species of cephalopods have been identified. Two important extinct taxa are the Ammonoidea (ammonites) and Belemnoidea (belemnites). Extant cephalopods range in size from the 10 mm (0.3 in) Idiosepius thailandicus [3] to the 700 kilograms (1,500 lb) heavy Colossal squid, the largest extant invertebrate. [4] [5]