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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]
The remains were found at a dig site in Bascharage in 2022, researchers said in a Feb. 27 news release. The fossil was in “excellent” condition and included the “complete specimen.”. But ...
An unusual number (≈25–30) of mostly dead giant squid found by Gloucester, Massachusetts fishermen, with similar number estimated to have been obtained by vessels from other areas. Data from Capt. J.W. Collins of the United States Fish Commission , who at the time of the incident commanded schooner Howard , which collected five specimens.
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 ...
Watch video of the super-fast Dana squid as it flashes its immense light-emitting organs.
A frame from the first colour film of a live giant squid in its natural habitat, [nb 1] recorded from a manned submersible off Japan's Ogasawara Islands in July 2012. The animal (#549 on this list) is seen feeding on a 1-metre-long Thysanoteuthis rhombus (diamondback squid), which was used as bait in conjunction with a flashing squid jig. [2]
It was likely a “rarely seen” whip-lash squid, known as Mastigopsis hjorti, according to a Jan. 16 Facebook post from the Schmidt Ocean Institute. “Whip-lash squid are named for their two ...
Bathyteuthis (lit. 'deep-sea squid') is the singular genus of squid in the family Bathyteuthidae, encompassing three species.. Bathyteuthis species are found scattered throughout the world's oceans at mesopelagic to bathypelagic depths, commonly between 700–2,000 m (2,300–6,600 ft).