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Atlantic Giant Squid

Architeuthis dux

Also known as: Chief Squid, Giant Squid, Ruling Squid, Southern Giant Squid

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
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@dmrskn · basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis · April 20181 / 1
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Overview

Found over continental, and island slopes, in very deep waters.
Widespread Antarctic, North Atlantic

The giant squid is the second-largest mollusc and one of the largest of all extant invertebrates. Its predators are the Pilot Whale and Sperm Whale.

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How to identify

COLOURS
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tentacles

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Northwest Atlantic, Northeast Atlantic, Southern Ocean
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Found over continental, and island slopes, in very deep waters.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classCephalopoda
    4. orderOegopsida
    5. familyArchiteuthidae
    6. genusArchiteuthis
    7. speciesArchiteuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857

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