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This list of giant squid specimens and sightings from the 20th century is a comprehensive timeline of human encounters with members of the
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
'' Architeuthis'', popularly known as
giant squid The giant squid (''Architeuthis dux'') is a species of deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae. It can grow to a tremendous size, offering an example of abyssal gigantism: recent estimates put the maximum size at around Trac ...
. It includes animals that were caught by fishermen, found washed ashore, recovered (in whole or in part) from sperm whales and other predatory species, as well as those reliably sighted at sea. The list also covers specimens incorrectly assigned to the genus ''Architeuthis'' in original descriptions or later publications.


Background

The frequency of documented giant squid encounters greatly increased throughout the 20th century, providing much insight into the species's biology and life history. It was found that giant squid are preyed upon not only by sperm whales but by a wide range of other animals, including
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( #193),
lancetfish Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus ''Alepisaurus'' ("scaleless lizard") in the monogeneric family Alepisauridae. Lancetfishes grow up to in length. Very little is known about their biology, though they are widely di ...
( #149 and
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; see #48 for 19th century record), swordfish ( #232), blue sharks ( #215 and
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), Portuguese dogfish ( #203),
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s ( #205 and
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),
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s ( #396,
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, 432, and
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), and
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s ( #279 and
332 Year 332 ( CCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pacatianus and Hilarianus (or, less frequently, year 1085 ''Ab ur ...
). One specimen taken alive by
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was reportedly attacked by a
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during retrieval ( #247). Observations of live and freshly dead animals also revealed new aspects of giant squid behaviour, including rapid colour change ( #391) and high-speed swimming at the surface ( #106), though the veracity of the latter observation has been questioned. Ellis, 1998a:201 Additionally, examinations of dead specimens and partial remains provided data on diet ( #226 and
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), longevity and habitat ( #369,
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, and 374), depth of occurrence and
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), metabolism and locomotory ability ( #411), as well as tentacle regeneration and internal parasites ( #169). New preservation methods, including plastination ( #429), were also trialled. The large-scale commercial exploitation of sperm whales, particularly from the end of
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to the 1970s, provided a rich source of giant squid remains for scientific study. The vast majority of these consisted of disarticulated
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(with up to 47 found in a single sperm whale stomach; #331), though more substantial remains were occasionally recovered, including even whole adult specimens ( #84, 128,
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, and 234), with one reportedly showing signs of life after being vomited ( #128). The most important figure in the study of ingested giant squid remains was marine biologist Malcolm Clarke, who authored around a dozen relevant papers. Following the flurry of new giant squid species descriptions that characterised the latter half of the 19th century, the 20th century saw only three newly erected species: ''Architeuthis japonica'' by Pfeffer (1912:27), based on a specimen caught in
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in 1895 ( #67); ''Architeuthis clarkei'' by Robson (1933), based on a carcass that washed ashore in
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, earlier that year ( #107); and ''Architeuthis nawaji'' by Cadenat (1935), based on a specimen caught in the Bay of Biscay the same year ( #110). The consensus today is that there exists only a single, globally distributed species of giant squid: ''Architeuthis dux''. The second half of the 20th century saw the first serious efforts to photograph or film a live giant squid. Beginning in the late 1980s, most of these early attempts were led by either Frederick Aldrich or
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, the two foremost giant squid experts of their time. However, it would not be until the first years of the 21st century that this milestone was finally achieved.


List of giant squid

 Misidentification (non-architeuthid)  Record encompassing multiple specimens  Photographed or filmed while alive
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fragment , , , , BL+HL: ; FW: ; AL: ; AC: ; TL: ; CL: ; other measurements and description , , NMSZ catalog no. 1917.54.1–2 , , Ritchie (1918:133); Ritchie (1922:423); Robson (1933:692); Heppell & Smith (1983:35) , , Stephen (1944:264); Rees (1950:40); Stephen (1962:154); Collins (1998a:489) , , Observations by J. Ritchie after earlier mutilation of specimen by local boys. Colour drawing by Ritchie in NMSZ. , - id="89" , 89
( 📷) , , 10 January 1918 , , reportedly caught in Awa Province;
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fishmarket, Japan
{NWP} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , Male (mature) , , ML: 1100 mm; BC: 800 mm; FL: 400 mm; FW: 320 mm; GL: 1040 mm , , , , Sasaki (1929:224, pl. 20 figs. 1–11); Heuvelmans (1968) , , Toll & Hess (1981b:753) , , , - , 90 , , 1918 , , Kilkel,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Not specified , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Hardy (1956:286) , , Collins (1998a:489) , , , - , 91 , , November 1919 , , Oyvag of
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, off coast of Nordland,
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{NEA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire? , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Nordgård (1923:11) , , Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4) , , , - , 92 , , February 1920 , ,
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, Outer Hebrides,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' or ''Sthenoteuthis''; ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , None , , , , "Length of squid": ; AL: ~ , , , , Ritchie (1920:57) , , Stephen (1944:264); Rees (1950:40); Stephen (1962:154); Collins (1998a:489) , , Information from Mr. G. Beveridge. , - , 93 , , 1921 , ,
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, Moray Firth,
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{NEA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Beak and sucker ring, dry , , Sucker ring; beak lost, photograph only extant , , , , None , , NMSZ , , Heppell & Smith (1983:33) , , Collins (1998a:489) , , , - id="94" , 94
( 📷) , , 1922 , , Caithness, North of
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis harveyi'' (Kent, 1874); ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 Stephen, 1962:154 , , Not specified , , Undetermined , , , , None , , NMSZ , , Ritchie (1922:423); Robson (1933:692) , , Stephen (1944:264); Rees (1950:40); Hardy (1956:287); Stephen (1962:154) , , , - , 95 , , 1924 , ,
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{SIO} , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Unknown , , Heuvelmans (1968) , , Ellis (1998a:260) , , , - , 96 , , 9 ?October 1924 , ,
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{SWP} , , Not stated , , , , , , Undetermined , , , , BL: ; "spread of tentacles": , , , , Dell (1952:98) , , ''
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'' 9 October 1924 , , , - , 97 , , Unknown (prior to spring 1926) , , Urago Bay,
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, Japan
{NWP} , , Not stated , , ?''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Hamabe (1957); Nishimura (1968:75) , , , , Capture date prior to spring 1926. , - , 98 , , 1926 (early spring) , , off Kuniga,
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, Japan
{NWP} , , Not stated , , ?''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Hamabe (1957); Nishimura (1968:75) , , , , , - , 99 , , 1926 , , Wingan Inlet,
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{SWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , MacPherson & Gabriel (1962:413) , , , , , - , 100 , , 13 December 1927 , , Kalveidøy,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , None , , , , BL: 1 m; TL: 6.5 m , , , , Grieg (1933:19) , , Sivertsen (1955:11) , , , - id="101" , 101
( 📷) , , 4 March 1928 , ,
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(about 8 km east of
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),
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , Entire , , Male , , ?EL: ~7.9 m; ML: 1.37 m; AL: 1.4–1.5 m; TL: 6.4 m; LRL: 15.0 mm; URL: 13.7 mm; additional beak measurements , , VSM; VSM 108a Roeleveld_(2000).html" ;"title="pecimen NA-19 of Roeleveld (2000)">pecimen NA-19 of Roeleveld (2000), , Nordgård (1928:70, text-fig.); Grieg (1933:20); Roeleveld (2000:185) , , Sivertsen (1955:5); Aldrich (1991:476) , ,
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s present. Beak
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studied by Roeleveld (2000). , - id="102" , 102 , , 1928 (?) , , off western
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(~67°N)
{NWA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , ,
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only , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Muus (1962:20, 22) , , Ellis (1998a:260) , , Seen by members of the Godthaab Expedition. Very northerly record; "must be considered occasional guests from more southerly latitudes". , - , 103 , , 24 January 1930 , ,
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, East Lothian,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , BL+HL: 1803 mm; HL: 381 mm; HC: 711 mm; ML: 1422 mm; BC: 1143 mm t mantle edge additional measurements , , NSMZ catalog no. 1930.174. Stephen specimen No. 1 , , Stephen (1962:151); Heppell & Smith (1983:34) , , Collins (1998a:489) , , Data from unpublished Ritchie manuscript; see Heppell & Smith (1983) concerning locality data. , - id="104" , 104 , , 1930? , , Goose Bay, Kaikoura,
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{SWP} , , Not stated , , , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , BL: ; AL L? ~ , , , , Dell (1952:98) , , Paxton (2016a:83) , , W.R.B. Oliver (observer?). Considered by Paxton (2016a:83) as the "longest measured" mantle length of any giant squid specimen (though "more reliably" that of #47). , - , 105 , , 1930 , ,
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, Japan
{NWP} , , , , , , , , , , , , ?EL: , , , , Tomilin (1967) , , Ellis (1998a:260) , , , - id="106" , 106
( 📷) , , 1930–1933 , ,
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and
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{SWP} , , Observed swimming alongside ship at high speed before "attacking" it , , ''Architeuthis'' , , Entire , , None , , , , Size not estimated , , None , , Grønningsæter (1946:379, fig. 1a); Ellis (1998a:123, 201) , , Welfare & Fairley (1980:74); Aldrich (1991:477); Ellis (1998a:261) , , Seen swimming at (based on three observations) alongside freighter M/V ''Brunswick'' (15,000 tons) before turning towards ship and "hitting the hull approximately from the stern at a depth of ", then "skidd ngalong until it ended up in the propeller, where it was ground to pieces", as recounted by
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Arne Grønningsæter. Veracity of account has been questioned, though taken seriously by Aldrich (1991:477) who described it as " e classical report on the speed of architeuthid swimming" and cited it as evidence that giant squid are sufficiently fast to evade sperm whales (the latter capable of only around ). , - id="107" , 107
( 📷) , , 14 January 1933 , , South Bay Beach,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis clarkei'' Robson, 1933 , , Entire , , Entire , , , , ML: ; MW: ; FL: ; FW: otal EL: nds of tentacles missing WT: ; numerous additional measurements , , BMNH 1933.1.30.5 + 1926.3.31.24 ( radula and beak ast lost? als
entire specimen minus tentacular clubs
and Scarborough Museums Trust (several sucker rings, includin
SCARB 2000.952.397
; holotype of ''Architeuthis clarkei'' Robson, 1933 , , Clarke (1933:157, fig.); Robson (1933:681, text-figs. 1–7, pl. 1); King (2019:153); Eyden (2020, figs. 1–2, 4, 6) , , ''
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'', 14 January 1933; ''
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'', 16, 19 & 21 January 1933; ''
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'', 17 January 1933; ''
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'', 21 January 1933 (cover story); '' Hull Daily Mail'', 20 June 1933; non.(1934:57); Stevenson (1935:114); Stephen (1944:264); Rees (1950:40); Hardy (1956:286); Spaul (1956:63); Collins (1998a:489) , , Specimen obtained by W.J. Clarke. Featured in
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slides of the time. Preserved in alcohol with second specimen in basement of London's
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. , - id="108" , 108
( 📷) , , 2 June 1933 (accessioned) , ,
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{NEA} , , Not stated , , ?''Architeuthis'' sp.; ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Not stated , , Beak , , , , None given , , BMNH catalog no. 1933.6.2.1 , , HM() , , ''Zoology Accessions Register: Mollusca: 1925–1937''
p. 163
, , Donated by Dr. H. Sutherland. Beak preserved in 80%
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. , - id="109" , 109
( 📷) , , December 1933 , ,
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, Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Not stated , , , , , , , , Male , , ML: 1560 mm , , , , Frost (1934:100, figs. 1–5, pls. 1–3) , , Knudsen (1957:189); Toll & Hess (1981b:754); Aldrich (1991:476) , , A replica of this giant squid is now on display in
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. , - id="110" , 110
( 📷) , , 26 June 1935 , , Gulf of Gascogne [ Bay of Biscay] (46°50'N) at 200 m depth
{NEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis nawaji''; ''Architeuthis harveyi'' , , Entire , , , , Female , , EL: 818 cm; ML: 138 cm; FL: 60 cm; TL: 645 cm; AL(IV): 112 cm; AL(I): 110 cm , , ?MHNLR , , Cadenat (1935:513); Cadenat (1936:277, figs. 1–3) , , , , Caught by the ''Palombe''. , - id="111" , 111
( 📷) , , 12 November 1935 , , Holyrood,
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, Conception Bay, Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , None; destroyed in fire , , Female , , ML: ; BC: ; FL: ; FW: ; TL: ; HL: , , None , , Frost (1936, figs. 1–10); Stephen (1962:155); Dyson (1982:107); Peterman (2002); se
discussion
, , , , Caught by
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fisherman Joe Ezekiel, who sold specimen to a scientist for NF$10.00 (equivalent to
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in ). Stored in local Fisheries Department's fish freezer, which caught fire, destroying specimen. At least three photographs of the specimen exist. , - , , , 7 January 1937 , , off Bell Rock,
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, Arbroath,
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{NEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis harveyi'' (Kent, 1874); ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , Tentacles and one arm , , , , BL: ~; AL: 92 cm; TL: 368 + 421 cm , , NMSZ catalog no. 1977107.1 , , Stephen (1937:131); Heppell & Smith (1983:34) , , Stephen (1944:264); Rees (1950:40); Stephen (1962:154); Collins (1998a:489) , , Captured alive in trawl, tentacles and one arm cut off and remainder discarded. Date of capture incorrect in Heppell & Smith (1983). , - , 112 , , 22 July 1937 , ,
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,
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,
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{SWP} , , Not stated , , , , Not specified , , Undetermined , , , , TL: , , , , Dell (1952:98) , , Press Association message 22 July 1937 , , , - id="113" , 113
( 📷) , , October 1938 , , ~ north of Ravenscar,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp.? , , Entire? , , Beak , , , , ?EL: ; "tentacles rms?as thick as a man's arm" , , BMNH , , Clarke (1939:136, fig.); Eyden (2020, fig. 7) , , Spaul (1956:63) , , Found on rocky coast by local man named Shippey, who removed beak and took it home; portion of remaining body cut up as fishermen's bait. Beak obtained by W.J. Clarke (through E.A. Wallis) and passed onto the
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, where G. J. Crawford of the Mollusca Department identified it as ''Architeuthis'' without suggesting a species. , - id="114" , 114 , , 10 October 1939 , , near
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{NEA} , , "killed by fishermen" , , , , , , , , , , EL: >13 m; TL: 8.7 m; BC: 3 m aximum AL: 3.1 m ongest WT: >1000 kg stimate, , , , Wood (1982:191) , , Ellis (1998a:261) , , Gerald L. Wood called it "the largest known ''Architeuthis''" from Norway. Not weighed; mass estimate attributed to "Karl Basilier, pers. comm.". Possibly the same as 1939 Norway specimen indicated in Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4) (map location only). , - , 115 , , February 1941 , , Susa Bay,
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, Japan
{NWP} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: ~1.5 m; WT: ~180 kg , , , , Tanaka (1950); Nishimura (1968:75) , , , , , - , 116 , , 1941–1978 , ,
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; various locations
{NWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis martensi'' (Hilgendorf, 1880) , , style="background: Gainsboro" , 20 specimens; entire , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Okiyama (1993:408, fig. 6) , , , , Summary of
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strandings. , - id="117" , 117 , , 1945 , , Pahau River Mouth, Wellington East Coast,
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{SWP} , , Found washed ashore , , , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , WT: >1 ton , , , , Dell (1952:98) , , , , , - , 118 , , early March 1946 , , south side of inlet to Bømmelfjorden, Lyngholmen,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore, dead , , ''Architeuthes dux'' , , Entire , , None , , , , BL: ~2 m; AL: ~2 m , , , , Tambs-Lyche (1946:287) , , ''
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'', 16 March 1946 , , Found by Johannes Våga of Lyngholmen who brought it to the attention of ''
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'', which reported on specimen and notified Bergens Museum. Museum sought remains for examination but specimen already destroyed and buried, after initially being damaged by young boys who tore head off and mutilated mantle. Southernmost Norwegian stranding recorded up to that point. , - id="119" , 119
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{NEA} , , Seen swimming around fjord; later found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , EL: 9.35 m; other measurements , , , , Myklebust (1946:377, fig. 1) , , Sivertsen (1955:11, map); Ellis (1998a:20) , , It has been suggested that a "
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" reported from the same fjord by non.(1849:264) (based on 28 July 1845 sighting; description attributed to Reverend Mr. Deinboll, archdeacon of Molde) may have been a giant squid. , - , 120 , , 18 November and 5 December 1947 , ,
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{SEA} , , From sperm whale stomachs , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Not stated, but from two whales , , , , , , None given , , RMNH catalog nos. RMNH.MOL.92235 & 111017 , , aturalis(2015a); aturalis(2017) , , , , From whale nos. 17 and 61; collected by W. Vervoort. Preserved in 70% alcohol. , - id="121" , 121
( 📷) , , mid-September 1948 , , Wingan Inlet,
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{SWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire, tentacles largely missing, arms "mutilated and torn off"; poor condition , , Head with arms and tail with fins , , , , EL: artial, on arrival at museum ~ hen found ~ stimate if complete BL: ; GL: ; HL: ; TL: artial ≥ stimate if complete TC:
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AL: artial ~ stimate if complete AC: ; ASD: ≤; EyD: ; other measurements , , AMS? , , Allan (1948:306, 2 figs.) , , Zeidler (1996:7); Zeidler & Gowlett-Holmes (1996:85) , , CSIR Fisheries Division at
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notified about specimen by Mr. W. Warn. Shipment of specimen from Eden to
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and internal organs removed prior to reposit. Identified as "largest squid" in 2003 edition of ''
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'', a distinction given to the Thimble Tickle specimen ( #45) in most prior and subsequent editions. , - , 122 , , 7 September 1949 , ,
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{NEA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ?WL: 1.75 m ''totallaengde uden fangarme''"; "total length without tentacles", , , , Muus (1959:170) , , , , , - , 123 , , 2 October 1949 , , Whalefirth Voe, Shetland,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , ,
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and sucker rings; remainder cut up for bait , , , , BL: ~; AL: ~; TL: ~ , , NMSZ catalog nos. 1950.2 & 1950.3 , , Stephen (1950:52); Heppell & Smith (1983:33) , , Collins (1998a:489) , , Originally identified as an octopus. Jaw, description, and sketch sent by Dr. Petersen and two suckers sent by Mr. J. Inkster to NMSZ. , - id="124" , 124
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. Stephen (1962) specimen No. 2 , , Rae (1950:163, pls. 20–21) , , ''Aberdeen Bon-Accord and Northern Pictorial''; Hardy (1956:pl. 22); Stephen (1962:148); Boyle (1986:82); Collins (1998a:489) , , , - , 125 , , 22 August 1951 , , W of Shpanberg Id., at surface
{NWP} , , Observed from deck of ship, alive , , ''Architeuthis japonicus'' , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Two squid , , None , , , , TL: 10–12 m stimate, , None , , Sleptsov (1955:75) , , Nesis (2001) , , Thought to be avoiding sperm whales by staying at surface. Reportedly only giant squid seen alive in Russian waters. Nesis, 2001 , - , 126 , , 14 December 1951 , ,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis harveyi'' , , Entire , ,
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, radula, and piece of arm with suckers , , , , ML: , , Undetermined , , Stephen (1953:121) , , Collins (1998a:489) , , Mutilated prior to examination. , - , 127 , , January 1952 , ,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Not specified , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Hardy (1956:287) , , , , , - id="128" , 128 , , 12 June 1952 , , off Sao Lourenco, Madeira Island
{NEA} , , From sperm whale stomach, vomited up , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , "Fragments" , , , , EL: 10,600 mm; ML: 1,860 mm; TL: 8,500 mm; AL: 2,800 mm; BC: 1,360 mm; TC: 330 mm; WT: 150 kg , , MMF , , Rees & Maul (1956:266) , , Clarke (1962:173) , , Still exhibited some signs of life after being vomited. , - id="129" , 129 , , 1952 , , off Fowey Rocks,
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis princeps'' or ''Architeuthis harveyi''; ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire, "much mutilated" , , , , , , ML: ; "large" , , RSMAS catalog no. UMML 31.189 Roper_''et_al.''_(2015).html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015.html" ;"title="pecimen No. 1 of Roper_''et_al.''_(2015)">#Roperetal2015.html"_;"title="pecimen_No._1_of_#Roperetal2015">Roper_''et_al.''_(2015).html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015">Roper ''et al.'' (2015)">#Roperetal2015.html" ;"title="pecimen No. 1 of Roper_''et_al.''_(2015)">.html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015">Roper ''et al.'' (2015)">"> Voss (1956:138); #Voss1996, Voss (1996); Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , Ellis (1998a:261) , , Voss (1956:138) wrote that it was "no longer in existence" and identification as ''A. princeps'' or ''A. harveyi'' was based on "recollections - style="background:MistyRose;" id="Psychroteuthidae" , , 1952 (summer) , , near Pacific_ The_Pacific_Ocean_is_the_largest_and_deepest_of_Earth's_five_oceanic_divisions._It_extends_from_the_Arctic_Ocean_in_the_north_to_the__Southern_Ocean_(or,_depending_on_definition,_to_Antarctica)_in_the_south,_and_is_bounded_by_the_contine_...

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{NWP} ">, From "digestive canal" of sperm whale , , ''Architeuthis japonica''? Pfeffer, 1912; , style="background: Gainsboro" , Entire; two specimens , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 92 mm + 104 mm; extensive additional measurements and description , , ? Laboratory_of_Fisheries_Zoology,_Faculty_of_Agriculture,_ Laboratory_of_Fisheries_Zoology,_Faculty_of_Agriculture,_University_of_Tokyo">Faculty_of_Agriculture.html"_;"title="Laboratory_of_Fisheries_Zoology,_Faculty_of_Agriculture">Laboratory_of_Fisheries_Zoology,_Faculty_of_Agriculture,_University_of_Tokyo_.html" ;"title="University_of_Tokyo.html" ;"title="Faculty_of_Agriculture.html" ;"title="Laboratory of Fisheries Zoology, Laboratory_of_Fisheries_Zoology,_Faculty_of_Agriculture,_University_of_Tokyo">Faculty_of_Agriculture.html"_;"title="Laboratory_of_Fisheries_Zoology,_Faculty_of_Agriculture">Laboratory_of_Fisheries_Zoology,_Faculty_of_Agriculture,_University_of_Tokyo_">.html" ;"title="Faculty of Agriculture">Laboratory of Fisheries Zoology, Faculty_of_Agriculture.html"_;"title="Laboratory_of_Fisheries_Zoology,_Faculty_of_Agriculture">Laboratory_of_Fisheries_Zoology,_Faculty_of_Agriculture,_University_of_Tokyo_">">_#Iwai1956.html" ;"title="Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo">Faculty_of_Agriculture.html" ;"title="Laboratory of Fisheries Zoology, Laboratory_of_Fisheries_Zoology,_Faculty_of_Agriculture,_University_of_Tokyo_">">_#Iwai1956">Iwai_(1956:139,_pls._1–5);_#RoperYoung1972.html" ;"title="Faculty of Agriculture">Laboratory of Fisheries Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo ">"> #Iwai1956">Iwai (1956:139, pls. 1–5); #RoperYoung1972">Roper & Young (1972:220) , , #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:121) , , Non-architeuthid. Based on the original illustrations and written description, #RoperYoung1972, Roper & Young (1972:220) wrote: "the specimens appear to be members of the Psychroteuthidae". #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:121) gives erroneous total length of "8 feet []" for the larger specimen (though correctly given as "8 inches []" by #Ellis1994a, Ellis, 1994a:145); mistake repeated by Glaubrecht & Salcedo-Vargas (2004:67), giving rise to the claim of an implausibly large psychroteuthid "with about three meter total length". , - , 130 , , 1953 , ,
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{NEA} , , Not stated , , , , Map location only , , , , , , , , , , Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4) , , , , , - id="131" , 131
( 📷) , , 1954 , , off Mississippi Delta,
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface, dead , , ''Architeuthis physeteris'' (Joubin, 1899); ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire, in poor condition , , Beak and
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{NEA} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , Entire? , , Entire?, both tentacles loose , , Male (mature?) , , ML: 1035 mm; TL: 4480/3800 mm; CL: 620/695 mm; CSC: 248/248; TSC: 276/271; additional indices and counts , , ZMUC Roeleveld_(2002).html" ;"title="pecimen NA-3 of Roeleveld (2002)">pecimen NA-3 of Roeleveld (2002), , Roeleveld (2002:727) , , , , Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - , 133 , , January 1954 , , Kie Kie Bay, Kaikoura,
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{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , , , , , , , , , , , Förch (1998:105) , , , , Photographs held by NIWA. , - , 134 , , 22 June 1954 , , north of Skaw ( Skagerack),
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{NEA} , , Found alive on surface , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire?, left tentacle loose , , Male (mature) , , ML: 1010 mm .html" ;"title="ater 970 mm">ater 970 mm VML: 940 mm; HL: 275 mm; TL: 4900 mm .html" ;"title="ater 4585/4785 mm">ater 4585/4785 mm CL: 605/780 mm; AL(I): 800 mm; AL(IV): 1470/1530 mm; LAL: 1530 mm; HeL: 90/130 mm V pair PL: 780 mm; SSL: 155 mm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 110–180 mm; CSC: 255/265; TSC: 286/280; additional indices and counts , , ZMUC Roeleveld_(2002).html" ;"title="pecimen NA-6 of Roeleveld (2002)">pecimen NA-6 of Roeleveld (2002), , Knudsen (1957:189, figs. 1–5); Roeleveld (2002:727); Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:8) , , Kjennerud (1958:1); Muus (1959:170); Stephen (1962:155); Roper & Young (1972:220); Toll & Hess (1981b:753); Aldrich (1991:476) , , Discovered by fishermen. Mature male with
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s and both ventral arms hectocotylised; colour notes. Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - , 135 , , 30 July 1954 , ,
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Trondheim Fjord The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from the municipality of Ørland in ...
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{NEA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , EL: 7.5 m; BL: 1.3 m; AL: 1.9 m horter TL: 6.2 m , , , , Sivertsen (1955:5) , , , , , - id="136" , 136
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Trondheim Fjord The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from the municipality of Ørland in ...
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{NEA} , , Stranded , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , Entire, left tentacle loose , , Female? , , EL: 9.24 m; BL: 2.14 m; AL: 1.9 m horter TL: 7.1 m eft ML: 1.79 m; MW: 0.57 m; FL: 0.52 m; FW: 0.18 m ach TSD: 2.6 cm; ASD: 1.5 cm; CL: 820 mm eft CSC: 254 eft TSC: >275 eft LRL: 15.6 mm; URL: n/a; additional beak measurements, indices, and counts , , VSM; VSM 156 [specimen NA-17 of Roeleveld (2000) and Roeleveld (2002)] , , #Broch1954, Broch (1954:145, fig.); #Sivertsen1955, Sivertsen (1955:5, fig. 1); Roeleveld (2000:185); Roeleveld (2002:727) , , Clarke (1966:103, fig. 4) , , Much-reproduced photograph shows specimen being measured by Professors Erling Sivertsen and Svein Haftorn. Beak
morphometrics Morphometrics (from Greek μορϕή ''morphe'', "shape, form", and -μετρία ''metria'', "measurement") or morphometry refers to the quantitative analysis of ''form'', a concept that encompasses size and shape. Morphometric analyses are co ...
studied by Roeleveld (2000). Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). According to Broch (1954) it was stranded on 3 October and found on 4 October, and was 16th specimen recorded from Norway. , - , , , 1950s , ,
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{NWA} , , Found washed ashore , , "giant squid" , , Entire? , , None? , , , , None given , , , , Earle (1977:53) , , , , As recollected by former resident who saw specimen when she was a child in the 1950s. Locals were unaware of giant squid and regarded specimen as "something completely unique, one of a kind" but did not report it. , - id="137" , 137📷
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{NEA} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undesignated anatomical material , , , , ML: ; BD: ; EL: ; WL: ; TL: ; LAL: ; EyD: eft WT: , , National Institute of Oceanography , , Clarke (1955:589, 5 figs.); Clarke (1956a:645) , , van Bruggen (1956:641) B: gives erroneous metric conversions Clarke (1956b:257, pl. 2 fig. 2); Budker (1959); se
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, , Squid swallowed whole by sperm whale (no. F346). Examined at Porto Pim whaling station. Budker (1959) states: "This is probably the only complete specimen of such an animal to be collected under these conditions." Considered by Paxton (2016a:83) as specimen with the longest "definitely measured" mantle length (less reliably #151), standard length, and total length (though see discredited size of #209) of any giant squid recovered from a sperm whale. , - , 138📷
, , 12 May 1956 , , about a mile north of Mākara Stream,
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{SWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis kirki'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire, missing tentacles , , Entire? , , , , ML: 1829 mm; WT: 127.9 kg; extensive additional measurements and description , ,
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MNZ, , Dell (1970:27, figs. 1–8) , , Roper & Young (1972:216) , , Arm suckers had no sucker rings; likely dissolved after preservation in formalin. , - style="background:MistyRose;" id="Mhamiltoni1" , , , 1956/1957 , , South Orkney Islands ()
{SWA} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp.; '' Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni'' Robson, 1925 , , Head and mantle , , Undetermined , , , , HL: 30 cm; HW: 20 cm; EyD: 16–17 cm; ?EL: ~12 m , , , , Korabelnikov (1959:103); Yukhov (1974:62) , , , , Non-architeuthid. Initial identification by I.I. Akimushkin. From 15.8 m long male sperm whale. , - style="background:MistyRose;" id="Mhamiltoni2" , , , 1956/1957 , ,
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{SWA} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp.; '' Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni'' Robson, 1925 , , Fin only , , Undetermined , , , , FL: 41 cm; FW: 48 cm; ?EL: ~10 m , , , , Korabelnikov (1959:103); Yukhov (1974:62) , , , , Non-architeuthid. Initial identification by I.I. Akimushkin. From 15 m long male sperm whale. , - , 139 , , 1 February 1957 , , six miles (10 km) north by east from Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire,
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{NEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp.; ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , Entire , , , , EL: ; ML: 940 mm; BD: 343 mm; TL: 4750 mm ight CL: 559 mm ight HL: 279 mm; FL: 305 mm; FW: 305 mm , , NMSZ catalog no. 1957.20. Stephen specimen No. 3 , , Stephen ''et al.'' (1957:181); Stephen (1962:152, text-fig. 6, pl. 1 fig. 2); Heppell & Smith (1983:33) , , Rae & Lamont (1963:23); Collins (1998a:489) , , Received from trawler ''Viking Prestige'' almost complete, but poorly preserved. , - , 140 , , 14 December 1957 , , Misaki,
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{NWP} , , Not stated , , ?''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Hamabe (1957); Nishimura (1968:75) , , , , , - , 141 , , 4 February 1958 , , Ashiya, Hamasaka-machi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
{NWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ?EL: 4.1 m; WT: ~150 kg , , , , Kamita (1962); Nishimura (1968:75) , , , , , - , 142 , , 7 February 1958 , , off Hagi,
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{NWP} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ?EL: ~6 m; WT: 170 kg , , , , Kamita (1962); Nishimura (1968:75) , , , , , - , 143 , , 3 March 1958 , ,
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{NEA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , Male (mature) , , ML: 100 cm; WT: 48 kg; VML: 87 cm; BC: 80 cm; FL: 28–32 cm; FW: 26/33 cm; HL: 30–32 cm; HW: 25 cm; AL(I): 126+ cm; AL(II): 143+ cm; AL(III): 126+ cm; AL(IV): 164 cm; LAL: 164 cm; AC(I): 16 cm; AC(II): 20 cm; AC(III): 22 cm; AC(IV): 22 cm; HeL: 5–6 cm V pair AF: 4.3.2.1; TaL: 10 cm; FuL: 14 cm; FuD: 7 cm; FuCL: 12 cm; FuCW: 2.5 cm; PL: 92 cm; SoA: yes; LRL: 1.2 cm; URL: 1.5 cm , , ZMUB , , Kjennerud (1958:1, figs. 1–9); Guerra ''et al.'' (2004b:8) , , van Bruggen (1959:857); Toll & Hess (1981b:753) , ,
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and colour notes. Fins appeared to be slightly asymmetrical. , - id="144" , 144
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire, "nearly intact whole specimen" , , Arm parts , , Female , , EL: 1433.5 cm , , RSMAS catalog no. UMML 31.2938 Roper_''et_al.''_(2015).html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015.html" ;"title="pecimen No. 3 of Roper_''et_al.''_(2015)">#Roperetal2015.html"_;"title="pecimen_No._3_of_#Roperetal2015">Roper_''et_al.''_(2015).html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015">Roper ''et al.'' (2015)">#Roperetal2015.html" ;"title="pecimen No. 3 of Roper_''et_al.''_(2015)">.html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015">Roper ''et al.'' (2015)">"> Voss (1967:411); #Rathjen1973, Rathjen (1973:24, fig. 7); #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , Ellis (1998a:261) , , Possibly specimen illustrated in #Rathjen1973, Rathjen (1973:24), which was taken by the vessel ''Silver Bay'' "off the coast of Florida" and said to measure 47 ft (equivalent to ) in "overall length". , - , 145 , , August 1959 , , off Madeira Island
{NEA} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ?EL: 2.5 m , , , , Clarke (1962:173, fig. 1A) , , Toll & Hess (1981b:754) , , From male sperm whale. , - , 146 , , January?, 1960 , , Lonja de Aviles,
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{NEA} , , Not specified , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Not specified , , Returned to the sea , , , , WT: 100 kg , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , , - , 147 , , 6 February 1960 , , Arahama, Kashiwazaki-shi,
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{NWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 1.3 m; ?EL: 3.5 m; WT: 112 kg , , , , Nishimura (1960:214); Nishimura (1968:75) , , , , , - , 148 , , 23 January 1961 , , Oi, Hirata-shi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
{NWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ?EL: 2.6 m; WT: 41.2 kg , , , , Kamita (1962); Nishimura (1968:75) , , , , , - id="149" , 149
( 📷) , , 18 February 1961 , ,
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{NEA} , , From fish stomach, ''Alepisaurus'' cf. ''ferox'' , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. A , , Entire , , Entire , , Female (juvenile) , , ML: 57 mm .html" ;"title="ater 56 mm">ater 56 mm VML: 54 mm; MW: 12 mm; FL: 20 mm; FW: 15 mm; HL: 17 mm; HW: 11 mm; GiL: 16 mm; AL(I): 47 mm; AL(II): 59 mm; AL(III): 58 mm; AL(IV): 58 mm; TL: 90 mm .html" ;"title="ater left tentacle 80 mm">ater left tentacle 80 mm CL: 25 mm; ASD(I): 0.96 mm; ASD(II): 1.04 mm; ASD(III): 0.96 mm; ASD(IV): 0.64 mm; CSD: 0.96 mm/0.40 mm (medial/marginal); LRL: 1.0 mm; URL: 1.2 mm; extensive description and additional counts, indices, and beak measurements , , NMNH cat. no. 727508 Roeleveld_(2002).html" ;"title="pecimen NA-34 of Roeleveld (2002)">pecimen NA-34 of Roeleveld (2002), , Roper & Young (1972:206, figs. 1a–c, 2–4, 5a); Roper (1992:99, figs. 160a–c); Roeleveld (2002:727) , , Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:526); Roper & Shea (2013:116) , , From stomach of
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long-line at 50–150 m depth and supplied by G. E. Maul. Squid's greatly distended stomach contained largely unidentifiable material with some small fragments of fish bones. Sucker rings missing; likely degraded by digestive juices or formalin fixative. Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - , 150 , , April–July 1961 , , near
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{NWP} , , From sperm whale stomachs , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Combined beak samples , , Undetermined , , , , Percentage of whale diet , , , , Kodolov (1970: 58 , , , , From sperm whales sampled in several different whaling regions of Soviet whaling flotilla ''Aleut'' during the 1961 season. , - id="151" , 151 , , August 1961 , , Sao Miguel,
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{NEA} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 2.4 m; L: 4.4 m; WL: 6.8 m , , , , Keil (1963:320, figs. 3–5) , , , , From 16 m sperm whale. Considered by Paxton (2016a:83) as possibly greatest measured mantle length of any giant squid recovered from a sperm whale (more reliably #137), though he wrote: "the account is confused and the 2.4 m figure probably refers to the head and ML combined". , - , 152 , , 16 September 1961 , , off central
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{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , One upper beak , , , , None , , NMML 110 , , Fiscus (1993:92) , , , , From male sperm whale (specimen no. Rice-535). , - , 153 , , December 1961 , , King's Cove,
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{NWA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire? , , None , , , , "small" , , Undetermined , , Aldrich (1968); Aldrich (1991:459) , , , , , - , 154 , , April–July 1962 , , near
Commander Islands The Commander Islands, Komandorski Islands, or Komandorskie Islands (russian: Командо́рские острова́, ''Komandorskiye ostrova'') are a series of treeless, sparsely populated Russian islands in the Bering Sea located about ea ...
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{NWP} , , From sperm whale stomachs , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Combined beak samples , , Undetermined , , , , Percentage of whale diet , , , , Kodolov (1970: 58 , , , , From sperm whales sampled in several different whaling regions of Soviet whaling flotilla ''Aleut'' during the 1962 season. , - , 155 , , 23 June 1962 , , Durban Whaling Station,
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{SIO} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Body only , , Undetermined , , Male , , FL: 40 cm; FW: 28 cm , , None?; Clarke specimen No. 6 , , Clarke (1980:67) , , , , From sperm whale number A956. , - , 156 , , 1962 , , Donkergat Whaling Station,
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{SEA} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Head only , , Undetermined , , , , TL: 176 cm , , Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 1 , , Clarke (1980:67, text-fig. 37A) , , , , , - , 157 , , 1962 , , Las Tiberas,
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{NEA} , , Not specified , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Not specified , , Not specified , , , , TL: 6 m , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , , - , 158 , , 12 November 1962 , , off east coast of
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis'' sp.; ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire , ,
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{SIO} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Head only , , Undetermined , , , , HL: 19 cm; HW: 15 cm; WT: 19 kg , , None?; Clarke specimen No. 2 , , Clarke (1980:67) , , , , From sperm whale number D1500. , - , 160 , , 15 June 1963 , , off central
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{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , One upper beak , , , , None , , NMML catalog no. 111 , , Fiscus (1993:92) , , , , From male sperm whale (specimen no. Rice-813). , - , 161 , , 1963 , , Donkergat Whaling Station,
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{SEA} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Body only , , Undetermined , , Female , , ML: 66.5 cm; MW: 24 cm; FL: 29 cm; FW: 16 cm , , Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 3 , , #Clarke1980, Clarke (1980:67, text-fig. 37B) , , , , From sperm whale no. 2271. , - , 162 , , 13 August 1963 , , Durban Whaling Station,
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{SIO} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: ~70 cm; HL: ~23 cm; FL: ~30 cm; FW: ~22 cm , , None?; Clarke specimen No. 5 , , Clarke (1980:67, text-fig. 37A) , , , , From sperm whale number 2258. , - , 163 , , August?, 1963 , ,
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{SWP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , One beak , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Gaskin & Cawthorn (1967:170) , , , , From
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whaling station; specimen No. 63 of 1963–1964 season. , - id="164" , 164
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{SEP} , , From fish stomach, "very probably '' Alepisaurus''" , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. B , , Entire, sucker rings degraded and missing , , Entire , , Male (juvenile) , , ML: 45 mm; VML: 43 mm; MW: 8 mm; FL: 14 mm; FW: 11 mm; HL: 11 mm; HW: 9 mm; GiL: 14 mm; AL(I): 20 mm; AL(II): 27 mm; AL(III): 27 mm; AL(IV): 28 mm; TL: 33 mm; CL: 14 mm; ASD(I): 0.72 mm; ASD(II): 0.88 mm; ASD(III): 0.80 mm; ASD(IV): 0.56 mm; CSD: 0.56 mm/0.24 mm (medial/marginal); extensive description and additional counts and indices , , NMNH catalog no. 727509 , , Roper & Young (1972:206, figs. 1d–e, 5b); Roper (1992:99, figs. 160d–e) , , Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:526); Roper & Shea (2013:116) , , From
lancetfish Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus ''Alepisaurus'' ("scaleless lizard") in the monogeneric family Alepisauridae. Lancetfishes grow up to in length. Very little is known about their biology, though they are widely di ...
captured on long-line at 80–150 m depth by R/V ''Shoyo Maru'' (Cruise 13, Fish Station 17). Squid specimen and capture information supplied by Witek L. Klawe. Stomach found to be empty. Sucker rings missing; likely degraded by digestive juices or formalin fixative. , - , 165 , , 23 April 1964 , , Durban Whaling Station,
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{SIO} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Body only , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 58 cm; MW: 19 cm; FL: 23 cm; FW: 11.5 cm , , None?; Clarke specimen No. 4 , , Clarke (1980:67) , , , , From sperm whale number 2418. , - , 166 , , 1964 , , Southeastern
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{SEA} , , From sperm whale stomachs , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Map locations only , , , , , , , , , , Yukhov (1974:61, fig.) , , , , Multiple records from sperm whales with generalised data on distribution, depth, and sex. , - , 167 , , 1964 , , Southwestern
Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...

{SWP} , , From sperm whale stomachs , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Map locations only , , Undetermined , , , , , , , , Yukhov (1974:61, fig.) , , , , Multiple records from sperm whales with generalised data on distribution, depth, and sex. , - , 168 , , 1964 , , Southwestern
Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...

{SIO} , , From sperm whale stomachs , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Map locations only , , , , , , , , , , Yukhov (1974:61, fig.) , , , , Multiple records from sperm whales with generalised data on distribution, depth, and sex. , - id="169" , 169
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, White Bay, Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , Beaks,
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, arms, and tentacles , , Female , , ML: 185 cm; additional measurements and description , , MUDB; Aldrich specimen No. 1 , , Aldrich (1991:461, figs. 3–4) , , Aldrich & Brown (1967:4, figs.); Aldrich (1968:395); Aldrich & Aldrich (1968:845, figs. 1–3); Pippy & Aldrich (1969); Oreskes (2003:717, fig. 3) , , Cestode found in
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by Pippy & Aldrich (1969). Tentacular regeneration documented by Aldrich & Aldrich (1968); one of two published records of limb regeneration in architeuthids (as identified by Imperadore & Fiorito, 2018), the other being a case of arm and sucker regeneration in #54 (see also #549). Frederick Aldrich included a photo of this specimen in a 1965 letter to Paul Fye, director of the
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, proposing to use DSV ''Alvin'' to study the giant squid in its natural habitat. , - , 170 , , 5 December 1964 , , Chapel Arm, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Found dead on bottom , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , None; discarded , , Female , , ML: 126 cm; additional measurements and description , , None; Aldrich specimen No. 2 , , Aldrich (1991:466, fig. 5) , , Aldrich (1968:395) , , Possibly seen alive in September on several occasions. , - id="171" , 171 , , 1960s , ,
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , "head, beaks, eye lens" , , , , , , "large" , , RSMAS catalog no. UMML 31.642 Roper_''et_al.''_(2015).html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015.html" ;"title="pecimen No. 7 of Roper_''et_al.''_(2015)">#Roperetal2015.html"_;"title="pecimen_No._7_of_#Roperetal2015">Roper_''et_al.''_(2015).html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015">Roper ''et al.'' (2015)">#Roperetal2015.html" ;"title="pecimen No. 7 of Roper_''et_al.''_(2015)">.html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015">Roper ''et al.'' (2015)">"> Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , , , #Voss1967, Voss (1967:411) wrote of "the head and body of an 18-foot /a>[giantsquid_picked_up_dead_off_Miami.html" ;"title="iant.html" ;"title="/a>[giant">/a>[giantsquid picked up dead off Miami">iant.html" ;"title="/a>[giant">/a>[giantsquid picked up dead off Miami by a charter-boat captain" that he examined a week after #174 in 1965. #Yoshikawa2014, Yoshikawa (2014) writes: "A 14-meter-long giant squid caught off the Bahamas in the Atlantic in 1966 is the largest ever confirmed." , - id="172" , 172
(#img172, 📷) , , 23 HMD 2021 or 25 March 1965 , ,
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{NEA} , , , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , , , , , Female (immature) , , ML: 1190 mm 1 m in April 2017 TL: 5495/5307 mm; CL: 745/722 mm; CSC: 272; eftTSC: 300 eft additional indices and counts , , ZMUC catalog no. NHMD-141565 Roeleveld_(2002).html" ;"title="pecimen NA-1 of Roeleveld (2002)">pecimen NA-1 of Roeleveld (2002), , Roeleveld (2002:727); HMD(2021) , , , , Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). Preserved in 70% ethanol; identified by Thomas Kristensen. , - , 173 , , 29 September 1965 , , Newman's Cove,
Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay (BB) is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean. The bay is demarcated by Cape Freels to the nor ...
, Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Portion of mantle, tail, and
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, , None; discarded , , Female , , ML: 1.37 m stimate, , None; Aldrich specimen No. 3 , , Aldrich (1991:467) , , Aldrich (1968:395) , , , - id="174" , 174📷
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , Parts (unspecified) , , Female , , ML: 127 cm; additional measurements , , MUDB; Aldrich specimen No. 4 , , Aldrich (1991:469, fig. 6) , , Voss (1967:407, 411, fig.); Aldrich & Brown (1967:6, fig.); Aldrich (1968:395, fig. 2); Welfare & Fairley (1980:72, fig.); IT(2006); Greshko (2016, fig.) , , Dissection by Frederick Aldrich and Gilbert Voss led to discovery of giant nerve fibres in ''Architeuthis''; featured in March 1967 issue of '' National Geographic''. Used in Francis O. Schmitt's animal nerve cell research in 1965. , - , 175 , , 24 November 1965 , , Springdale Beach,
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, Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , None; discarded , , , , ML: 161 cm; BL(+HL?): 2.13 m; TL: 3.66 m; GL: 147 cm; additional measurements , , None; Aldrich specimen No. 5 , , Aldrich (1991:469, fig. 7) , , Aldrich (1968:395) , , , - , 176 , , 22 June 1966 , , off "
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{NEA} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Lower beak , , Undetermined , , , , Description only , , , , Clarke & MacLeod (1974:962, fig. 4) , , , , , - , 177 , , around 10 October 1966 , ,
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{NEA} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , Female (immature) , , ML: 1115 mm; TL: 4605 mm ight CL: 660 mm ight CSC: 250 ight TSC: 284 ight additional indices and counts , , ZMUC Roeleveld_(2002).html" ;"title="pecimen NA-2 of Roeleveld (2002)">pecimen NA-2 of Roeleveld (2002), , Roeleveld (2002:727) , , , , Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - id="178" , 178
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Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay (BB) is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean. The bay is demarcated by Cape Freels to the nor ...
, Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire; tentacles missing and arms incomplete , , Entire , , Female , , ML: 142 cm; additional measurements and description , , MUDB; Aldrich specimen No. 6 , , Aldrich (1991:470) , , Aldrich & Brown (1967:8, fig.); Aldrich (1968:395) , , Aldrich (1968:395) gives date as 11 November. , - , 179 , , 24 November 1966 , ,
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, Fogo Island,
Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits. The name, French for '' Our Lady Bay'', dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name. Trump Islan ...
, Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire, badly mutilated , , None; discarded , , Female , , ML: 107 cm; additional measurements , , None; Aldrich specimen No. 7 , , Aldrich (1991:471) , , Aldrich (1968:395) , , , - , 180 , , 25 November 1966 , , off central
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{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , One upper beak , , , , None , , NMML catalog no. 112 , , Fiscus (1993:92) , , , , From male sperm whale (specimen no. Rice-1966-165). , - , 181 , , 28 November 1966 , , Eddie's Cove East,
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, Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire, putrefied , , None; discarded , , , , None , , None; Aldrich specimen No. 8 , , Aldrich (1991:471) , , Aldrich (1968:395) , , , - , 182 , , 1 December 1966 , , off central
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{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , One lower beak fragment , , , , None , , NMML catalog no. 113 , , Fiscus (1993:92) , , , , From female sperm whale (specimen no. Rice-1966-177). , - , 183 , , 9 December 1966 , , off central
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{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , One upper beak , , , , None , , NMML catalog no. 114 , , Fiscus (1993:92) , , , , From male sperm whale (specimen no. Rice-1966-185). , - , 184 , , 12 May 1967 , , off central
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{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , One pair of beaks , , , , None , , NMML catalog no. 115 , , Fiscus & Rice (1974:92, fig. 1); Fiscus ''et al.'' (1989:6); Fiscus (1993:93) , , , , From female sperm whale (specimen no. Rice-1967-128). , - , 185 , , 6 June 1967 , , off
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{NEA} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Seven beaks , , Undetermined , , , , Specimen weights estimated , , , , Clarke & MacLeod (1976:742) , , , , From male sperm whale (no. 121). , - , 186 , , July–August 1967 , , in
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{NEA} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks (as percentage of diet) , , , , , , , , , , Martin & Clarke (1986:785) , , Roe (1969:93) as unidentified beaks , , From 57 male sperm whales processed at Hvalur H.F. whaling station on west coast of
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{NEA} , , From sperm whale stomachs , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Two beaks , , Undetermined , , , , Specimen weights estimated , , , , Clarke & MacLeod (1976:742) , , , , Mixed samples from stomachs of five male sperm whales long. , - , 188 , , 23 April 1968 , , off central
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{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , One upper beak , , , , None , , NMML catalog no. 116 , , Fiscus (1993:93) , , , , From female sperm whale (specimen no. Rice-1968-108). , - , 189 , , 23 April 1968 , , off central
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{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , One upper beak fragment , , , , None , , NMML catalog no. 117 , , Fiscus (1993:93) , , , , From male sperm whale (specimen no. Rice-1968-109). , - , 190 , , 14 May 1968 , ,
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{NWP} , , Found stranded on beach , , ''Architeuthis'' , , Entire? , , Single tentacle? , , , , EL: 6 m; WT: 35 kg; TL: 3200 mm ength of single extant tentacle, , Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park , , Suyehiro (1968); Kubodera & Yamada (2001:238) , , non.(2014b) , , Stranded on Miura beach two days before Tokachi earthquake of 16 May 1968. Single tentacle deposited at Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park may belong to this specimen; see Kubodera & Yamada (2001:238). , - id="191" , 191 , , 15 May 1968 , , South Shore,
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{NWA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire? , , Entire? , , , , ML: ~70 cm; EyD: 20 cm , , BAMZ 2007 254 015 Roper_''et_al.''_(2015).html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015.html" ;"title="pecimen No. 5 of Roper_''et_al.''_(2015)">#Roperetal2015.html"_;"title="pecimen_No._5_of_#Roperetal2015">Roper_''et_al.''_(2015).html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015">Roper ''et al.'' (2015)">#Roperetal2015.html" ;"title="pecimen No. 5 of Roper_''et_al.''_(2015)">.html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015">Roper ''et al.'' (2015)">"> #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , , , "Suckers in 2 rows only". , - , 192 , , 1968 , , Puerto de Vega,
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{NEA} , , Caught by ship , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire? , , Beak , , , , ?EL: 7 m , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Caught by the ship ''Matías Bengoechea''. , - id="193" , 193 , , July–November 1968 , , off central
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{NEP} , , From fish stomach, ''Thunnus alalunga'' (albacore) , , Architeuthidae, Unidentified sp. , , One specimen; beaks? , , , , , , None , , , , #Iverson1971, Iverson (1971:14, 34) , , #RoperYoung1972, Roper & Young (1972:221) , , Single architeuthid specimen from 905 examined albacore stomachs (of which 286 from "Region II"). , - , 194 , , 9 June 1969 , , east of Lake Worth,
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , "head, base of arms only" , , , , , , "large" , , RSMAS catalog no. UMML 31.675 Roper_''et_al.''_(2015).html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015.html" ;"title="pecimen No. 6 of Roper_''et_al.''_(2015)">#Roperetal2015.html"_;"title="pecimen_No._6_of_#Roperetal2015">Roper_''et_al.''_(2015).html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015">Roper ''et al.'' (2015)">#Roperetal2015.html" ;"title="pecimen No. 6 of Roper_''et_al.''_(2015)">.html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015">Roper ''et al.'' (2015)">"> Voss (1996); #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:262) , , , - , 195 , , 13 June 1969 , , off central
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{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , One upper beak , , , , None , , NMML catalog no. 118 , , Fiscus (1993:93) , , , , From female sperm whale (specimen no. Rice-1969-143). , - , 196 , , 1969 , , Las Tiberas,
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{NEA} , , Caught by ship , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Tentacle , , , , , , TL: 6 m , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Caught by the ship ''Saturno Juan''. , - , 197📷
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{NEA} , , Recovered dead , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire? , , , , , , ?EL: 7.90 m; WT: 120 kg , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Recovered dead by José Manuel Méndez and Bote Carducha. , - , 199 , , 19 November 1969 , , off central
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{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , One lower beak fragment , , , , None , , NMML catalog no. 119 , , Fiscus (1993:93) , , , , From male sperm whale (specimen no. Rice-1969-201). , - , 200 , , 24 February 1970 , , off central
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{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , One lower beak fragment , , , , None , , NMML catalog no. 120 , , Fiscus (1993:94) , , , , From male sperm whale (specimen no. Rice-1970-001). , - , 201 , , 11 October 1970 , , San Juan,
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{NWA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , Entire , , , , None , , FOSJ; Aldrich specimen No. 9 , , Aldrich (1991:471) , , , , Presented by Government of France in October 1970. , - id="203" , 203 , , 31 October 1970 , , near
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{NEA} , , From shark stomach, ''Portuguese dogfish, Centroscymnus coelolepis'' , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , "Flesh" , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , #ClarkeMerrett1972, Clarke & Merrett (1972:601) , , , , , - , 204 , , November 1970 , ,
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{SWP} , , From sperm whale stomachs , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , One entire; 54 lower beaks , , Undetermined , , Female , , ML: 41.5 cm; BC: 26 cm; AL: 32–49.5 cm; TL: 140 cm; FL: 20 cm; FW: 8 cm; plus estimates of other specimen weights from beaks , , , , Clarke & MacLeod (1982:34) , , , , Combined data from stomachs of 66 sperm whales taken at various locations in the
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{SEA} , , From sperm whale stomachs , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Stomach contents , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Vovk ''et al.'' (1975 978:131 , , , , Specimens from sperm whales taken on 3 cruises (42 stations) of Antarctic whaling factory ship ''Yury Dolgoruky'' during November to April 1970 – 1973. , - , 208 , , March 1971 , , Carrandi,
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{NEA} , , Not specified , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire? , , , , , , WT: 80 kg , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Collected by the boat ''Divino San Antonio''. , - id="209" , 209 , , Unknown (reported 1971) , ,
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{SIO} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , EL: 9 m Berzin_(1971);_see_#Romanovetal2017.html" ;"title="#Berzin1971.html" ;"title="rroneously given as 19 m in Berzin_(1971);_see_#Romanovetal2017">Romanov_''et_al.''_(2017).html" ;"title="#Berzin1971">Berzin (1971); see Romanov_''et_al.''_(2017)">#Berzin1971">Berzin_(1971);_see_#Romanovetal2017">Romanov_''et_al.''_(2017).html" ;"title="#Romanovetal2017">Romanov ''et al.'' (2017)">#Berzin1971">Berzin (1971); see Romanov_''et_al.''_(2017)">.html" ;"title="#Romanovetal2017">Romanov ''et al.'' (2017)">"> , , Berzin (1971:[199, fig. 98 , , Paxton (2016a:83); #Romanovetal2017, Romanov ''et al.'' (2017) , , Taken from sperm whale stomach by whaling flotilla ''Sovetskaya Ukraina''. Considered by Paxton (2016a:83) as possibly "longest measured" total length of any giant squid specimen (though more reliably that of #45 and List of giant squid specimens and sightings#62, 62), but this was based on the erroneous total length given in #Berzin1971, Berzin (1971). , - , 210 , , 18 November 1971 , , Sunnyside, Newfoundland and Labrador, Sunnyside, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , Arms and tentacles only , , Female , , ML: 177 cm; additional measurements , , MUDB; Aldrich specimen No. 10 , , Aldrich (1991:471, fig. 8A-B) , , , , , - , 211 , , February 1972 , , Puerto de El Musel,
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{NEA} , , Found floating at surface in visible state of decomposition , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , , , , , , , ?EL: ~3 m , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Observed by Martino Andres. , - , 212 , , July 1972 , , near Rakautura, Kaikoura,
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{SWP} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , ,
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suckers , , , , TL: ~8 m , , Lost , , Förch (1998:106) , , Dangerfield (2013) , , Found by fishermen Gus and Ken Garbes. Could not be towed in due to bad weather; pieces cut off for use as bait. , - , 213 , , 1972 , , off
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{SIO} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , Female , , ML: 1450 mm; extensive additional measurements, illustrations, and description , , SAM catalog no. S1867 , , Roeleveld & Lipiński (1991:432, pls.) , , , , , - , 214 , , 1972 , , off Newfoundland
{NWA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , , , EL: 8.2 m; WT: 207 kg , , Aquário Vasco da Gama, Lisbon , , Marques (2002) , , , , On public display. Exhibited at Aquário Vasco da Gama in Lisbon (se
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{SEA} , , Found in stomach contents of blue shark ('' Prionace glauca'') , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , ,
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plus pieces of mantle, arms, tentacle , , Undetermined; beaks? , , , , TL: 2 m iece TSD: ~2 cm; ML: 70–75 cm stimate, , , , Nigmatullin (1976:29, fig. 1) , , , , From stomach of 2 m long blue shark. , - , 216 , , 14 May 1974 , , off Green Point light house,
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{SEA} , , Found floating at surface, alive , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , Female (maturing–mature?) , , ML: 1700 mm; LRL: 16.7 mm; URL: 17.0 mm; extensive measurements, illustrations, and description , , SAM catalog no. S1868 Roeleveld_(2000).html" ;"title="pecimen SA-2 of Roeleveld (2000)">pecimen SA-2 of Roeleveld (2000), , Roeleveld & Lipiński (1991:433, pls.); Roeleveld (2000:185) , , , , Found barely alive by Capt. Hennie Smith. Beak
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studied by Roeleveld (2000). , - , 217 , , October 1974 , ,
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{SEA} , , By trawl; taken by fisheries vessel , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Piece of arm and tentacle , , , , WT: 220 kg , , SAM , , Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1989:114) , , , , , - , 218 , , 18 February 1975 , , Verdalsøra,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , TL: 7.96 m; WT: 68.9 kg , , , , Holthe (1975:174) , , , , , - , 219 , , 28 October 1975 , , Bonavista,
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{NWA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , None; discarded , , Male (mature) , , ML: 132 cm; additional measurements , , None; Aldrich specimen No. 11 , , Aldrich (1991:472, fig. 9A–D) , , Aldrich (1980:57, fig. 3) , , Mature male with
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{NWP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , Tentacle only , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Okutani ''et al.'' (1976:85) , , Ohsumi & Satake (1976) , , From 10.6 m long male sperm whale (no. 56). , - , 221 , , 26 January 1976 , , off Joban District, Japan ()
{NWP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , Tentacle only , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Okutani ''et al.'' (1976:85) , , Ohsumi & Satake (1976) , , From 11.7 m long male sperm whale (no. 58). , - , 222 , , 3 February 1976 , , off Joban District, Japan ()
{NWP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 58.5 cm , , , , Okutani ''et al.'' (1976:85, pl. 7) , , Ohsumi & Satake (1976) , , From 13.0 m long male sperm whale (no. 75). , - , 223 , , 4 February 1976 , , off Joban District, Japan ()
{NWP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , Mantle only , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Okutani ''et al.'' (1976:85) , , Ohsumi & Satake (1976) , , From 9.5 m long female sperm whale (no. 79). , - , 224 , , March 1976 , ,
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{SWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , , , , , , , NMNZ; photographs only , , Förch (1998:106) , , , , , - id="225" , 225 , , August 1976 , , off
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{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire? , , Undetermined , , , , ML: ~2 m , , , , Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:523) , , , , , - id="226" , 226 , , September 1976 , , off
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{SEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , WL: 4.5 m; WT: 200 kg; TL: ~6 m; ML: 195 cm; radula , , , , Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1978:401, figs. 1–4) , , Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:518) , , Stomach contents analysed. , - , 227 , , 19 November 1977 , , Firth of Forth,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire , , Entire; dissected, parts preserved separately , , Female , , ML: 161 cm; HL: 43 cm; AL: 230 cm; TL: 440 cm; FL: 67 cm; FW: 55 cm , , NMSZ catalog no. 1978090.1 , , Heppell (1977:63); Heppell (1978:89); Heppell & Smith (1983:34) , , Collins (1998a:489) , , , - , 228 , , 21 November 1977 , , Lance Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire , , None , , , , Unknown size , , None; Aldrich specimen No. 12 , , Aldrich (1991:472) , , , , Report only; specimen not observed. , - , 229 , , April 1978 , , Jiaonon, Shandong Province, China
{NWP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , Dong (1984:328, fig. 2.1) , , , , From stranded sperm whale. , - , 230 , , 9 June 1978 , ,
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{NWP} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis'' cf. ''japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , Entire , , Entire, missing fins, tentacles, and arm tips , , Female , , ML: 540 mm; AL(IV): 830 mm ongest arm IV, missing tip, , Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park , , Kubodera & Yamada (2001:238, pl. 2A) , , , , Specimen donated to aquarium by Kurihama Thermoelectric Power Plant. Tentatively assigned to ''A. japonica'' based on relative lengths of mantle and longest arm IV. , - , 231 , , ~15 June 1978 , , near Mack Arch,
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{NEP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Sucker rings , , , , WT: , , SBMNH catalog no. 60119 , , non.(1978a); non.(1978b) , , , , Caught by commercial fisherman G. Steffensmier. , - id="232" , 232 , , 21 June 1978 , , off
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{NWA} , , From fish stomach, '' Xiphias gladius'' (swordfish) , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire, "mutilated specimen" , , Entire , , Male (mature) , , ML: 167+ mm; GL: 179 mm; additional extensive description , , RSMAS catalog no. UMML 31.1761 Roper_''et_al.''_(2015).html" ;"title="#Roperetal2015.html" ;"title="pecimen No. 9 of #Roperetal2015">Roper ''et al.'' (2015)">#Roperetal2015.html" ;"title="pecimen No. 9 of #Roperetal2015">Roper ''et al.'' (2015), , #TollHess1981b, Toll & Hess (1981b:754, fig. 1); #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , #TollHess1981a, Toll & Hess (1981a:768); #HessToll1981, Hess & Toll (1981:162, fig. 4); #Roper1992, Roper (1992:99); Nesis (2001); #Roeleveld2002, Roeleveld (2002:736); Roper & Shea (2013:116) , , From stomach of female swordfish (205 cm fork length). Very small mature specimen with
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s (subadult according to #RoperShea2013, Roper & Shea, 2013). #TollHess1981b, Toll & Hess (1981b) suggested it might be an undescribed dwarf species and #Roeleveld2002, Roeleveld (2002:736) wrote of this specimen: "It probably represents a distinct species and perhaps even a separate genus." Kir Nesis also thought it was probably a separate species and wrote that no new information on it had appeared in the 20 years since its original description. , - , 233 , , July 1978 , , Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne,
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{SWP} , , Trawl capture , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , , , , , , , , , Förch (1998:106) , , ''The Gisborne Herald'' (photographs) , , , - id="234" , 234📷
, , late 1978 , , Cheyne Beach Whaling Station, Albany, Western Australia, Albany, Western Australia
{SWP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Two specimens , , Undetermined , , , , EL: 13 m [larger specimen]; WT: 240#Anon1980, [Anon.], 1980:27 or 280 kg [larger specimen] , , Wallaroo Heritage and Nautical Museum, South Australia (smaller specimen) , , #Anon1980, [Anon.] (1980:27, fig.); Zeidler (1996:7) , , Zeidler & Gowlett-Holmes (1996:85); ''Sea Frontiers'' , , Caught by Cheyne Beach Whaling Station, Cheynes Beach Whaling Co., Albany, Western Australia, Albany, Western Australia; recovered shortly before whaling station's closure in late 1978. Larger specimen used in promotional displays by Hugh Edwards and photographed at Perth Royal Show. , - , 235 , , Unknown (reported 1979) , , Noto, Ishikawa, Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
{NWP} , , In floating blanket net , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , TL: 5.5 m; WT: 97 kg , , , , #Satomi1979, Satomi (1979) , , ''Kitaguni Newspaper'' (photograph) , , , - , 236 , , 1979 , , Newfoundland
{NWA} , , By trawl , , , , , , , , , , EL: , , , , #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:263) ["Stephen, pers. comm. (1997)"] , , , , Captured by Spanish trawler. , - , 237 , , 20 August 1979 , , near Cortes Bank,
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{NEP} , , From sablefish trap , , ''Architeuthis japonica''? , , Tentacle only , , Tentacle , , , , None given , , SBMNH catalog no. 60117 , , #SweeneyRoper2001, Sweeney & Roper (2001:[81]) ["Hochberg (in prep.)"]; #Thomas2006, Thomas (2006) , , , , First recorded specimen from southern California according to Eric Hochberg of Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. , - , 238 , , 19 November 1979 , , St. Brendan's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saint Brendan's, Cottel's Island,
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, Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire, in several pieces , , None; discarded , , Female (immature) , , ML: 154 cm; additional measurements , , None; Aldrich specimen No. 13 , , #Aldrich1991, Aldrich (1991:473) , , #FlynnWeigall1980, Flynn & Weigall (1980); #Clarke1992, Clarke (1992:72); #Shirlow2021, Shirlow (2021:33, fig.) , , Featured in episode of 1980 documentary series ''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World'' where date of stranding given as 22 November by Frederick Aldrich. , - , 239 , , Unknown (reported 1980) , ,
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{NEP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , Entire? , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , #HochbergFields1980, Hochberg & Fields (1980:434) , , Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:523) , , , - id="240" , 240
(#img240, 📷) , , early February 1980 , , Plum Island (Massachusetts), Plum Island,
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br>{NWA} , , Found stranded on beach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire; missing eyes, tentacles, most arm tips, and reddish skin; lost when the squid washed ashore , , Entire , , Female , , WL: 2.7 m; ML: ~2 m; EL: ~9/~10 m [estimate]; WT: 200 kg , , NMNH catalog no. 814000 [specimen No. 10 of #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015)] , , #RoperBoss1982, Roper & Boss (1982:96, 100, fig.); #Sweeney1983, L. Sweeney (1983); #Miller1983, Miller (1983:110, 2 figs.) (cover story); #Clark1983, Clark (1983); #Carroll1983, Carroll (1983); #ConleyEarly1995, Conley-Early (1995:48); #Feldman1996, Feldman (1996); #Morris2000, Morris (2000); #Whalen2009, Whalen (2009); #Anon2009, [Anon.] (2009); #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , #Sarsby2000, Sarsby (2000); #Wu2018, Wu (2018) , , On public display. Nicknamed "Moby Squid"#Sweeney1983, L. Sweeney, 1983 and "Archi". Removed from beach on stretcher by four men.#Miller1983, Miller, 1983:110 Originally displayed at New England Aquarium. Given as gift to National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) in 1982; acquisition publicised in early 1983 at "Giant Squid Press Conference" led by giant squid expert
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at NMNH, where displayed in "mammoth wooden bathtub" in of alcohol. Planned to be initially displayed in museum rotunda for several months before being dissected and studied. Collected for museum by Roper who flew in and moved it from Boston to Washington, D.C. in back of truck; recounted in episode of documentary series ''First Person (2000 TV series), First Person'' in 2000. Featured in Smithsonian Institution's monthly newspaper, ''The Smithsonian Torch'', in February 1983 and in 2000 documentary film ''Quest for the Giant Squid''; subject of 1983 television short "The Smithsonian's Giant Squid". From 14 April 2009 displayed in fibreglass tank filled with ~ of isopropyl alcohol at Georgia Aquarium's Cold Water Quest Gallery, on loan from NMNH (planned for up to 2 years). , - id="241" , 241 , , March–April 1980 , , about off
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(34°39'–35°39'N 126°25'–127°28'W),
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, at 25–40 to 90 m depth
{NEP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , 18 entire specimens , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 50–77 cm (average: 62.5 cm); additional measurements, indices, and descriptions , , , , #Nesisetal1985, Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:519, figs. 1–3) , , , , Eighteen specimens taken in 9 trawls. , - , * , , No date given , , North Pacific ()
{NEP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , Tentacles only , , , , ML: ~500 mm [estimate]; TL: 1030/1570 mm; CL: 311/357 mm; CSC: 247/246; TSC: >273/>274; additional indices and counts , , P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology [specimen NP-33 of Roeleveld (2002)] , , #Nesisetal1985, Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:519); Roeleveld (2002:727) , , , , One of the 18 specimens from record #241. Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - , 242 , , 2 July 1980 , , off
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, Pacific Ocean, Northeast Pacific () at 15 m depth
{NEP} , , By pelagic trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire, minus arms and tentacles , , , , ML: 164 cm [fresh]; FL: 75 cm [fresh]; FW: 43 cm [fresh]; description of thawed plus preserved specimen , , ZMMGU , , Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:518) , , , , Taken by R/V ''Novoul'yanovsk'' with 133 m pelagic trawl. , - , 243 , , 1980 , , off
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{SWP} , , From smooth hammerhead stomach, ''Sphyrna zygaena'' , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Beak , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 706 mm stimate, , , , #Dunningetal1993, Dunning ''et al.'' (1993:124) , , , , , - , 244 , , 1980 , , Vertical de Cudillero,
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{NEA} , , Not specified , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , At least a tentacle , , , , , , WT: 100 kg [tentacle only?] , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Attempt made to haul aboard a tentacle weighing 100 kg [?], but material was discarded upon observation of its poor state. Seen from the ship ''Oñaegea''. , - , 245 , , 20 August 1980 , ,
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n waters
{SEA} , , By trawl; taken by fisheries vessel , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , None , , , , ML: 0.81 m , , , , Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1989:114) , , , , , - id="246" , 246 , , 21 October 1980 , , Patton Escarpment,
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() at 500–600 m depth
{NEP} , , By RMT-8 midwater trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Tentacle club and stalk , , Tentacle club and stalk , , , , CL: 41.5 cm , , SBMNH catalog no. 60120 , , #Robison1989, Robison (1989:39, figs. 1–2) , , #Packham1998, Packham (1998) , , Provided direct evidence for depth of occurrence. Chemical analysis carried out by #Robison1989, Robison (1989); composition suggestive of "relatively strong swimming capability" and
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due to high ammonium concentration. Featured in episode of 1998 documentary series ''The X Creatures''.#Packham1998, Packham, 1998 , - id="247" , 247 , , February 1981 , , Kāne'ohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands
{NEP} , , By hook and line , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Beak plus piece of flesh , , , , ?WL: , , Undetermined , , #Higa1981, Higa (1981:9) , , , , Taken alive while Trolling (fishing), trolling by M. Yoshida and D. Maeda; attacked by
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during retrieval. , - id="248" , 248📷
, , 10 February 1981 , , ~ offshore from Kahana Bay, Oahu,
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{NEP} , , Caught by fisherman , , "likely to be of the genus ''Architeuthis''" , , At least head and arms; skin and eye(s) intact , , , , (adult) , , EyD: at least 270 mm [estimate]; pupil diameter: 90 mm stimate, , , , #Nilssonetal2012, Nilsson ''et al.'' (2012:683, fig. 1) , , , , Caught by fisherman Henry Olsen
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of freshly caught specimen taken by Ernie Choy at pier shows head with undamaged eye; used by #Nilssonetal2012, Nilsson ''et al.'' (2012) to estimate eye and pupil diameter on basis of standard fuel hose visible in frame (findings of paper summarised by #Partridge2012, Partridge, 2012; challenged by #Schmitz2013, Schmitz, 2013; #Schmitzetal2013a, Schmitz ''et al.'', 2013a, #Schmitzetal2013b, b; defended by #Nilssonetal2013, Nilsson ''et al.'', 2013). , - id="249" , 249 , , 20 May 1981 , , Vavilov Ridge, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Atlantic () at 400–470 m depth
{SEA} , , By 110 m cable-trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Tentacles plus part of
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; remainder lost , , , , TL: 420 + 400 cm [fresh]; TL: 287 + 269 cm [fixed]; additional counts, measurements, and description , , Undetermined , , #Nesisetal1985, Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:522) , , , , Taken by R/V ''Novoukrainka''. , - , 250 , , 1981 , ,
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{NEA} , , Not specified , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire? , , , , , , ?EL: 10 m , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Displayed in a Gijón fish shop before being sold at a market in Avilés. , - , 251 , , 3 August 1981 , , Orange River mouth, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Atlantic () at 18–95 m depth
{SEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , , , ML: 81 cm; TL: 364 cm; WT: 11.8 kg , , Undetermined , , #Nesisetal1985, Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:522) , , , , Taken by R/V ''Novoukrainka''. , - , 252 , , 7 September 1981 , ,
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{NEA} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Lower beak , , Undetermined , , , , LRL: 14.1 mm , , , , #Clarke1986, Clarke (1986:fig. 22b) , , , , , - , 253 , , 11 October 1981 , ,
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() at 20 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , Larva , , ML: 10.3 mm , , NMV , , #Lu1986, Lu (1986:9, fig.); #Roper1992, Roper (1992:99, fig. 161) , , Zeidler & Gowlett-Holmes (1996:85); Roper & Shea (2013:116) , , Captured by FRV ''Soela'' at 1450 hours. , - id="254" , 254
(#img254, 📷) , , 10 November 1981 , , Hare Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Hare Bay,
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{NWA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire, in remarkably good condition; skin, tentacles and eye(s) intact , , Entire , , Female , , ML: 159 cm; EL: [when found]; EL: [as of 2009]; WT: ; additional measurements , , The Rooms catalog no. MO-1692. Aldrich specimen No. 14 , , #Aldrich1991, Aldrich (1991:473); #Bourque2009, Bourque (2009); #Anonc2014, [Anon.] ( 2014) , , , , On public display. Found in 30 cm of water adjacent to the property of David Lush, who found it while walking with his young daughter Kelly. Lush and Ray Collins brought it to the attention of Frederick Aldrich. Viewed on beach by staff and students of Jane Collins Academy, one of who
photographed
specimen ''in situ''. Transported to the Memorial University of Newfoundland and dissected there on 12 November. Donated by Aldrich to the Natural History Branch of the old Newfoundland Museum in 1987. Originally preserved in 300-litre tank. On 18 November 2007, following minor repairs (arms sewn up and loose skin removed), specimen was transferred to an 800-gallon () tank filled with propylene glycol at The Rooms, where it could be exhibited with tentacles fully extended. , - , 255 , , Christmas 1981 , , Playa de Luarca,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore on beach , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire?; poor condition , , , , , , , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Found by Secundino González and Manuel Pico. , - , 256 , , 1981–1984 , , Azores
{NEA} , , From sperm whale stomachs , , ''Architeuthis'' ?''dux'' Steenstrup, 1860 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , Undetermined , , , , WT: 23 kg [estimated average]; ML: 1 m [estimated average] , , , , #Clarkeetal1993, Clarke ''et al.'' (1993:71) , , , , Found in stomach contents of 76.5% of 17 sperm whales sampled during 1981–1984. , - , 257 , , 30 January 1982 , , off
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, Australia () from surface to 600 m depth
{SWP} , , By oblique pelagic trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , Female (juvenile) , , ML: 42.2 cm , , , , #Jacksonetal1991, Jackson ''et al.'' (1991:331) , , Zeidler & Gowlett-Holmes (1996:85); Roper & Shea (2013:116) , , , - , 258 , , July 1982 , , Canterbury, New Zealand, North Canterbury,
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{SWP} , , Trawl capture , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Partial tentacular club, club , , , , , , NMNZ; NMNZ M77446 , , Förch (1998:106) , , , , , - , 259 , , 23 August 1982 , , off shore, Radøy (near Bergen),
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{NEA} , , By hook and line, caught alive , , ''Architeuthis monachus'' (Steenstrup ''in'' Harting, 1860) , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , EL: ~10 m; TL: ~7.3 m; WT: ~220 kg , , ZMUB? , , #Brix1983, Brix (1983:422, fig. 1) , , #Brixetal1989, Brix ''et al.'' (1989:34); #Hovingetal2006, Hoving ''et al.'' (2006:158) , , Caught in 5 m deep bay; dying at time of capture. Blood study by Brix ''et al.'' (1989). , - id="260" , 260
(#img260, 📷) , , September 1982 , , Fladen Ground, northern North Sea, northeast of
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( ), depth unknown but 100–150 m in area [or: north of Dogger Bank, North Sea (; given as "55°30'N 3°E")#Naturalis2015b, [Naturalis], 2015b, #Naturalis2016, 2016]
{NEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' spec.; ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire; most of viscera missing, posterior tail and fins cut off, small piece of testis present, fragments of reddish membrane (which normally covers viscera) present, spermatangia deeply implanted in left arm IV (180–350 mm from base) , , Entire , , Male (mature?) , , ML: 900 mm; MT: 22 mm aximum WT: ≥18 kg [much lower than fresh mass]; AL(I): 700+/750+ mm; AL(II): 610+/870+ mm; AL(III): 980+/790+ mm; AL(IV): 830+/940+ mm; TL: 810+/1040+ mm; EyD: 80 mm; GiL: 250 mm; FuD: 55 mm; FuCL: 115 mm; ASD: 15 mm [largest]; [measurements taken after almost 25 years of preservation in formalin] , , RMNH catalog nos. RMNH.MOL.92511 & 111016 , , #Hovingetal2006, Hoving ''et al.'' (2006:153); #Naturalisc2012, [Naturalis] ( 2012); #Naturalis2015b, [Naturalis] (2015b); #Naturalis2016, [Naturalis] (2016) , , , , On public display. Caught by beam trawler ''Urk 56'', operating from IJmuiden harbour; purchased from F. Sievertsen. First giant squid caught by Dutch fishermen. Probably mature, having spermatangia (inverted
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s) implanted in ventral arm. Exhibited at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden in formalin or 70% alcohol. , - , 261 , , October 1982 , , off Japan () at 150–200 m depth
{NWP} , , Caught by squid-fishing boat , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' , , Entire , , Entire? , , , , ML: 2.1 m; EL: 8.1 m; AC: 31 cm; WT: 163 kg [without viscera] , , , , #Iidaetal1992, Iida ''et al.'' (1992:2384) , , , , Stored frozen at −25 °C. Identified by Takashi Okutani, then of Tokai-ku Fisheries Research Institute. Chemical composition of arm and mantle tissue analysed by #Iidaetal1992, Iida ''et al.'' (1992). , - , 262 , , 30 October 1982 , , Sandy Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Sandy Cove, Fogo Island,
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{NWA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire, in poor condition , , Entire? , , Female , , ML: 169 cm; additional measurements , , NMSJ catalog no. MO-1693. Aldrich specimen No. 15 , , #Aldrich1991, Aldrich (1991:474, fig. 10) , , , , "Had engaged in battle with what apparently was another cephalopod". , - , 263 , , 30 December 1982 , , Kuzuareyama coast of Nō, Niigata, Noh-machi,
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{NEA} , , Not specified , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , , , , , , , WT: 150 kg [dead] , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Collected by "El Dioni" of Avilés. , - id="265" , 265 , , 19 August 1983 , , west coast of North Island,
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{SWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , None , , Female (immature) , , ML: 2035 mm; HL: ~0.5 m; WT: >200 kg; ASD: 23 mm , , NMNZ; NMNZ M79971. Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 1 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1983, Förch (1983:6, fig.); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 1) , , #Judd1996, Judd (1996) , , Found stuck in filtering screens of cooling water intake of New Plymouth power station. Specimen "appeared to be a different species" from next New Zealand carcass (#267).#Judd1996, Judd, 1996 , - id="266" , 266 , , 8–9 January 1984 , , Cove Bay (near
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' cf. ''dux'' , , Entire , , Undetermined , , Female , , WL: ~4.23 m; ML: ~1.75 m; GL: 1.57 m; BC: 1.40 m; HC: 0.88 m; WT: ~168 kg; ED: <0.5–<1.0 mm , , , , #Nixon1984, Nixon (1984:4); #Boyle1986, Boyle (1986:81) , , #Boyle1984, Boyle (1984:12); Collins (1998a:489) , , Tested for
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. Egg count estimated at >10×106. , - id="267" , 267 , , 8 March 1984 , , Auckland Islands () at 533 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , Female , , ML: 1930 mm; no other measurements , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 2 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 2) , , #Judd1996, Judd (1996); #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Shinkai Maru''. Specimen "appeared to be a different species" from previous New Zealand carcass (#265). , - , 268 , , 12 April 1984 , , southeast coast of North Island,
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() at 870–1100 m depth
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{NEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire? , , , , , , WL: 3–4 m , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Captured by Antonio Coro. , - , 270 , , 3 May 1984 , , near Castle Point Lighthouse, Castlepoint lighthouse, west coast of North Island,
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on the back of a Ute (vehicle), ute by a rock lobster fisherman", who initially thought it was "a large floating plastic bag" but noticed it was being attacked by gulls. Many features said to be intermediate between those of #265 and #267, 267. , - , 271 , , 9 May 1984 , , Cape Palliser,
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{SWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire? , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , #Anon1984, [Anon.] (1984:1); #Stevens1988, Stevens (1988:150) , , , , Site of stranding close (within 4–8 km) to head of Wairarapa submarine canyon.#Stevens1988, Stevens, 1988:150 , - , 272📷
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{SWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , Female , , ML: 1825 mm; no other measurements , , None?; catalog no. M79974; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 5 [specimen No. 4 of #Forch1998, Förch (1998)] , , #Anon1984, [Anon.] (1984:1, fig.); #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 4, frontispiece pl., figs. 3A, 7A–B, 12A) , , #Stevens1988, Stevens (1988:150, fig. 3); #Nesis2001, Nesis (2001, fig.) , , Collected by Ms. Kylie Solomon and Mr. Rangi Solomon. Site of stranding close (within 4–8 km) to head of Nicholson submarine canyon. , - , 273 , , May 1984 , , Namibia,
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{SEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 1250 mm[?]; WT: 38 kg; MW: 390 mm; HW: 250 mm; FL: 570 mm; FW: 280 mm[?]; TL: 4750 mm , , , , #PerezGandarasGuerra1989, Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1989:115) , , , , Taken by fisheries vessel. , - , 274 , , June 1984 , , Chub Cay,
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{NWA} , , Found dying at surface; not collected , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire; tentacles missing , , None , , , , WL: 400 cm; WT: , , None [specimen No. 11 of #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015)] , , #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , , , Identified based on photo. , - , 275 , , June 1984 , , west coast hoki grounds, South Island,
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{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , , , , , , , , , Förch (1998:106) , , , , Caught by F/V ''Arrow''. , - , 276 , , 1984 , , Cal. Sierra d Oviedo,
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{NEA} , , From shark stomach , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Severed tentacle , , , , , , TC: >10 cm , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , , - , 277 , , 25 July 1984 , , northwest coast of South Island,
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() at 475 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Entire , , Female , , ML: 1560 mm; TL: 7500 mm ight CSC: 250 ight additional indices and counts , , NMNZ; NMNZ M.86826; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 6 [specimen NZ-6 of Roeleveld (2002)] , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 6); Roeleveld (2002:727) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - , 278 , , 24 September 1984 , , southwest coast of South Island,
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() at 365 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Entire , , Female , , ML: 2020 mm; TL: 6325/7250 mm; CL: 925/925 mm; CSC: 287/287; TSC: 310/310; additional indices and counts , , NMNZ; NMNZ M.79976; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 7 [specimen NZ-7 of Roeleveld (2002)] , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 7); Roeleveld (2002:727) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Tengawai''. Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - id="279" , 279 , , Unknown (sampled during 1984–1990) , , San Miguel Island,
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stomach, ''Mirounga angustirostris'' , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , Undetermined , , , , None , , , , #Antonelisetal1994, Antonelis ''et al.'' (1994:214) , , , , From three
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s, sampled during 1984–1990. , - , 280 , , 6 June 1985 , ,
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() at 310 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , , , Female , , ML: ~2000 mm , , , , Förch (1998:106) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Daishin Maru 23''. , - , 281 , , 23 July 1985 , , off
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 282 , , 31 July 1985 , , off
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 283 , , 26 August 1985 , , off
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 284 , , 28 August 1985 , , off
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 285 , , 29 August 1985 , , off
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 286 , , 1 September 1985 , , off
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 287 , , Unknown (reported 1986) , , Unknown
{?} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Buccal mass and beak , , Beak , , , , LRL: 18.8 mm , , Undetermined , , #Clarke1986, Clarke (1986:fig. 22a) , , , , From sperm whale stomach (G17A65). , - , 288 , , Unknown (reported 1986) , ,
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{SEA} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Lower beak , , Beak , , , , LRL: 17.2 mm , , Undetermined , , #Clarke1986, Clarke (1986:fig. 23) , , , , , - , 289 , , Unknown (reported 1986) , ,
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{NEA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Lower beak , , Lower beak , , , , ML: 1980 mm; LRL: 19.4 mm , , Undetermined , , #Clarke1986, Clarke (1986:fig. 24a) , , , , , - , 290 , , 29 January 1986 , , off
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{NEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' cf. ''dux'' , , Entire , , None; sold commercially , , , , WL: 2.98 m; ML: 1.45 m; BC: 1.10 m; AC: 0.22 m; WT: ~90 kg , , , , Boyle (1986:82) , , Collins (1998a:489) , , Caught by fishing vessel; measurements by Mr. G. Howard. , - , 291 , , March 1986 , , near mouth of Orange River,
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() at 510–550 m depth
{SEA} , , By bottom trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , Female (maturing) , , ML: 1680 mm; LRL: 17.4 mm; URL: 17.1 mm; extensive measurements, illustrations, and description , , SAM catalog no. S1681 [specimen SA-3 of Roeleveld (2000)] , , Roeleveld & Lipiński (1991:433, pls.); Roeleveld (2000:185) , , , , Taken by MT ''Pardelhas''. Beak
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studied by Roeleveld (2000). , - , 292 , , 31 March 1986 , , Auckland Islands () at 296 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , Female , , ML: 1720 mm; no other measurements , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 8 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 11) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Akebono Maru 73''. , - , 293 , , 11 April 1986 , , northeast coast of North Island,
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{SWP} , , Found floating , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , Male , , ML: 1260 mm; no other measurements , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 9 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 9) , , , , , - , 294 , , 17 April 1986 , , east coast of South Island,
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() at 470 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Entire , , Female , , ML: 1815 mm; TL: 3150/3110 mm; CSC: 257/248; TSC: 279 ight additional indices and counts , , NMNZ; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 10 [specimen NZ-12 of Roeleveld (2002)] , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 12); Roeleveld (2002:727) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Banshu Maru 8''. Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - , 295 , , 27 May 1986 , , southwest coast of South Island,
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() at 604 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Entire , , Female , , ML: 1830 mm; CL: 840 mm; additional indices and counts , , NMNZ; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 11 [specimen NZ-13 of Roeleveld (2002)] , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 13); Roeleveld (2002:727) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Daishin Maru 28''. #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) gives date as 27 April. Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - , 296 , , third week of July 1986 , , Newfoundland
{NWA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis''? , , Entire?; "rotting" , , , , , , None , , , , #Aldrich1991, Aldrich (1991:460) , , , , Reported by T. Matthews of the Department of the Environment at Bristol's Hope, Conception Bay. "No information on the specimen has been obtained, save that it was in "rotting" condition". , - , 297 , , 17 July 1986 (also reported as 19 July#Trivedi2002, Trivedi, 2002; #Anon2007a, [Anon.], 2007a) , , Randalls Bay, Tasmania, Randalls Bay, at mouth of Huon River, near Cygnet, Tasmania, Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia
{SWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' , , Entire? , , None; not collected , , , , None given , , , , #TMAG2007, [TMAG] (2007:18) , , #Trivedi2002, Trivedi (2002); #Anon2007a, [Anon.] (2007a) , , Found on beach. , - , 298 , , 18 July 1986 , , west coast of South Island,
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() at 450/500 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 1380 mm; WT: 43.5 kg; see #Forch1998, Förch (1998:110) , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 12 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:107) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Dolomit''. , - , 299 , , 8 September 1986 , , east coast of South Island,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 480 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , Female , , ML: 2140 mm; no other measurements , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 13 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 14) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Banshu Maru 8''. , - , 300 , , 26 February 1987 , , east coast of South Island,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 350 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Entire , , Male [female?] , , ML: 1900 mm; CL: 755 mm; CSC: 222; additional indices and counts , , NMNZ; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 14 [specimen NZ-8 of Roeleveld (2002)] , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 8); Roeleveld (2002:727) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Daishin Maru 22''. Roeleveld (2002) and #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) give coordinates of and #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) gives depth of 312–356 m. Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - , 301 , , 5 March 1987 , , off Shetland, Shetland Islands
{NEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 1100 mm , , , , Collins (1998a:489) , , , , , - , 302 , , April–July 1987 , , approximately , Pacific Ocean, South Pacific
{SEP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Eight juveniles , , Undetermined , , (juveniles) , , None , , , , #Alexeyev1994, Alexeyev (1994:156, map) , , , , Taken in subantarctic waters by R/V ''Vozrozhdeniye'', cruise XI. , - , 303 , , 3 May 1987 , , southeast coast of North Island,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 360 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , Female , , ML: 1610 mm; no other measurements , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 15 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94) , , #Forch1998, Förch (1998:107); #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Listed in table as 3 April. Used for statocyst, statolith study. , - , 304 , , 9 May 1987 , , east coast of South Island,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 506 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , Female , , ML: 2135 mm; no other measurements , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 16 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 15) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Daishin Maru 28''. , - , 305 , , 1987 , , near Sydney, Australia
{SWP} , , By trawl? , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire? , , Undetermined , , , , WT: 150 kg , , , , #Gannon1996, Gannon (1996) , , , , "150 kg monster landed near Sydney in 1987" , - , 306 , , 19 July 1987 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 307 , , 20 July 1987 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 308 , , 26 July 1987 , , west coast of South Island,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 503 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 1300 mm; see #Forch1998, Förch (1998:110) , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 17 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:107) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Zuiyo 3''. , - , 309 , , 26 July 1987 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 310 , , 28 July 1987 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 311 , , 16 August 1987 , , west coast of South Island,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 464 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 1370 mm; WT: 70 kg; no other measurements , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 18 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94) , , #Forch1998, Förch (1998:108); #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Zuiyo 3''. , - , 312 , , 25 August 1987 , , west coast of South Island,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 410–608 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , Female , , ML: 1230 mm; see #Forch1998, Förch (1998:110) , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 19 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:108) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , - , 313 , , 2 September 1987 , , east of Auckland Islands ()
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 1780 mm; see #Forch1998, Förch (1998:110) , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 20 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:108) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Mys Kronotsky''. , - , 314 , , 13 October 1987 , , south coast of South Island,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 487 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 1770 mm; see #Forch1998, Förch (1998:110) , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 21 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:108) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Chiyo Maru 2''. , - , 315 , , October 1987 , ,
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
n waters ()
{SEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 1790 mm[?]; WT: 130 kg; MW: 485 mm; HW: 240 mm; FL: 720 mm; FW: 360 mm , , , , #PerezGandarasGuerra1989, Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1989:115) , , , , Taken by fisheries vessel. , - , 316 , , 4 November 1987 , , south coast of South Island,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
()
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 2010 mm; see #Forch1998, Förch (1998:110) , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 22 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:108) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Chiyo Maru''. , - , 317 , , 5 November 1987 , , southwest coast of South Island,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 550 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 1770 mm; no other measurements , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 23 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94) , , #Forch1998, Förch (1998:108); #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Chiyo Maru 2''. , - , 318 , , 26 November 1987 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 540 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 319 , , 5 December 1987 , ,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 540 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , , , , , WT: ~80 kg , , , , #Forch1998, Förch (1998:108) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Chiyo Maru 2''. , - , 320 , , 6 December 1987 , ,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 550 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , , , , , WT: ~20 kg , , , , #Forch1998, Förch (1998:108) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Chiyo Maru 2''. , - , 321 , , late 1987 , , hoki grounds, South Island,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , Female , , ML: 1830 mm; no other measurements , , None?; Förch specimen No. 10 , , #Forch1998, Förch (1998:107) , , , , , - , 322 , , 25 January 1988 , , Auckland Islands () at 495 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ML: 1880 mm; WT: ~150 kg; see #Forch1998, Förch (1998:110) , , None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 24 , , #Gauldieetal1994, Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:108) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Nikolaevskiy Korabel''. #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) gives date as 25 December. , - id="323" , 323📷
, , 16 April 1988 , , Uradome coast, Shirohara, Iwami, Tottori, Iwami-cho, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
{NWP} , , Found stranded in shallow water, alive , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire, good condition; red skin and tentacles intact, most arm tips missing , , Entire , , Probably female (maturity unknown) , , EL: 6959 mm; DML: 1309 mm; MW: 383 mm; Mantle perimeter: 878 mm; FL: 540 mm; FW: 325 mm; HL: 350 mm; HW: 193 mm; TL: 5218/5300 mm; TCL: 703/773 mm; TSD: 20 mm aximum AL(I): 1211/1492 mm; AL(II): 1781/1096 mm; AL(III): 1549/1458 mm; AL(IV): 1343/1507 mm; WT: ~80 kg; extensive additional measurements and counts , , Tottori Prefectural Museum; TRPM-A-595-0201-01 , , #Nomura1988, Nomura (1988:26); #Tamura1995, Tamura (1995:481); #Anon2006, [Anon.] (2006); #Wadaetal2014, Wada ''et al.'' (2014:67, figs. 1–4); #Shimadaetal2017, Shimada ''et al.'' (2017:9) , , #Tottori2006, [Tottori] (2006); #SuisoNd, [Suiso] () , , On public display. Specimen photographed in shallow water by Yasuke Yamane. Exhibited at Tottori Prefectural Museum since 21 June 1988, preserved in formalin; oldest specimen on public display in Japan.#Shimadaetal2017, Shimada ''et al.'', 2017:9 Displayed in 4 m × 0.7 m × 0.7 m tank on inclined surface so both sides can be viewed. Formed part of ground floor exhibit at Misawa Airport between 15 and 30 July 2006. Removed from old tank and examined in detail on 19 March 2013. , - , 324 , , 28 July 1988 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 325 , , 29 July 1988 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 326 , , 31 July 1988 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - , 327 , , 12 March 1989 , , Namibia ()
{SEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Only tentacle clubs,
hectocotylus A hectocotylus (plural: ''hectocotyli'') is one of the arms of male cephalopods that is specialized to store and transfer spermatophores to the female. Structurally, hectocotyli are muscular hydrostats. Depending on the species, the male may use i ...
, genitalia, beaks, and statocyst, statolith , , Male (mature) , , ML: 1220 mm [fresh]; FL: 540 mm [thawed]; FW: 460 mm [thawed]; MW: 460 mm [thawed]; TL: 5060 + 4510 mm [thawed]; WT: 41,350 g [thawed]; other measurements , , ICM? , , #VillanuevaSanchez1993, Villanueva & Sánchez (1993:33) , , , , , - , , , 1989 , , north of Cortes Bank,
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, at depth
{NEP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis japonica''? , , Tentacle piece , , Not stated , , , , None given , , , , #Thomas2006, Thomas (2006) , , , , , - , 328 , , August 1989 , , South Shore,
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire?, "relatively good condition" , , , , , , ML: 95 cm , , [specimen No. 12 of #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015)] , , #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , , , , - , 329 , , September 1989 , , Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina State, Brazil ()
{SWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , , , , , Female , , ML: 151 cm , , Instituto de Pesca, Santos, São Paulo, Santos, Brazil , , #Arfellietal1991, Arfelli ''et al.'' (1991:83, figs. 2–3) , , #Reetal1998, Ré ''et al.'' (1998:109) , , , - , 330 , , 7 February 1990 , , Poipu, Hawaii, Poipu, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands
{NEP} , , From sperm whale stomach , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Lower beaks , , Undetermined , , , , , , , , #ClarkeYoung1998, Clarke & Young (1998:625) , , , , From stranded 7250 kg male sperm whale. , - id="331" , 331 , , 10 February 1990 , , Long Rock, Penzance, Cornwall,
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{NEA} , , From stomach of stranded sperm whale , , ''Architeuthis'' spp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , 47 beaks , , Beaks? , , , , , , Undetermined , , #ClarkePascoe1997, Clarke & Pascoe (1997:1256) , , #RoperShea2013, Roper & Shea (2013:112) , , From male sperm whale. Giant squid accounted for 43% by number and estimated 80% by weight of total stomach contents. Possibly largest number of giant squid beaks found in a single whale stomach. , - id="332" , 332 , , 19 July 1990 , , West Cove, San Miguel Island,
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{NEP} , , From
northern elephant seal The northern elephant seal (''Mirounga angustirostris'') is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the southern elephant seal). It is a member of the family Phocidae (true seals). Elephant seals derive their name from their great siz ...
stomach, ''Mirounga angustirostris'' , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912 , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Beaks , , One lower beak , , , , None , , NMML catalog no. 486 , , Fiscus (1993:94) , , , , From male
northern elephant seal The northern elephant seal (''Mirounga angustirostris'') is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the southern elephant seal). It is a member of the family Phocidae (true seals). Elephant seals derive their name from their great siz ...
(specimen no. Y1991/1992). , - , 333📷
, , 14 March 1991 , , Soetwater, near Slangkop Lighthouse, Kommetjie (Cape Peninsula),
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{SEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire; tentacles missing, arms incomplete , , Entire , , Female (mature) , , ML: 1850 mm; statocyst, statolith; LRL: 16.2 mm [estimate]; URL: 16.5 mm; additional beak measurements , , SAM catalog no. S2486 [specimen SA-4 of Roeleveld (2000)] , , #Lipinski1997, Lipiński (1997:299); Roeleveld (2000:185); #RoeleveldNd, Roeleveld () , , ''The Natal Mercury'', 1996; #Roeleveld1998, Roeleveld (1998:8) , , Found stranded after storm. Beak
morphometrics Morphometrics (from Greek μορϕή ''morphe'', "shape, form", and -μετρία ''metria'', "measurement") or morphometry refers to the quantitative analysis of ''form'', a concept that encompasses size and shape. Morphometric analyses are co ...
studied by Roeleveld (2000). Model based on specimen (1.85 m ML; 9.3 m EL; 7.15 m TL) built for Aquatic World gallery of South African Museum.#RoeleveldNd, Roeleveld, , - , 334 , , 15 June 1991 , ,
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{SEA} , , Undetermined , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , Female (maturing) , , ML: 1400 mm; statocyst, statolith; LRL: 18.1 mm; URL: 17.6 mm; additional beak measurements , , SAM catalog no. S2546 [specimen SA-5 of Roeleveld (2000)] , , #Roeleveld1996, Roeleveld (1996); #Lipinski1997, Lipiński (1997:299); Roeleveld (2000:185) , , , , Beak
morphometrics Morphometrics (from Greek μορϕή ''morphe'', "shape, form", and -μετρία ''metria'', "measurement") or morphometry refers to the quantitative analysis of ''form'', a concept that encompasses size and shape. Morphometric analyses are co ...
studied by Roeleveld (2000). , - , 335 , , ?, 1992 , , Playa de Xagó,
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{NEA} , , Not specified; found floating at surface? , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Mantle and head at least , , , , , , , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Rest of mantle and head wrapped in a cloth of "volanta". Found by Civil Guard (Spain), Guardia Civil. , - , 336 , , 1992 , , El Musel,
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{NEA} , , Not specified , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire? , , , , , , ?EL: 5 m , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , , - , 337 , , April 1992 , , playa de Los Positos, Villa de Mazo, Mazo, La Palma, Canary Islands
{NEA} , , Found on beach , , ''Architeuthis''? , , "remains" , , "small samples" , , , , "large specimen" , , , , #GonzalezHeylen2002, González & Heylen (2002:71) , , , , Samples taken by biologists and analysed without reaching definitive conclusion. , - , 338 , , 7 May 1992 , , Kommetjie (Cape Peninsula),
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{SEA} , , Undetermined , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Head only , , Head , , Female , , ML: 1600 mm [estimate]; statocyst, statolith; LRL: 17.1 mm; URL: 17.3 mm; additional beak measurements , , SAM catalog no. S2556 [specimen SA-6 of Roeleveld (2000)] , , #Roeleveld1996, Roeleveld (1996); #Lipinski1997, Lipiński (1997:299); Roeleveld (2000:185) , , , , Beak
morphometrics Morphometrics (from Greek μορϕή ''morphe'', "shape, form", and -μετρία ''metria'', "measurement") or morphometry refers to the quantitative analysis of ''form'', a concept that encompasses size and shape. Morphometric analyses are co ...
studied by Roeleveld (2000). , - , 339 , , 10 June 1992 , , west of Cape Columbine (32°53'S),
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{SEA} , , Undetermined , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , Female (?maturing–mature) , , ML: 1770 mm; statocyst, statolith; LRL: 17.5 mm; URL: 18.8 mm; additional beak measurements , , SAM catalog no. S2562 [specimen SA-7 of Roeleveld (2000)] , , #Roeleveld1996, Roeleveld (1996); #Lipinski1997, Lipiński (1997:299); Roeleveld (2000:185) , , , , Beak
morphometrics Morphometrics (from Greek μορϕή ''morphe'', "shape, form", and -μετρία ''metria'', "measurement") or morphometry refers to the quantitative analysis of ''form'', a concept that encompasses size and shape. Morphometric analyses are co ...
studied by Roeleveld (2000). , - , 340 , , 15–16 July 1992 , , northwest of Chatham Islands; se
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - id="341" , 341
(#img341, 📷) , , 16 July 1992 (also reported as 20 July 1991) , , Stinking Bay, near Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia ()
{SWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire , , Entire , , Unknown , , None given , , NMV catalog no. MV F74346 (main specimen); TMAG catalog nos. E20643 (
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) & E20644 (sucker rings) , , #TMAG2007, [TMAG] (2007:18); #MV2013, [MV] (2013) , , #Trivedi2002, Trivedi (2002); #Anon2007a, [Anon.] (2007a) , , Found on beach; collected by S. Wisby. Main specimen at Museums Victoria preserved in 70% ethanol and 4% formalin buffered with borax. Missing tentacles according to one source. , - style="background:MistyRose;" id="Orobusta1" , [7]
(:File:Moroteuthis robusta.jpg, 📷) , , Unknown (reported 1993) , , southern Japan
{NWP} , , style="background: LemonChiffon" , Sick/dying animal photographed and filmed in shallow water , , ''Architeuthis dux''; ''Moroteuthis robusta'' (now known as ''Onykia robusta'') , , Entire; alive , , None , , , , , , None , , #PoppeGoto1993, Poppe & Goto (1993:pl. 28 fig. 1); #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:210) , , Japanese made-for-television film; #Norman2000, Norman (2000:174) , , Non-architeuthid. Photograph of sick/dying ''Onykia robusta'' taken by H. Kubota in shallow water. Squid is shown with diver, although wide-angle photography exaggerates animal's size. A video of the same squid appears in a Japanese made-for-television film.#Ellis1998a, Ellis, 1998a:211 If correctly identified as an architeuthid these would have been the first photo and video of a live giant squid. , - id="342" , 342 , , 14 May 1993 , , Morne Brabant, Mauritius
{SIO} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Undetermined , , , , ?ML: 4.5 m; WT: 240 kg , , , , #Staub1993, Staub (1993:141, pl. 1a,b) , , Paxton (2016a:83) , , Discussing maximum mantle length in giant squid, Paxton (2016a:83) wrote: "A 4.5 m specimen from Mauritius is often mistakenly cited but consultation of the primary paper (#Staub1993, Staub, 1993) reveals an ill-defined length which is clearly not ML." , - , 343 , , 23 December 1993 , , at edge of mangroves, east side of Hungry Bay, Paget Parish, Paget,
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire? , , , , , , ML: , , [specimen No. 13 of #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015)] , , #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , , , Collected by Thad Martin; T. Murdoch and C. Bosch-de-Noya also mentioned. Not found in BAMZ collection. , - , 344 , , February 1994 , , La Palma, Canary Islands
{NEA} , , Found on beach? , , ''Architeuthis''? , , "remains" , , "small samples" , , , , None given , , , , #GonzalezHeylen2002, González & Heylen (2002:71) , , , , Samples taken by biologists and analysed without reaching definitive conclusion. , - id="345" , 345
(#img345, 📷) , , March 1994 [or 9 November] , , off Los Cristianos, southern Tenerife, Canary Islands
{NEA} , , Found floating at surface, half-dead , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire , , Entire , , Female (adult) , , EL: >10 m; WT: 175/350/600 kg , , Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología, Santa Cruz de Tenerife , , #GonzalezHeylen2002, González & Heylen (2002:69, fig.); #OAMC2008, [OAMC] (2008); #Anon2014a, [Anon.] (2014a); #MNH2014, [MNH] (2014) , , Nesis (2001); #Miske2002, Miske (2002); #Anon2004, [Anon.] (2004); #Alcala2004, Alcalá (2004) , , Found by tourist boat ''Batros I''. Thought to have been attacked by sperm whale 2–3 days earlier; several cetacean teeth found among remains
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exhibited in Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología (formerly ''Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre'') in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (se
video
; specimen itself was long stored frozen and briefly put on public display as part of temporary exhibition "El Museo Fabulado" between 18 March and 31 May 2011. , - , 346 , , 21 April 1994 , , Izu Islands, Izu-Ogasawara Islands, off central Honshū, Japan () from surface to 140 m depth
{NWP} , , By trawl (obliquely-towed plankton net) , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire; "not in good condition" , , Entire , , (juvenile) , , ML: 19.8 mm; FL: 4.5 mm; HL: 6.4 mm, additional measurements , , Not stated , , #TsuchiyaMori1998, Tsuchiya & Mori (1998:225) , , Roper & Shea (2013:116) , , , - , 347 , , May 1994 , ,
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() at 515 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , In pieces , , , , ML: 1850 mm; FL: 760 mm , , NMNZ; NMNZ M18019 , , #Forch1998, Förch (1998:109) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Dalmor''. , - , 348 , , May 1994 , ,
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() at 514 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Incomplete , , , , ML: 1110 mm; FL: 490 mm , , NMNZ; NMNZ M18020 , , #Forch1998, Förch (1998:109) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by F/V ''Dalmor''. , - id="349" , 349
(#img349, 📷) , , August 1994 , , off Ishikawa, Okinawa, Ishikawa-shi (now part of Uruma, Uruma-shi), Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
{NWP} , , Not stated , , giant squid ("wikt:ダイオウイカ, ダイオウイカ") , , Entire; tentacles intact , , Entire , , , , EL: 6.37 m; WT: 63 kg , , Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium , , #Shimadaetal2017, Shimada ''et al.'' (2017:9) , , , , On public display. Exhibited at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, preserved in formalin. , - , 350 , , January 1995 , , off King Island (Tasmania), King Island, Bass Strait
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , "slightly larger" than specimen of 9 March 1995 , , , , Zeidler & Gowlett-Holmes (1996:85) , , , , , - , 351 , , January 1995 , , 500 km off South Island,
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{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , "even larger" than January 1995 specimen from King Island , , , , Zeidler & Gowlett-Holmes (1996:85) , , , , , - , 352 , , 9 March 1995 , , ~ SSE of Cape Banks, Australia ()
{SWP} , , Found floating at surface, recently dead , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire, tail damaged, all arms damaged (with most tips missing), tentacles damaged (left missing club, right with detached club portion), eyes missing, head detached , , Entire , , Female , , ML: 1530 mm; VML: 1400 mm; MW: 440 mm; MT: 40 mm aximum HL: 320 mm; HW: 270 mm; WT: 48 kg (mantle) + 38 kg (head with limbs); FL: 430 mm; FW: 175 mm; FuL: 250 mm; FuD: 110 mm; FuCL: 190 mm; FuCW: 50 mm aximum GL: 1440 mm; GW: 190 mm aximum RL: 340 mm; RW: 130 mm aximum EyOD: 170 mm; distance between eye orbits (dorsally): 90 mm; RL: 70 mm [curled]; RW: 10 mm [between teeth, maximum]; AL(I): 810/610 mm; AL(II): 1450/1120 mm; AL(III): 1330/1290 mm; AL(IV): 1140/1750 mm; ASD: 7–14 mm [left arm I]; TL: 4260/2970 mm (7390 mm total incl. detached club portion); DC: 195 mm; MaL: 410 mm; CaL: 130 mm; CW: 50 mm aximum CSD: 25 mm aximum LRL: 18 mm; URL: 18 mm; additional beak measurements , , SAMA; SAMA D18936 (main specimen) + B80 (frozen sample) + XD0040 (alcohol-fixed sample) , , Zeidler & Gowlett-Holmes (1996:85) , , #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:6) , , Caught by Martin Von Stanke on F/V ''Ocean Lady'' over ~25 m bottom depth. Stored on ice and transported to museum (with assistance of Thierry Laperousaz) after 1 day without prior freezing. Tissue samples from Hepatopancreas, digestive gland and arm (SAMA B80) saved at −80 °C, muscle samples from mantle and tentacle (SAMA XD0040) preserved in 100% alcohol. Cephalopod beak, Beak, radula and fragmented
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removed and preserved separately. Stomach contained only 9 undetermined squid suckers (13–16 mm diameter) and remains of others. Two large gashes (~20 cm) on left side of mantle may indicate predator attack (but no whales sighted in area at the time). , - , 353 , , 2 April 1995 , , San Jorge Gulf, Golfo San Jorge, Argentina () at 70 m depth
{SWA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , Female (mature) , , ML: 1625 mm , , Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires , , #Brunettietal1998, Brunetti ''et al.'' (1998:xxx) , , #Reetal1998, Ré ''et al.'' (1998:109); #Anon1999a, [Anon.] (1999a); #Brunettietal1999, Brunetti ''et al.'' (1999:16); #Anon2016, [Anon.] (2016) , , Originally displayed in the hall of marine giants (''sala de gigantes del mar'') at Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" in Buenos Aires from 1996, but removed in 2005 due to "technical issues" affecting it. Considered the museum's iconic specimen, it was placed back on display in July 2016 (se
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, , 26 April 1995 , , west of Aran Islands, County Galway,
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() at 287 m depth
{NEA} , , By 80 mm mesh benthic trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp.; ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire , , Head, tentacles, heart, and gills , , Male (mature) , , ML: 1028 mm; MW: 379 mm; TL: 4555 mm; EL: 5970 mm; WT: 26.9 kg; HL: 275 mm; HW: 135 mm; AL(I): 870 mm; AL(II): not measured; AL(III): 1054 mm; AL(IV): 1512/1465 mm; LAL: 1512 mm; TCL: 504 mm; DC: 158 mm; MaL: 252 mm; CaL: 94 mm; HeL: no obs.; FL: 390 mm; FW: 298 mm (one fin: 149 mm); EyD: 80 mm; PL: 555 mm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 125–150 mm; LRL: 10.9 mm; URL: 12.5 mm; SInc: 294; G(W): 4.25% , , NMI catalog no. 1995.14 , , #McSweeney1995, McSweeney (1995); #Collinsetal1997, Collins ''et al.'' (1997:562); Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:8); Nunn & Holmes (2008) , , #Lordanetal1998, Lordan ''et al.'' (1998:905); Collins (1998a:489); #OSullivan2017, O'Sullivan (2017) , , Taken by trawler M.F.V. ''Sionnainn'', skippered by Michael Flannery (Flannery's son caught two giant squid in the same area in 2017: List of giant squid specimens and sightings (2015–present)#651, #651 and List of giant squid specimens and sightings (2015–present)#652, 652). University College Cork scientist Colm Lordan interviewed about find on ''RTÉ News'' on 1 May 1995; examination began same day. Donated to National Museum of Ireland – Natural History by Lordan; preserved in spirit. , - id="355" , 355 , , 24 June 1995 , , Porcupine Bank,
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{NEA} , , By 80 mm mesh benthic trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp.; ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire , , Undeterminded , , Male (mature) , , ML: 975 mm; MW: 335 mm; EL: 5950 mm; WT: 22.45 kg; HL: 270 mm; HW: 137 mm; TL: 4823 mm; TCL: 500 mm; DC: 172 mm; MaL: 252/236 mm; CaL: 77/92 mm; FL: 356 mm; FW: 266 mm; EyD: 95 mm; PL: 574 mm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 120–140 mm; HeL: no obs.; LRL: 12.7 mm; URL: 12 mm; SInc: 375; G(W): 3.29% , , NMI catalog no. 1995.44 , , #Collinsetal1997, Collins ''et al.'' (1997:562); Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:8); Nunn & Holmes (2008) , , #Lordanetal1998, Lordan ''et al.'' (1998:905); Collins (1998a:489); #OSullivan2017, O'Sullivan (2017) , , Taken by trawler M.F.V. ''Sionnainn'', skippered by Michael Flannery (Flannery's son caught two giant squid in the same area in 2017: List of giant squid specimens and sightings (2015–present)#651, #651 and List of giant squid specimens and sightings (2015–present)#652, 652). Donated to National Museum of Ireland – Natural History by Colm Lordan; preserved in spirit. , - , 356 , , 25 June 1995 , , southwest of Aran Islands, County Galway,
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{NEA} , , By 80 mm mesh benthic trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp.; ''Architeuthis clarkei''; ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire , , Head and mantle , , Male (mature) , , ML: 1084 mm; MW: 335 mm; WT: 26.5 kg; HL: 288 mm; HW: 144 mm; AL(IV): 1111 mm; LAL: 1111 mm; FL: 368 mm; FW: 264 mm; EyD: 96 mm; HeL: no obs.; PL: 702 mm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 135–155 mm; LRL: 13.3 mm; URL: 10 mm; SInc: 422; G(W): 2.96% , , NMI catalog no. 1995.43 , , #Collinsetal1997, Collins ''et al.'' (1997:562); Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:8); Nunn & Holmes (2008) , , #Lordanetal1998, Lordan ''et al.'' (1998:905); Collins (1998a:489) , , Taken by trawler ''Galway''. Donated to National Museum of Ireland – Natural History by Colm Lordan; preserved in spirit. , - , 357 , , 26 June 1995 , , off Fowey Rocks Light,
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire?, "mutilated remains" , , , , , , EL: ; WT: , , [specimen No. 14 of #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015)] , , #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , , , Identified based on photo. , - , , , 7 July 1995 , , south Tenerife, Canary Islands
{NEA} , , Recovered by fishermen, dead , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire?, "partially damaged"; possibly with incomplete limbs and missing posterior end of mantle , , Beak (at least) , , Female , , DML: 1520 mm [DML estimated from LRL: 1418/1493 mm]; EL: 7.6 m [estimated from DML estimate]; LRL: 16.0 mm; URL: 15.0 mm; additional beak measurements , , [specimen ID1 of #PeralesRayaetal2020, Perales-Raya ''et al.'' (2020)] , , #PeralesRayaetal2020, Perales-Raya ''et al.'' (2020:359, 361, 365) , , , , Beak increments used by #PeralesRayaetal2020, Perales-Raya ''et al.'' (2020) to estimate age at 615 days. Beak preserved in 70% ethanol upon collection; rehydrated in distilled water for several days prior to age estimation. , - , 358 , , 10 July 1995 , ,
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{SEA} , , Undetermined , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , Male (mature) , , ML: 1180 mm; statocyst, statolith; LRL: 14.1 mm; URL: 15.4 mm; additional beak measurements , , SAM catalog no. S3353 [specimen SA-10 of Roeleveld (2000)] , , #Lipinski1997, Lipiński (1997:299); Roeleveld (2000:185) , , , , Beak
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studied by Roeleveld (2000). , - , 359 , , 15 July 1995 , , San Jorge Gulf, Golfo San Jorge, Bahía Bustamante, Argentina ()
{SWA} , , Found washed ashore on mat of seaweed , , , , , , , , Female (immature) , , ML: 1300 mm , , , , #RuizFondacaro1996, Ruiz & Fondacaro (1996) , , #Reetal1998, Ré ''et al.'' (1998:109); #Brunettietal1999, Brunetti ''et al.'' (1999:16) , , , - , 360 , , 27 September 1995 , , Playa de los Pozos,
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{NEA} , , By seine fishing , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire? , , , , , , WT: 160 kg , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Caught by the boats ''Nuevo Juanito'' and ''Hermanos'' of Avilés using a seine. , - , 361 , , 1 December 1995 , , off South Island,
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(43°24'–43°31'S 169°20'–169°10'E) at 305 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , , , , , NIWA , , #Puente1996, Puente (1996); #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , Collected by T. Devlin on F/V ''J. Elaine''. #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) gives coordinates as . , - , 362 , , December 1995 , , off
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{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , Entire? , , Entire?, left tentacle loose , , Male (mature) , , ML: 1200 mm; TL: 2757+ mm eft CL: 552 mm eft CSC: 247 eft TSC: 278 eft additional indices and counts , , NMNZ; NMNZ Z.8900 [specimen NZ-36 of Roeleveld (2002)] , , Roeleveld (2002:727) , , , , Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - , 363 , , 31 December 1995 , , off South Island,
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{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire, both tentacles loose , , Female (maturing?) , , ML: 2000 mm; WT: ~; TL: 7300 mm [later 5702/4813 mm]; CL: 850 mm [later 812/753 mm]; CSC: 243/242; TSC: 273/268; additional indices and counts , , NMNZ; NMNZ Z.8436 [specimen NZ-16 of Roeleveld (2002)] , , #Ellis1997, Ellis (1997:1); #Forch1998, Förch (1998:specimen 16); #Roeleveld2002, Roeleveld (2002:727, figs. 2–3) , , #Puente1996, Puente (1996); #Anon1996a, [Anon.] (1996a); #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Collected by FRV ''Tangaroa''. Originally deposited at National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, NIWA. Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - , 364 , , 31 December 1995 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
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{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , Listed as separate record by #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007). , - , 365 , , Unknown (reported 1996) , , near Mount Gambier, South Australia, Mt Gambier, off Cape Banks, South Australia
{SWP} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , Female , , WT: 86 kg; BL+HL: 1.85 m; AL: 1.75 m (longest); TL: 7.39 m (longest); EyOD: 17 cm; EL: >9 m , , SAMA , , #Zeidler1996, Zeidler (1996:7, fig.) , , , , Female with fully formed ovary, ovaries and small white eggs. , - , 366 , , "very early" January 1996 [or 16 January] , , off South Island,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 310 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , Male , , TL: , , NIWA , , #Ellis1997, Ellis (1997:9) , , #Forch1998, Förch (1998:109); #Puente1996, Puente (1996); #Anon1996a, [Anon.] (1996a); #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , Caught by FRV ''Tangaroa''. , - , 367 , , February 1996 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 310 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 368 , , February 1996 , , Perlora,
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{NEA} , , Not specified , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Mantle severed in its first third, missing arms and tentacles , , , , , , , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , , - id="369" , 369📷
, , 14 March 1996 (also reported as 25 March) , , Cape Sorell, off Strahan, Tasmania, Strahan, West Coast, Tasmania, west coast of Tasmania, Australia (–) at 840–1000 m depth
{SWP} , , Captured live by commercial trawl fishing for orange roughy (''Hoplostethus atlanticus''), but likely died under weight of fish during haul to surface , , ''Architeuthis sanctipauli'' Velain, 1877 , , Entire; missing majority of skin , , Entire , , Female (subadult) , , ML: 191 cm; EL: 12 m stimate, , NMV catalog no. MV F74479; TMAG catalog no. E23143 , , #NormanLu1997, Norman & Lu (1997:683, fig. 1a); #Norman2000, Norman (2000:152, fig.); #Landmanetal2004, Landman ''et al.'' (2004:685); #TMAG2007, [TMAG] (2007:18) , , #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:6) , , Isotopic analysis of statocyst, statolith carried out by #Landmanetal2004, Landman ''et al.'' (2004) to determine age and habitat. Photographed by David Paul. , - , 370 , , 21 March 1996 , , off
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() at 420 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - id="371" , 371📷
, , 22 March 1996 , , between Macquarie Harbour and Port Davey, off West Coast, Tasmania, west coast of Tasmania, Australia () at 458/460 m depth
{SWP} , , Captured live in commercial fishing trawl , , ''Architeuthis sanctipauli'' Velain, 1877 , , Entire, skin largely intact , , Entire , , Female (submature) , , ML: 2.4 m; EL: 15 m [intact estimate]; WT: 220 kg; ovary: ~3 kg ("small") , , NMV catalog no. MV F74482 , , #NormanLu1997, Norman & Lu (1997:683, fig. 1b–d); #Norman2000, Norman (2000:154, 4 figs.); #Landmanetal2004, Landman ''et al.'' (2004:685); #TMAG2007, [TMAG] (2007:18) , , #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:6); #Packham1998, Packham (1998); #Anon2003, [Anon.] (2003, fig.); #RoperShea2013, Roper & Shea (2013:114, 116); #PeralesRayaetal2020, Perales-Raya ''et al.'' (2020:357, 369–370) , , Mated female with
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s embedded in epidermis of both ventral arms, around 1 m from mouth. Ovary occupying <20% of mantle cavity contained "hundreds of thousands of undeveloped eggs". Adult specimen according to #Landmanetal2004, Landman ''et al.'' (2004:686). Isotopic analysis of statocyst, statolith carried out by #Landmanetal2004, Landman ''et al.'' (2004) to determine age and habitat. Photographed by David Paul. Featured in episode of 1998 documentary series ''The X Creatures''. Based on mantle length described as "largest measured specimen" by #PeralesRayaetal2020, Perales-Raya ''et al.'' (2020), who estimated age of specimen (and maximum lifespan of species) at 2.5–5.1 (mean 3.3) years or 2.1–3.5 (mean 2.6) years, depending on growth rate estimate. Also cited by #RoperShea2013, Roper & Shea (2013:114) as specimen with one of greatest recorded mantle lengths. , - , 372📷
, , 24 May 1996 , , San Jorge Gulf, Golfo San Jorge, Bahía Bustamante, Argentina ()
{SWA} , , Found washed ashore, dead , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , , , Entire , , Female (immature) , , ML: 1940 mm; ?TL: 4.2 m; WT: 180 kg; see #Reetal1998, Ré ''et al.'' (1998) , , MCNOPM , , #Reetal1996, Ré ''et al.'' (1996:161, fig. 1); #Reetal1998, Ré ''et al.'' (1998:109) , , #Brunettietal1999, Brunetti ''et al.'' (1999:16, fig. 7A) , , Exhibited at the museum of Puerto Madryn
Photographed
with two children. , - , 373 , , 10 June 1996 , , off King Island (Tasmania), King Island, Tasmania, Australia, at 1000 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , , , WT: >200 kg; ?TL: 8 m , , NMV , , #Gannon1996, Gannon (1996); #Anon1996b, [Anon.] (1996b) , , #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:6) , , Captured by D. McNamara and R. Bradshaw on trawler ''Empress Pearl''. , - id="374" , 374 , , 1 October 1996 (also reported as 10 January#TMAG2007, [TMAG], 2007:18) , , off King Island (Tasmania), King Island, northwest of Tasmania, Australia (40°S 143°9′E–) at 897/980–1000 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis sanctipauli'' Velain, 1877 , , Entire? , , Entire , , Female (subadult) , , ML: 159 cm (without fins) , , NMV catalog no. MV F78297 , , #Landmanetal2004, Landman ''et al.'' (2004:685); #TMAG2007, [TMAG] (2007:18) , , #Carlini1998, Carlini (1998); #CarliniGraves1999, Carlini & Graves (1999:60) , , Tissue sample used for Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, COI sequence analysis by #Carlini1998, Carlini (1998) and #CarliniGraves1999, Carlini & Graves (1999) (GenBank accession
AF000027
. Isotopic analysis of statocyst, statolith carried out by #Landmanetal2004, Landman ''et al.'' (2004) to determine age and habitat. , - id="375" , 375 , , 19 November 1996 , , off Ensenada, Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
{NEP} , , Found in stomach contents of blue shark ('' Prionace glauca'') , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Pair of beaks (from a single specimen) , , Entire , , , , LRL: 13.44 mm; ML: 741.5 mm [estimate]; WT: 24365.0 g stimate, , , , #MarkaidaSosaNishizaki2010, Markaida & Sosa-Nishizaki (2010) , , , , Live weight constituted an estimated 7.27% of total prey weight from 893 blue sharks sampled. First giant squid record from Mexico, Mexican waters and southernmost record in the California Current. , - , 376 , , 1996 , , Chatham Rise,
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{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , ?EL: , , , , #OShea1997, O'Shea (1997) , , #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:264) , , , - , 377 , , 1996 , , Chatham Rise,
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{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , ?EL: , , , , #OShea1997, O'Shea (1997) , , #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:264) , , , - , 378 , , 1996 , ,
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{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , ?EL: , , , , #OShea1997, O'Shea (1997) , , #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:264) , , , - id="379" , 379
(#img379, 📷) , , 24 December 1996 , , Hawai, Tottori, Hawai, Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
{NWP} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis japonica'' , , Entire, tentacles missing , , Entire , , , , ML: 171 cm; WL: ~450 cm [or ]; EL: ~10 m [estimate; or 7–8 m]; WT: 120–150 kg , , National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo) , , #NSMT2012, [NSMT] (2012) , , ''The Japan Times'', 1996; #Ellis1998a, Ellis (1998a:264); #Anon2005, [Anon.] (2005); #Shimadaetal2017, Shimada ''et al.'' (2017:9) , , On public display. Exhibited at the National Museum of Nature and Science (preserved in formalin), where it formed the backdrop for a press event with Tsunemi Kubodera on the first images of a live giant squid in the wild (List of giant squid specimens and sightings (21st century)#492, #492). , - , 380 , , 1997 , , off Sergipe, Brazil
{SWA} , , "found" , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #MartinsPerez2009, Martins & Perez (2009) , , , , Unreported prior to #MartinsPerez2009, Martins & Perez (2009). , - id="381" , 381
(#img381, 📷) , , 16 July 1997 , , North Sea at 100 m depth
{NEA} , , Caught in net , , ''Architeuthis'' , , Entire; tentacles intact , , Entire , , , , ?EL: 5 m , , SMNH , , #SMNH2015, [SMNH] (2015); #SMNHNd, [SMNH] () , , , , On public display. Caught by Danish fishermen. Exhibited in tank at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm. , - , 382 , , 28 October 1997 , , offshore,
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire?, "completely intact body" , , , , , , None given , , [specimen No. 15 of #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015)] , , #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , , , Found over bottom depth of 2000 m. , - id="383" , 383
(#img383, 📷) , , 16 November 1997#Gonzalezetal2000, González ''et al.'', 2000:745 , , beach near Fuengirola, Andalusia,
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{MED} , , Found washed ashore dead but relatively fresh , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire; tentacles missing, all arms incomplete except I(R) and II(R), lower beak damaged, upper beak broken, most sucker rings lost, reddish skin largely missing , , Entire , , Female (almost mature) , , DML: 1495 mm; MW: 600 mm aximum HL: 300 mm; HW: 380 mm; FL: 540 mm [including 'tail']; FW: 440 mm; EyD: 160/160 mm; AL(I): 76/118 mm; AL(II): 81/139 mm; AL(III): 103/126 mm; AL(IV): 123/130 mm; GiL: 242/272 mm; NGL: 450/450 mm; ovary length: 544 mm; URL: 17.2 mm; WT: 104 kg; additional beak measurements , , Museo Alborania, Aula del Mar de CREMA, Málaga,
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, , On public display. First known giant squid specimen from the Mediterranean Sea. Frozen after discovery; later thawed and preserved in formaldehyde. Nidamental glands and ovary (occupying 36% of mantle cavity) very well developed, latter containing hundreds of thousands of still-opaque eggs; stomach empty. #Guerraetal2006, Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:89) give mid-1998 as date and ~125 cm as mantle length. , - , 384 , , December 1997 – April 1998 , , Chatham Rise,
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{SWP} , , "Captured" , , ''Architeuthis'' , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Seven specimens , , , , 5 males (mature), 2 females (mature) , , , , , , #Landmanetal1999, Landman ''et al.'' (1999:72) , , , , , - id="385" , 385📷
, , 27 December 1997 , , Mernoo Bank, Merneo [Mernoo] Bank, Chatham Rise,
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(44°20.4–23.5'S 173°54.3–37.0'E) at 671–674 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirki'' Robson, 1887 , , Entire; tentacles broken off, minor damage to fins and one arm , , Entire , , Male (mature) , , ML: 1.24 m; ?WL: ["without ten[t]acles"#AMNH2013, [AMNH], 2013]; WT: ~ [220 kg per specimen label]; EyD: ; beak crest length: 47.5 mm , , AMNH catalog no. 291938 (main specimen; buccal mass and beak stored separately) , , #AMNH1998a, [AMNH] (1998a); #AMNH1998b, [AMNH] (1998b); #LandmanEllis1998, Landman & Ellis (1998:150, fig.); #CordeiroHussaini1999, Cordeiro & Hussaini (1999:25); #Landmanetal1999, Landman ''et al.'' (1999:72); #DusslingJohnson1999, Dussling & Johnson (1999); #AMNH1999, [AMNH] (1999); #Pollak1999, Pollak (1999); #AMNH2013, [AMNH] (2013); #Landman2015, Landman (2015) , , #Tanabe2012, Tanabe (2012:12, fig. 3 subfigs. 2a–b); #Tanabeetal2015, Tanabe ''et al.'' (2015:35) , , Collected by commercial fishermen of F/V ''Aquila''. Offered as gift to American Museum of Natural History, AMNH by Steve O'Shea of National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, NIWA, who contacted Neil Landman in March 1998. Transported from
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to New York City by combination of refrigerated trucks and air cargo (with unscheduled delay in Los Angeles). Received by AMNH still frozen on 10 June 1998, as first specimen in its history. Photographed by Portia Rollings of AMNH upon arrival. Examined and preserved by Landman and Paula Mikkelsen. Tissue samples taken and beak and radula removed and placed in 95% ethanol. Specimen injected with and fixed in 10% saline formalin solution. Kept this way for 2 weeks and buffered in first 4 days (ultimately with sodium bicarbonate) to preserve sucker rings. Next subjected to 5 days of freshwater washes and finally transferred to 70/75% ethanol. Mature
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found in mantle cavity. Put on display in Hall of Biodiversity from 12 October 1999, in 1500-litre stainless steel and fibreglass tank (built under direction of David Harvey) with tentacles taken from #390. Covered in 1999 children's book ''Giant Squid: Mystery of the Deep''. , - , 386📷
, , 18 January 1998 , , Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, Newburgh beach, Aberdeenshire,
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{NEA} , , Found washed ashore , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire, "good condition" , , Entire , , Female (immature) , , ML: 1230 mm; EL: 4.6 m; WT: 40 kg; see #Collins1998a, Collins (1998a:491) , , NMSZ , , #Collins1998a, Collins (1998a:491); #Collins1998b, Collins (1998b, 6 figs.) , , #Collins1998c, Collins (1998c); #BoyleRodhouse2005, Boyle & Rodhouse (2005:196, fig. 12.1.1) ,
Found
on snow-covered beach by M.Sc. student Oscar Campbell who collected tentacular club; identified as ''Architeuthis'' at University of Aberdeen. Measured ''in situ'' following day by Martin Collins's group and dragged in two pieces (mantle, head plus limbs) to Zoology Department, where measured and dissected; stomach empty. Beak and buccal mass removed and put on display at Zoology Department. , - , 387 , , 13 March 1998 , , off
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(42°50.9–49.8'S 177°16.6'–176°55.3'E) at 489–475 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 388 , , 9 April 1998 , , Patagonian Shelf, South Patagonian shelf, off Argentina () at 105 m depth (bottom depth also 105 m)200 m per Brunetti et al. (1999:16)-->
{SWA} , , By bottom trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , , , , , Female , , ML: 1.4 m , , Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP) , , #Brunettietal2002, Brunetti ''et al.'' (2002) , , #Anon1999a, [Anon.] (1999a); #Brunettietal1999, Brunetti ''et al.'' (1999:16) , , Taken by the vessel ''Kasuga Maru'' of the Pespasa fishing company. Collected by fishery inspector. Surface water temperature recorded as and air temperature as . , - , 389 , , 9 April 1998 , , off
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() at 500 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - id="390" , 390 , , 10 April 1998 , , off
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(43°56.8'–44°03.8'S 175°51.6–30.1'E) at 519–523 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis kirki'' Robson, 1887 , , , , , , , , , , AMNH (two tentacles and one complete arm) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007); #Landman2015, Landman (2015) , , , , Collected by commercial fishermen of F/V ''Aquila''. Displayed at American Museum of Natural History with body of #385. , - id="391" , 391 , , 18 April 1998 , , about ten miles (16 km) from Saint-Paul, Réunion, Saint Paul, Réunion, La Réunion Island ()
{SIO} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , "big chunk of flesh ... including the base of the arms, head and the upper part of the mantle" , , Buccal mass, beak; tip of rostrum of lower beak broken , , , , LRL: 17.0–17.5 mm [estimate]; ML: 174–193 cm stimate, , , , #Cherel2003, Cherel (2003:1295) , , , , Fishermen reported rapid skin colour change, suggesting chromatophores were still active and specimen was freshly dead. Other remains of large squid were observed. Sperm whales said to have occurred in the area at the time. , - , 392 , , 28 July 1998 , , off
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() at 500–575 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 393 , , 29 July 1998 , , off
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(41°59'–42°10'S 170°32–33'E) at 405 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 394 , , 31 July 1998 , , off
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() at 452–526 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 395 , , 20 August 1998 , , off
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{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - id="396" , 396 , , 13 November 1998 , , Kerguelen Islands, Kerguelen waters in Antarctic Convergence, southern Polar Frontal Zone () at 630–710 m depth
{SIO} , , Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.) , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Lower and upper beak , , Entire , , , , LRL: 15.51 mm; ML: 128 cm stimate, , , , #Cherel2003, Cherel (2003:1296); #CherelDuhamel2004, Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25) , , #Rincon2004, Rincon (2004) , , Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000). , - , 397 , , 19 December 1998 , , off
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(43°18.5–32.6'S 174°10.5–17.7'E) at 567 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 398 , , between 26 December 1998 and 9 February 1999 , , off
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() at 500 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - style="background:MistyRose;" id="Alui" , [8] , , 1999 (reported) , ,
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{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis''; ''Asperoteuthis lui'' Salcedo-Vargas, 1999 , , , , , , , , , , , , #SalcedoVargas1999, Salcedo-Vargas (1999) , , , , Non-architeuthid. , - , 399 , , 7 January 1999 , , off
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(43°51.34'S 173°20'–174°37'E)
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 400 , , 22 January 1999 , , off
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{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 401 , , 22 January 1999 , , off
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(44°08.2'–43°58.5'S 175°20.3'–174°45.5'E)
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 402 , , 27 January 1999 , , off
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() at 504 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 403 , , 12 February 1999 , , off
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() at 545 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 404 , , 15 February 1999 , , Patagonian Shelf, South Patagonian shelf, < off Isla de los Estados, Argentina () at 316–360 m depth (bottom depth 450 m)
{SWA} , , By midwater trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire , , Entire , , Female , , ML: 1.7 m; ?WL: >3 m; WT: 150 kg , , Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP) , , #Anon1999a, [Anon.] (1999a); #Brunettietal2002, Brunetti ''et al.'' (2002) , , #Brunettietal1999, Brunetti ''et al.'' (1999:16) , , Taken by the vessel ''Rikuzen'' of the Pesantar SA fishing company in 105 m long drag net. Collected by scientific observer. Frozen onboard with arms reconstructed after being crushed by weigh of fish catch. Landed in Ushuaia on 18 March 1999 and thawed on 22 March for sample collection. Examined by Silvana Pineda and others from Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), who travelled especially from Mar del Plata. , - id="405" , 405 , , 16 February 1999 , , Kerguelen Islands, Kerguelen waters in Antarctic Convergence, southern Polar Frontal Zone () at 550–870 m depth
{SIO} , , Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.) , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Lower and upper beak , , Entire , , , , LRL: 16.33 mm; ML: 152 cm stimate, , , , #Cherel2003, Cherel (2003:1296); #CherelDuhamel2004, Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25) , , #Rincon2004, Rincon (2004) , , Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000). , - , 406 , , 9 March 1999 , , off
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{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - id="407" , 407
(#img407, 📷) , , 15 March 1999 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
(48º36.1–54.2'S 166º15.2–24.4'E) at 798 m depth
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' , , Entire; tentacles intact , , Entire , , , , EL: , , Mote Aquarium, Mote Marine Laboratory , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007); #Mote2015, [Mote] (2015); #Ginsberg2018, Ginsberg (2018) , , #GornMarcil2003, Gorn & Marcil (2003); #Anon2007b, [Anon.] (2007b) , , On public display. Nicknamed "Molly the Mollusk". Transferred to Mote Marine Laboratory in 1999 and exhibited at Mote Aquarium since 2001. Spent two years as part of travelling exhibit "Sea Monsters" before returning to Mote in September 2015; displayed at "Exploration Gallery" (formerly "Shark Attack Theater"). Featured in 2003 episode of documentary series ''Mystery Hunters''. , - , 408 , , 16 March 1999 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
(48º49.55'S 166º53'–167º16'E)
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 409 , , 5 April 1999 , , Goulding Cay, Northeast Providence Channel,
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(; given as "25°1'387"N 77°34'273"W")
{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis'' sp.; ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire, "whole specimen"; distal half of tentacles missing , , Entire, in two pieces , , Male (mature) , , EL: [missing tentacle ends] , , RSMAS; "Ex UMML 31.3125" [specimen No. 16 of #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015)] , , #Anon1999b, [Anon.] (1999b:1); #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , , , Found over bottom depth of 2300 m. , - , 410 , , 14 May 1999 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 515 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - id="411" , 411 , , 3 June 1999 , , east of Fowey Rocks Light,
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface, dead , , ''Architeuthis'' sp.; ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire in "fresh" condition but heavily mutilated; missing distal third of mantle (incl. fins), tentacles, and ends of all arms but arm I(R) , , Entire , , , , ML: 700 mm; ML: 1000 mm [intact estimate]; WT: ~20 kg [intact estimate]; #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) give unspecified measurement (total length of remains?) of "110 cm 3.6 ft" , , RSMAS catalog no. UMML 31.312b / 31.3126 [specimen No. 17 of #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015)] , , #Seibeletal2000, Seibel ''et al.'' (2000:286); #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:80) , , , , Collected by charter-boat ''Top Dog'' (Capt. Phil Slaga and Mate Bo Spieler). Found over bottom depth of >300 m. Taken to Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, RSMAS where kept on ice or in refrigerated cold room for ~3 days prior to dissection. Wet weight estimated using mass–length relationship of #ODor1988, O'Dor (1988) for Ommastrephidae, ommastrephid squids. Mantle tissue used in study of enzymatic activity by #Seibeletal2000, Seibel ''et al.'' (2000), providing first estimates of giant squid metabolism and locomotory ability. , - id="412" , 412 , , 14 June 1999 , , off West Coast, Tasmania, west coast of Tasmania, Australia, at 500–700 m depth
{SWP} , , Caught by trawler fishing for blue grenadier , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire? , , Entire; later discarded , , Male , , WT: 190 kg , , TMAG catalog no. E23413 , , #Deagleetal2005, Deagle ''et al.'' (2005:417); #Deagle2006, Deagle (2006:27); #TMAG2007, [TMAG] (2007:18) , , , , Specimen was kept frozen in storage until dissection in September 2002. Gut contents underwent genetic screening for prey. , - , 413 , , 1 July 1999 , , off West Coast, Tasmania, west coast of Tasmania, Australia
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire? , , Discarded , , , , WT: 245 kg , , TMAG catalog no. E23414 , , #TMAG2007, [TMAG] (2007:19) , , , , Head and limbs separated from mantle. , - , 414 , , 13 July 1999 , , off
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() at 530 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 415 , , 15 July 1999 , , off
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() at 460 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 416 , , 17 July 1999 , , off
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
() at 535 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , Temperature (BT) recorded as . , - , 417 , , 21 July 1999 , , off
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() at 442 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 418 , , 5 August 1999 , , off
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{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - , 419 , , 29 August 1999 , , nearly off Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, Brazil () over 2,400 m deep waters
{SWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis'' , , Entire; arm pairs I, II, III half-missing, arm pair IV complete, tentacles missing, reproductive system virtually missing , , Entire , , Female (mature) , , ML: 1160 mm; WT: 50 kg; WL: 2480 mm; MW: 460 mm; HL: 270 mm; HW: 360 mm; FL: 460 mm; FW: 380 mm; FuL: 450 mm [ventral]; FuCL: 125 mm; FuCW: 61 mm; AL(I): 520/510 mm; AL(II): 620/560 mm; AL(III): 750/550 mm; AL(IV): 960/800 mm; ASD: 18 mm aximum GiL: 280 mm; LRL: 15 mm; URL: 20 mm; ED: ~2.0 mm; other measurements , , Museu Nacional-RJ (MNRJ 10761) , , #MartinsPerez2009, Martins & Perez (2009, figs. 1–14) , , , , Spotted by crew of Brazilian long-liner ''Macedo V''.
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s embedded in left ventral arm, around 60 cm from mouth. Small number of eggs present (~2.0 mm wide). Authors found "a few peculiarities [...] [i]n the shape of the fins, head and the cross-section and length of ventral arms". , - , 420 , , 1 November 1999 , , off Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia
{SWP} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire? , , Discarded , , Female , , WT: 255 kg , , TMAG catalog no. E23415 , , #TMAG2007, [TMAG] (2007:19) , , , , Female with
spermatophore A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass containing spermatozoa created by males of various animal species, especially salamanders and arthropods, and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during reproduction. Spermatophores ...
s. Wrapped in orange fishing line on retrieval. Eye lens and "back" separated from specimen. , - , 421 , , November 1999 , , Carrandi,
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{NEA} , , By trawl , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , , , , , , , WT: 107 kg [dead] , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Collected by the trawler ''Minchos VI''. , - , 422 , , 23 November 1999 , , Bloody Bay Wall, Cayman Islands (
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{NWA} , , Not stated , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Not stated , , , , , , None given , , [specimen No. 18 of #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015)] , , #Roperetal2015, Roper ''et al.'' (2015:81) , , , , , - , 423📷
, , 9 December 1999 , , approximately from Gijón, off coast of
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() at 270–550 or 300–600 m depth
{NEA} , , By trawl; caught alive , , ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 , , Entire; missing tentacles and arms I, II, III; arm IV(R) not intact , , Entire , , Female (immature) , , ML: 1800 mm; MW: 560 mm; WT: 148 kg; VML: 1650 mm; MT: 30 mm; HW: 415 mm; AL(IV): 2160/178 mm (second not intact); LRL: 20.5 mm; URL: 21.0 mm; GL: 1670 mm; GW: 200 mm; FL: 690 mm; FW: 515 mm; EyD: 130 mm [estimate]; FuL: 260 mm; FuCL: 175 mm; FuCW: 41 mm; GiL: 500 mm; NGL: 340 mm , , CEPESMA , , #Gonzalezetal2002, González ''et al.'' (2002); #Guerraetal2004, Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:2, 4); #Guerraetal2006, Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:9, 258, fig. 1) , , #Sitges2003, Sitges (2003) , , First record of living specimen collected in Spanish Atlantic waters. Caught by Spanish pair trawlers ''Minchos V'' and ''Minchos VI'' based in Cillero, Lugo, while targeting blue whiting. Auctioned off in Avilés fish market and acquired by Jiménez Fishmongers (''Pescaderias Jiménez'') of Avilés and later CEPESMA president Luis Laria, who froze it immediately after measurements were taken. Defrosted, dissected and reconstructed in courtyard of Padre Galo public school (''Colegio Público Padre Galo''), Luarca, on 25 January 2000, surrounded by school students, onlookers, and journalists. Placed in transparent glass case and fixed for 48 hours in 4% formalin; later preserved in 70% alcohol. , - , 424 , , Unknown (between 1954 and 2000) , , off
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{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , Date not recorded. , - , 425 , , Unknown (between 1954 and 2000) , , off
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{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , MFish SOP Trip 1247/7. , - , 426 , , Unknown (reported 2000) , , North Atlantic (otherwise "no data")
{NEA/NWA} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , Female (maturing) , , ML: 1180 mm; TL: 4395/4320 mm; CL: 785/680 mm; CSC: 260/243; TSC: 286/272; LRL: 15.7 mm; URL: 14.9 mm; additional beak measurements, indices, and counts , , VSM [specimen NA-22 of Roeleveld (2000) and Roeleveld (2002)] , , Roeleveld (2000:185); Roeleveld (2002:727) , , , , Beak
morphometrics Morphometrics (from Greek μορϕή ''morphe'', "shape, form", and -μετρία ''metria'', "measurement") or morphometry refers to the quantitative analysis of ''form'', a concept that encompasses size and shape. Morphometric analyses are co ...
studied by Roeleveld (2000). Tentacle morphology examined by Roeleveld (2002). , - , 427📷
, , 12 January 2000 (reported) , , off Ogasawara Islands, Japan
{NWP} , , Caught and observed , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , style="background: Gainsboro" , Multiple specimens , , Not stated , , , , None given , , , , #Anon2000a, [Anon.] (2000a, fig.) , , #Widder2021, Widder (2021:258) , , Caught as bycatch of ''Thysanoteuthis'' fishery. Part of body collected by Ogasawara Fisheries Center research vessel ''Koyo''. Further specimens recorded off Chichijima by ''Sunheng Maru''
entire specimen with tentacles
and ''Chihiro Maru''. Also observed being preyed upon by sperm whales during whale watching. Severed tentacles "snagged on baited lures" reported by longline fishermen.#Widder2021, Widder, 2021:258 Such reports motivated choice of Ogasawara Islands as location for 2004 expedition that produced first photographs of live giant squid in natural habitat (List of giant squid specimens and sightings (21st century)#492, #492). , - , 428 , , 25 January 2000 , , off
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() at 476 m depth
{SWP} , , , , ''Architeuthis'' , , , , , , , , , , , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , , , , - id="429" , 429
(#img429, 📷) , , 27 January 2000 , , off
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(44°21.19'S 175°05'–174°34'E) at 615 m depth
{SWP} , , "Hauled up" by fishermen , , ''Architeuthis sanctipauli'' , , Entire , , Entire , , , , EL: 6.5 m ["lost 2.5 metres (seven feet) of its length through drying out"]; WT: 80 kg [after preservation] , , MNHN , , #Anon2008a, [Anon.] (2008a); #Anon2008b, [Anon.] (2008b); #MNHNNd, [MNHN] (); #Anon2019a, [Anon.] (2019a); #Anon2019b, [Anon.] (2019b) , , #OShea2007, O'Shea (2007) , , On public display. Nicknamed "Wheke" after Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, a sea monster of Māori mythology. Donated by National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, NIWA of New Zealand to the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. Became the first giant squid specimen to be plastination, plastinated; consolidated using structures inserted into tentacles, arms and funnel; 300 suckers reconstituted, original beak replaced, glass eyes inserted, and coloured to approximate natural appearance. Since 2008 on display on ground floor of the Gallery of Evolution (''grande galerie de l'Évolution''), MNHN. Restored in March 2019 by head MNHN taxidermist Christophe Gottini and assistant Vincent Cuisset over period of at least 30 hours ahead of exhibition "Ocean, an unusual dive", held from 3 April 2019 to 5 January 2020; old paint replaced. Specimen had originally been exposed to dust while still sticky, altering its appearance significantly. , - id="430" , 430 , , 22 March 2000 , , Kerguelen Islands, Kerguelen waters in Antarctic Convergence, southern Polar Frontal Zone () at 490–620 m depth
{SIO} , , Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.) , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Lower and upper beak , , , , , , LRL: 11.78 mm; ML: 60 cm stimate, , , , #Cherel2003, Cherel (2003:1296); #CherelDuhamel2004, Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25) , , #CherelDuhamel2004, Rincon (2004) , , Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000). , - id="431" , 431 , , 2 April 2000 , ,
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{NEA} , , Found in stomach contents of
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(''Isurus oxyrinchus'') , , ''Architeuthis'' , , Tentacle , , , , , , TL: 2 m , , , , Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258) , , , , Caught by Spanish vessel ''Teresa José'' from Luarca. , - id="432" , 432 , , 24 April 2000 , , Kerguelen Islands, Kerguelen waters in Antarctic Convergence, southern Polar Frontal Zone () at 680–755 m depth
{SIO} , , Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.) , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Lower beak only , , , , , , LRL: 11.33 mm; ML: 54 cm stimate, , , , #Cherel2003, Cherel (2003:1296); #CherelDuhamel2004, Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25) , , #Rincon2004, Rincon (2004) , , Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000). , - id="433" , 433 , , 10 May 2000 , , Kerguelen Islands, Kerguelen waters in Antarctic Convergence, southern Polar Frontal Zone () at 420 m depth
{SIO} , , Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.) , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Lower and upper beak; broken , , , , , , , , , , #Cherel2003, Cherel (2003:1296); #CherelDuhamel2004, Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25) , , #Rincon2004, Rincon (2004) , , , - , 434 , , 24 June 2000 , , off Recherche Bay, Tasmania, Australia
{SWP} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Entire? , , None; not collected , , , , , , , , #TMAG2007, [TMAG] (2007:19) , , , , Found by Tasmania Police, marine police. , - , 📷
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{NEP} , , Found , , ''Architeuthis japonica''? , , "floating remnants"; at least part of arm crown including one tentacle , , Not stated , , , , ?TL: , , , , #Thomas2006, Thomas (2006, fig.) , , , , Speculated to have been attacked by "large shark" or sperm whale. , - , 435 , , 9 August 2000 , , off
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br>{SWP} , , Unspecified record , , ''Architeuthis'' sp. , , Larva(e) , , , , , , Larva(e) , , , , #OSheaNd, O'Shea (N.d.) , , , , , - id="437" , 437
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{NWA} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , Entire, "completely intact body"; tentacles and arm tips missing , , Various parts, including mantle,
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. Sample used as part of mitogenomic study of #Winkelmannetal2013, Winkelmann ''et al.'' (2013). Parts preserved in isopropyl alcohol, in dry state, and as slide. , - , 438 , , 15 December 2000 , , in the vicinity of Île Amsterdam, Amsterdam Island ()
{SIO} , , Found floating at surface , , ''Architeuthis dux'' , , "large mantle"; head and
gladius ''Gladius'' () is a Latin word meaning "sword" (of any type), but in its narrow sense it refers to the sword of ancient Roman foot soldiers. Early ancient Roman swords were similar to those of the Greeks, called '' xiphe'' (plural; singular ''xi ...
missing , , Two Funnel–mantle locking apparatus, funnel locking cartilages and one nuchal cartilage , , , , Funnel locking cartilages: 146/148 mm; Nuchal cartilage: "large" , , , , #Cherel2003, Cherel (2003:1295) , , , , Collected by French trawler ''Austral''. Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (''Diomedea chlororhynchos'') observed feeding on corpse. Fishermen reported two other specimens of large squid observed in previous weeks. , - , 439 , , Unknown , , east of Palmerston North, North Island; se
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{NEP} , , Found floating at surface after having "had a tangle with a shark" , , ''Architeuthis'' , , Entire, bearing bite marks , , Not specified , , , , WT: stimate, , , , #Anonc2001, [Anon.] ( 2001); #OShea2005, O'Shea (2005) , , , , Found by crew of the ''Illusions'' charter boat "while filming a TV show with Capt. Norm Issacs for ESPN". Photographed reconstructed on jetty, with head, limbs and anterior portion of mantle shown ventrally, but (detached) finned posterior end of mantle arranged dorsally.#OShea2005, O'Shea, 2005


Specimen images

The following images relate to 20th century giant squid specimens and sightings. The number below each image corresponds to that given in the #List of giant squid, List of giant squid table and is linked to the relevant record therein. The date on which the specimen was first documented is also given (the little-endian day/month/year date format is used throughout).


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