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First Confirmed Live Observation of a Colossal Squid
Biologists consider the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) either...
Video: Schmidt Ocean Institute

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colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)
A diagram showing the external anatomy of the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)
The species is either the largest or the second largest invertebrate in the world,...
© New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries—Handout/Getty Images
Colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)
This specimen, which was collected from the Ross Sea, Antarctica, in 2008, is part...
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand, Gift of the Ministry of Fisheries, 2007 (M.190318), collections.tepapa.govt.nz.