🦑Colossal squid

Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni G.C.Robson, 1925

ダイオウホウズキイカ（大王酸漿魷、学名：Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni、英語: Colossal squid）は、開眼目 - サメハダホウズキイカ科 - クジャクイカ亜科に属する、巨大なイカの一種。本種のみでダイオウホウズキイカ属 Mesonychoteuthis を構成する。ダイオウイカとともに、世界最大級の無脊椎動物として知られている。体重はダイオウイカよりずっと重いが、体長はダイオウイカと比べるとかなり短い。

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≈ 8× your weight

Conservation status

LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.

Population trendUnknown

Key measurements

Body mass: 495 kg
Body length: 4.2 m
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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Everything we know about the Colossal squid

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Body mass

495 kgmaximum recorded

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Body length

4.2 mmaximum recorded, total length

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Volume l

495 Laverage

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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Colossal squid yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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calmar colossal (fr), Kolosskalmar (de), колосален калмар (bg), calamar colossal (ca), kalmar Hamiltonův (cs), Kolosblæksprutte (da) … and 23 more languages

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