Colossal squid at Te Papa🦑

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SpeciesOegopsidaCranchiidae
Invertebrates

🦑Colossal squid

Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni G.C.Robson, 1925

남극하트지느러미오징어(Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) 또는 콜로살오징어는 악어가죽주머니오징어과(Cranchiidae)의 연체동물이다. 몸무게 기준으로 가장 큰 오징어이며, 남극하트지느러미오징어속(Mesonychoteuthis)의 유일종이다. 동물 가운데 눈이 가장 크다는 기록을 가지고 있으며, 다리와 촉수에 있는 빨판과 함께 갈고리가 달려있다는 점이 특징이다. 성체는 남극 주변에서만 볼 수 있지만 유생 단계처럼 아직 성숙하지 않은 개체들은 남아메리카, 오스트레일리아, 남아프리카 공화국의 남쪽 끝 해역에서 발견될 수 있다.

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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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Body mass
495 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
4.2 mmaximum recorded, total length
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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.

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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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