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Dosidicus gigas🦑

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SpeciesOegopsidaOmmastrephidae
Molluscs

🦑Humboldt squid

Dosidicus gigas (D'Orbigny, 1835)

Humboldtbläckfisk (Dosidicus gigas) är en tioarmad bläckfisk som lever i östra Stilla havet. Den kan bli 2 meter lång och väga upp till 50 kg. På dagarna lever Humboldtbläckfisken på 200 till 700 meters djup men på nätterna går den upp till ytvattnet för att jaga. Arten har ett rykte om sig att vara aggressiv men dykare tror att det kan röra sig om nyfikenhet. Forskning antyder att arten är aggressiv endast vid letande efter föda. Enstaka attacker mot människor har förekommit och i Mexiko har den fått namnet Diablo Rojo (röd djävul).

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≈ 1/21st of your weight
Also called
Dosidicus gigas, Jumbo Flying Squid
Conservation status
DDData deficient

IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
3 kg
Body length
0.8 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Humboldt squid

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
3 kgmaximum recorded
SeaLifeBase
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Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Body length
0.8 mtypical adult, total length
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Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Figures vary

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Volume l
3 Laverage
Details ↓

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 Humboldt squid yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumMollusca
  3. ›classCephalopoda
  4. ›orderOegopsida
  5. ›familyOmmastrephidae
  6. ›genusDosidicus
  7. ›speciesDosidicus gigas
Full lineage
  1. phylumMolluscs · Mollusca
  2. classOctopuses & squid · Cephalopoda
  3. familyOmmastrephidae
  4. genusDosidicus
All 7 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumMolluscs · Mollusca
  3. classOctopuses & squid · Cephalopoda
  4. subclassColeoidea
  5. superorderDecapodiformes
  6. familyOmmastrephidae
  7. genusDosidicus
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Dosidicus gigas (fr), calamar gegant del corrent de Humboldt (ca), Humboldt-Kalmar (de), Dosidicus gigas (es), Dosidicus gigas (gl), Dosidicus gigas (it) … and 20 more languages

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