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Architeuthis is a genus of marine cephalopods within the family Architeuthidae. It belongs to the order Oegopsida, class Cephalopoda, and phylum Mollusca in the kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Steenstrup in 1857 and is currently accepted. Members of this genus are commonly known as giant squids.
Records for this genus are held by institutions including CAS, USNM, UM-RSMAS, CMNH, and UOMNH. Documented occurrences span the United States, Bahamas, Germany, Madeira Islands, and Australia.
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Species
giant squids
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassCephalopoda
- OrderOegopsida
- FamilyArchiteuthidae
巨烏賊，又名大王烏賊（屬名：Architeuthis，英文名：Giant squid），通常棲息在深海地區，主要产于北大西洋和北太平洋。在體型上被列為世界第一大軟體動物和無脊椎动物。最新的估計，雌性烏賊的全長大約14米，其身體長度大約為4米，觸手長度為10米甚至更長。其最大長度不超過20米。其品種劃分有爭議，但最近的研究表明，該分類中僅此物種被發現。 在過去，巨烏賊曾被認為是一種傳說中的生物 (克拉肯，Kraken)。由於活動領域在深海中，人們對巨烏賊多半只能從其天敵抹香鯨胃中未消化的殘骸中和漁民們口耳相傳的目睹事件中拼湊猜測其生態，對於某些生物學家而言是絕對存在的。巨烏賊的手腕非常之长，而使其成為最长的已知無脊椎動物，不过体重仍不及大王酸浆鱿，这两者并列最大。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 41
- With media
- 85
- Family
- Architeuthidae
- Collections
- CAS, USNM, UM-RSMAS, CMNH, UOMNH, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Bahamas, Germany, Madeira Islands, Australia, Atlantic Ocean, Sweden, Chile
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Encyclopedic overview
redirect giant squid
Category:Cephalopod genera Category:Taxa named by Japetus Steenstrup
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Architeuthis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.