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Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1860
Atlantic giant squid| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Cephalopoda | Teuthida | Architeuthidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Bathypelagic; depth range 200 - 1000 m (Ref. 101089). Deep-water; 70°N -
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Cosmopolitan. Tropical to polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 100.0 range ? - ? cm Max length : 2,000 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122362); max. published weight: 220.0 kg (Ref. 101089)
Shallow depth range of 200 m from Ref. 843.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
During copulation, male injects its sperm directly into the arms of females (Ref. 101081). Females spawn only once and die after (Ref. 101089).
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams. 1998. (Ref. 1667)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 April 2010
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Stamps, Coins Misc.
Stamps, Coins Misc.
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Taxonomy
References
Internet sources
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 1.4 - 14.1, mean 5.8 (based on 419 cells).