Architeuthis is a genus of cephalopods commonly known asgiant squid. It includes about nine species.
Considered mythical creatures, are marine animals that reachdeep immersion extraordinary dimensions, recent estimates suggest a maximum of 10 m for males and up to 14 m for females. It has been speculated about the existence of species ofmore than twenty meters long and half a ton of weight, although this has not been confirmed.
This species usually lives about 900 meters deep and also hasthe biggest brain and development of all invertebrates. Their main enemy is the sperm whale (cachalote) that is suspected it eat 3 or 4 squids (calamares) a day. This may be the origin of the myth of the sea serpentas because the squids occasionally raise their long tentacles out of the sea surface.
Founded cases can't exceed fifteen meters and 300 kilograms in weight, as is the case of a dead specimen found on Australian beaches.
We only could find good photos over squids of 5 and 6 meters long:
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