List of giant squid specimens and sightings

This list of giant squid specimens and sightings is a comprehensive listing of recorded human encounters with members of the genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

Architeuthis
Giant squid
The giant squid is a deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae, represented by as many as eight species...

, popularly known as giant squid

Giant squid

The giant squid is a deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae, represented by as many as eight species...

. It includes animals caught by fishermen, found stranded ashore, recovered (in whole or in part) from sperm whale

Sperm Whale

The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter...

s and other predatory species, as well as confirmed giant squid sightings at sea. The list also covers specimens incorrectly assigned to the genus Architeuthis in original descriptions or later publications.

The list generally follows "Records of Architeuthis Specimens from Published Reports" compiled by Michael J. Sweeney, with additional information taken from other sources (see References).

Number of specimens

According to Guerra et al. (2006), 592 confirmed giant squid specimens were known as of the end of 2004. Of these, 306 came from the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

, 264 from the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

, 20 from the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

, and 2 from the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

.

The figures for specimens collected in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans further break down as follows: 126 in the northwestern Atlantic, 148 in the northeastern Atlantic, 6 in the southwestern Atlantic, 26 in the southeastern Atlantic, 28 in the northwestern Pacific, 43 in the northeastern Pacific, 183 in the southwestern Pacific, and 10 in the southeastern Pacific (Guerra et al., 2006).

Maximum size

Giant squid size, and particularly total length, has often been misreported and exaggerated. Reports of specimens reaching or even exceeding 18 metres (59 ft) in length are widespread, but no animals approaching this size have been scientifically documented. Such lengths were likely achieved by great lengthening of the two long feeding tentacles, analogous to stretching elastic bands (O'Shea, 2003).

Based on the examination of 130 specimens as well as beaks recovered from sperm whale

Sperm Whale

s, the giant squid is not known to attain a mantle

Mantle (mollusc)

The mantle is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.In many, but by no means all, species of molluscs, the epidermis of the mantle secretes...

length (ML) in excess of 2.25 m (7.4 ft) (O'Shea, 2003). Including the head and arms, but excluding the tentacles, Architeuthis very rarely exceeds 5 m (16 ft) in length (O'Shea, 2003). Maximum total length, when measured relaxed post mortem
Autopsy
An autopsy—also known as a post-mortem examination, necropsy , autopsia cadaverum, or obduction—is a highly specialized surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse to determine the cause and manner of death and to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present...

, is estimated at 13 m (43 ft) for females and 10 m (33 ft) for males from caudal fin to the tip of the two long tentacles (O'Shea, 2003).

Giant squid exhibit sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species. Examples of such differences include differences in morphology, ornamentation, and behavior.-Examples:-Ornamentation / coloration:...

. Maximum weight is estimated at 275 kg for females and 150 kg for males (O'Shea, 2003).

List of giant squid

Records are listed chronologically in descending order and numbered accordingly. Specimens incorrectly assigned to the genus Architeuthis are not counted and are instead denoted with an asterisk (*) and highlighted in pink. Records that cover multiple giant squid specimens, or remains of more than a single animal (e.g. two lower beaks), are highlighted in grey.

Date – Date on which the specimen was first captured, found, or observed. In cases where this is unknown, the date the specimen was first reported is listed instead and noted as such.
Location – Area where the specimen was found, including depth. Given as it appears in the cited references, except where additional information is provided in brackets.
Oceanic sector – The quadrant of a major ocean in which the specimen was found (see Oceanic sectors).
Method of capture – Method by which the specimen was recovered or observed. Given as it appears in the cited references, although "washed ashore" encompasses all stranded animals.
Identification – Species or genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

level taxon to which the specimen was originally assigned. Given as it appears in the cited references. Listed chronologically if specimen was re-identified.
Material cited – Original specimen material that was recovered or observed.
Material saved – Material that was kept after examination and not discarded (if any).
Sex – Sex and sexual maturity of the specimen.
Size and measurements – Data relating to measurements and counts. Abbreviations used are based on standardised acronyms in teuthology
Cephalopod
A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda . These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a set of arms or tentacles modified from the primitive molluscan foot...

(see Measurements), with the exception of several found in older references. Measurements are given as they appear in the cited references (original units are preserved).
Repository – Institution in which the specimen material is deposited. The acronyms used are those defined by Leviton et al. (1985) and Leviton & Gibbs (1988) (see Repositories). Where the acronym is unknown, the full repository name is listed.
Cited references – Sources that provide specific data on a particular specimen.
Additional references – Sources which merely refer to the specimen.
Notes – Miscellaneous information.

Note: Names of anatomical features are retained from original sources (e.g., jaws may be given instead of the preferred beak).

#	Date	Location	Oceanic sector	Method of capture	Identification	Material cited	Material saved	Sex	Size and measurements	Repository	Cited references	Additional references	Notes
1	1545	near Malmö Malmö Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County... , Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... [since 1658 Malmö has belonged to Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... ]	NEA	Found washed ashore; "caught live" [fide Muus (1959:170)]	"Japetus Steenstrup Japetus Steenstrup Johannes Japetus Smith Steenstrup was a Danish zoologist, biologist, and professor.He was a professor of zoology at the University of Copenhagen... delivered a lecture in 1854 with a strong suggestion that the 'soemunk Sea monk The sea monk, or sometimes monk-fish, was the name given to a sea animal found off the eastern coast of the Danish island of Zealand almost certainly in 1546. It was described as a "fish" that looked superficially like a monk. It was mentioned and pictured in the fourth volume of Conrad Gesner's... ' was an Architeuthis." [fide Muus (1959)]; Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup in Harting, 1860	Entire?	Undetermined		WL?: ~3 m		transcript of Steenstrup's 1854 lecture; Lonnberg (1891:36)	Nordgård (1928:71); Muus (1959:170)	Muus (1959) writes: "From contemporary descriptions with accompanying woodcuts it appears that the animal was regarded as a 'soemunk Sea monk The sea monk, or sometimes monk-fish, was the name given to a sea animal found off the eastern coast of the Danish island of Zealand almost certainly in 1546. It was described as a "fish" that looked superficially like a monk. It was mentioned and pictured in the fourth volume of Conrad Gesner's... '."
2	Autumn 1639	Thingøresand, Nordresyssel, Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	One arm		BL+HL: ~6 ft (1.8 m); AL: ~3 ft (0.9144 m); TL: ~16–18 ft; BC: ~3–4 ft	Thingore monastery	Steenstrup (1849:[9]); Steenstrup (1898:[272])	Jónsson (1639); Olafsen (1772:716); Verrill (1875b:84); Robson (1933:691); Muus (1959:170)
3	~15 October 1673	Dingle-I-cosh Dingle Bay Dingle Bay is a bay located in County Kerry, western Ireland. The bay runs approximately from northeast to southwest into the Atlantic Ocean and is approximately wide at the head, and wide at the entrance. It is flanked on the north by the Dingle Peninsula, and on the south by the Iveragh... , Kerry County Kerry Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective... , Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	NEA	Found floating at surface, in process of washing ashore, alive	Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875; Architeuthis monachus [fide Verrill]	Entire	Two arms, buccal mass, and suckers taken to Dublin		TL: ~11 ft (3.4 m) + 9 ft (2.7 m); AL: ~6–8 ft; "liver": 30 lb (13.6 kg)	Undetermined [NMI?]; holotype of Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875	More (1875a:4526); Verrill (1875c:214)	Massy (1909:30); Ritchie (1918:137); Robson (1933:692); Hardy (1956:285); Collins (1998:489)	Found by James Steward.
4	1680	Ulvangen Fjord, Alstadhoug Alstahaug Alstahaug is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandnessjøen.... parish, Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Not stated		Entire?					Pontoppidan (1752:34?/344?)	Steenstrup (1857:[18]); Grieg (1933:19)
5	1770	Jutland Jutland Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German... , Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	NEA						Unknown		Muss (1959)	Ellis (1998:257)
6	27 May 1785	Grand Banks, Newfoundland	NWA	Found floating dead	Architeuthis sp.				BL: 7 ft (2.1 m)		Thomas (1795:xx); Aldrich (1992:457)		Data from Capt. G. Cartwright.
7	November or December 1790	Arnarnaesvik, Modruvalle, Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...	NEA	Found washed ashore		Entire	None; used for cod bait		"longest tentacula": >3 fathoms (~5.6 m); "body right from the head": 3½ fathoms (~6.6 m); "so thick that a fullgrown man could hardly embrace it with his arms"		Steenstrup 1849:[11]); Steenstrup (1898:[276])	1792 diary of Svein Paulsson (in library of Literature Society of Iceland, in Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... ); Verrill (1875b:84); Robson (1933:691)	Called Kolkrabbe ('coal-crab') by local people.
8	17-- (reported 1795)	near St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... harbour, Newfoundland	NWA	Unknown	Architeuthis sp.						Thomas (1795:xx); Aldrich (1992:457)
9	17--	Grand Banks, Newfoundland	NWA	Unknown	Architeuthis sp.						Aldrich (1992:457)
10	1798	Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	NEA						Unknown		Packard (1873)	Ellis (1998:257)
11	1802	off Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...	SWP						EL?: 6–7 ft		Peron (1807)	Ellis (1998:257)
12	1817	Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...	?						WT: 400 lb (181.4 kg)		Quoy & Gaimard (1824)	Ellis (1998:257)
13	December 1853	Raabjerg beach, North Jutland, coast of Skagerack Skagerrak The Skagerrak is a strait running between Norway and the southwest coast of Sweden and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea area, which leads to the Baltic Sea.-Name:... , Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis monachus	Entire	Jaws only; radula Radula The radula is an anatomical structure that is used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared rather inaccurately to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters the esophagus... discarded after poor preservation; jaws cut out; portion used for bait; remainder buried after 2 days		80–85 kg; jaw measurements Steenstrup (1898:[270])	ZMUC; holotype of Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222)]	Steenstrup (1855:[14]); arting (1860:11); Steenstrup (1898:[258], pl.); Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222)	Steenstrup (1857:[18]); Gervais (1875:91); Verrill (1875b:84); Posselt (1890:144); Nordgård (1928:71)	"Architeuthis monachus" Steenstrup = nomen nudum [fide Robson (1933:690)].
14	5 November 1855	western part of the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... (31°N 76°W); Bahamas The Bahamas The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States... (Captain Hygom) [fide Ellis (1998:258)]	NWA	Not stated; presumably found floating at surface	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857; Architeuthis titan [fide Verrill (1875)]	Arm, suckers, and gladius	Arm, suckers, and gladius	Male	WL: 377 cm; AL: 1/2 whole length [fide Steenstrup]; beak measurements; GL: 6 ft (1.8 m) [fide Verrill citing Harting]	ZMUC; holotype of Architeuthis dux Giant squid The giant squid is a deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae, represented by as many as eight species... Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222)]	Steenstrup (1857:[18]); Steenstrup (1882:[160]); Steenstrup (1898:[260, 298]); Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222)	Verrill (1875b:84); Posselt (1890:144); Toll & Hess (1981:753)	Obtained by Capt. V. Hygom.
15	December 1855	Aalbaekbugten, Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire?	Undetermined		None		Muus (1959:170)	Posselt (1890:144)
16	Unknown (reported 1860)	Unknown	?	Not stated	Architeuthis dux [fide Harting (1860)]; Architeuthis hartingii (Verrill, 1875) [fide Verrill (1880)]; nomen nudum [fide Dell (1970:27)]	Jaws, buccal mass, detached arm suckers	Jaws, buccal mass, detached arm suckers		ASD: 1.05 in	Utrecht University Utrecht University Utrecht University is a university in Utrecht, Netherlands. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe. Established March 26, 1636, it had an enrollment of 29,082 students in 2008, and employed 8,614 faculty and staff, 570 of which are full professors.... Natural History Museum; holotype of Loligo hartingii Verrill, 1875. Harting specimen No. 1	Harting (1860:2, figs. 1-8); Verrill (1875b:85); Kent (1875:491); Verrill (1880:240); Pfeffer (1912:37)	Dell (1970:27)
17	1860	between Hillswick Hillswick Hillswick is a small village in Northmavine, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean and lies to the north-north west of Mainland, Shetland, the most northerly group of islands in the United Kingdom. There is a community shop, a blacksmiths and a hotel and it is surrounded by land that is used mainly to... and Scalloway Scalloway Scalloway is the largest settlement on the North Atlantic coast of Mainland, Shetland with a population of approximately 812, at the 2001 census... , Shetland, Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup, 1857; Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Stephen (1962:154)]		Undetermined		TL: 16 ft (4.9 m); AL: ~8 ft (2.4 m); BL: ~7 ft (2.1 m)		Jeffreys (1869:124); Stephen (1944:263)	Pfeffer (1912:26); Collins (1998:489)
18	30 November ?1861 [=1860 Rees & Maul]	about 20 miles (32.2 km) northeast of Teneriffe Tenerife Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the... , Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...	NEA	Found on surface	Loligo bouyeri [fide Crosse & Fischer]	Entire, decomposed	None		BL: 15–18 ft	None	Bouyer (1861); Crosse & Fischer (1862); Kent (1874:180); Verrill (1875b:86)	Kent (1875:491); Gervais (1875:93); Rees & Maul (1956:266)	Observed only by officers of the French gunboat Alecton; sketch made.
19	1862	North Atlantic Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...	?						Unknown		Crosse & Fischer (1862)	Ellis (1998:258)
*	Unknown; 1870?	Cape Sable, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	NWA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878 [= Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855) fide Dunning (1998:428)]	Entire	Entire		BL: 14 in; WL: 43 in; extensive additional measurements	NSMC; catalog no. 1870-Z-2; holotype of Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878 [fide Macalaster (1977:14). Verrill specimen No. 21	Verrill (1878:207); Verrill (1880a:193)		Non-architeuthid. Collected by J.M. Jones.
20	September 1870	Waimarama Waimarama Waimarama is a seaside village in Hastings District, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand-The Beach and Village:Many residents of Hawkes Bay, especially those in the Hastings District enjoy Waimarama as a seaside recreational beach, the strip of coast does have its own shops brings beach goers from Ocean... , east coast of Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore		Entire	Beak		BL+HL: 10 in 5 in (3.18 m); BC: 6 ft (1.8 m); AL: 5 in 6 in (1.68 m)	In Kirk's possession; Kirk specimen No. 1	Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881:398)	Meinertzhagen letter 27 June 1879 to Kirk; Pfeffer (1912:32); Dell (1952:98)	Mr. Meinertzhagen sent beak, saved by third party (unidentified), to Kirk. Natives called specimen a "taniwha".
21	1870 (winter)	Lamaline, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis monachus of Steenstrup	Entire?			Two; WL: 40 ft (12.2 m) and WL: 47 ft (14.3 m)	Unknown; Verrill specimens No. 8 & 9	Murray (1874a:162); Verrill (1875a:36); Verrill (1880a:187)	Harvey (1874:69); Kent (1874:182)	Data from Mr. Harvey letter citing Rev. M. Gabriel's statement to Harvey.
22	October 1871	Grand Banks, Newfoundland	NWA	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875	Entire; part used as bait	Jaws obtained from Baird for examination by Verrill; lower jaw is syntype of Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875b		BL: ~15 ft (4.6 m); BD: 19 in; AL (mutilated): ~10 ft (3 m); AD: 7 in; AC: 22 in; beak; BC: 4 in 8 in (1.42 m); WT: 2000 lb (907.2 kg)	Jaws at NMNH [fide Verrill (1874a:158)][no longer extant?]. Verrill specimen No. 1	Packard (1873:91); Verrill (1874a:158); Verrill (1874b:167); Verrill (1875b:79, fig. 27); Verrill (1880a:181, 210, pl. 18 fig. 3)	Verrill (1880a:178); Pfeffer (1912:20)	Taken by Capt. Campbell, Schooner B.D. Haskins.
23	1871	Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP						EL?: 16 ft (4.9 m)		Dell (1952)	Ellis (1998:258)
24	1872 (autumn or winter)	Coomb's Cove, Newfoundland	NWA	Found alive in shallow water, having been driven ashore in heavy sea		Entire; "one long arm missing" (later changed to both present)			BL: 10 ft (3 m); BD: 3–4 ft; TL: 42 ft (12.8 m); AL: ~6 ft (1.8 m); AD: 9 in; skin + flesh: 2.25 in thick; EL: 52 ft (15.8 m)	Unknown; Verrill specimen No. 3	Verrill (1874a:159); Verrill (1874b:167); Verrill (1875a:35); Verrill (1880a:183)	Owen (1881:163)	Specimen had a reddish colour. Verrill's data taken from newspaper accounts and 15/VI/1873 T.R. Bennett letter to Prof. Baird. Verrill (1880a:186) states his No. 6 is same specimen as No. 3. [This cannot be correct, since capture date for No. 6 is clearly stated as December 1874 by Verrill (1875c:213).]
25	December 1872	Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean.... , Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	?Architeuthis dux [fide Verrill (1874a)]; ?Architeuthis harveyi [fide Verrill (1880a)]	Entire (damaged arms)	Pair of jaws and two suckers		TL: 32 ft (9.8 m); AL: ~10 ft (3 m); BL: ~14 ft (estimate); BC: 6 ft (1.8 m)	NMNH; Verrill specimen No. 4 (1875a:33); and possibly also Verrill specimen No. 11 (1875b:79)	Verrill (1874a:160); Verrill (1874b:167); Verrill (1875a:33); Verrill (1875b:79); Verrill (1880a:184, 187, pl. 16 figs. 5-6, pl. 25 fig. 5)	Pfeffer (1912:19)	Material from Rev. A. Munn, through Prof. Baird to Verrill.
26	Unknown (reported 1873)	North Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...	NWA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875	Upper and lower jaws	Upper and lower jaws		Beaks	Syntype of Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875b; Verrill specimen No. 10. Presented by Capt. N.E. Atwood of Provincetown Provincetown, Massachusetts Provincetown is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,431 at the 2000 census, with an estimated 2007 population of 3,174... , Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010... to EI [fide Verrill (1875b)]; PASS [fide Verrill (1880a)].	Packard (1873:91, fig.); Verrill (1875a:22); Verrill (1875b:79, figs. 25-26); Verrill (1880a:187, 210, pls. 17-20)		Verrill states Packard's illustration is inaccurate.
27	1873	Yedo Edo , also romanized as Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868... fishmarket, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Purchased	Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880; Nomen spurium [fide Pfeffer (1912:31)]	'Entire', missing head, "abdominal sac", ends of tentacles and arms [fide Owen (1881:163)]	Not specified		ML: 186 cm; AL(longest): 197 cm	ZMB Moll. 34716 + 38980, holotype of Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880	Hilgendorf (1880:67); Pfeffer (1912:31); Sasaki (1929:227)	Owen (1881:163)	Second specimen from Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... fishmarket seen by Hilgendorf and used for description of gladius. Model of specimen placed in Exhibition of Fishery in Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... .
28	26 October 1873	off Portugal Cove, Conception Bay Conception Bay Conception Bay is a Canadian bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland. The bay indents the Avalon Peninsula with the opening of the bay to the Atlantic Ocean at the northeast. It is bounded by Cape St. Francis in the south and Split Point near Bay de Verde in the north... , Newfoundland	NWA	Found floating at surface	Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874; Architeuthis monachus of Steenstrup [fide Verrill (1875a:34)]; ?Architeuthis harveyi [fide Verrill (1880a:181)]	Entire	One tentacle; one arm discarded		(see Verrill, 1880a:220) TL (incomplete): 19 ft (5.8 m); TSD: 1.25 in; TC: 3.5 in; additional measurements based on photograph (1875a:34); additional club measurement from Harvey letter (1875b:79); BL: ~10 ft (3 m)	YPM?; holotype of Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874; Verrill specimen No. 2	Harvey (1874:67, pl.); Murray (1874a:161); Murray (1874b:120); Verrill (1874a:159); Verrill (1874b:167); Kent (1874:178, 182); Verrill (1875a:34); Verrill (1875b:78); Kent (1875:32); Verrill (1880a:181); Verrill (1882b:74)	Owen (1881:161); Pfeffer (1912:19); Aldrich (1992:457); "February Naturalist pg. 120"; "13 December Field"; "6 December 1873 American Sportsman"	Found floating at surface, struck by Mr. T. Picot from boat, attacked boat.
29	25 November? 1873	Logy Bay (~3 miles from St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... ), Newfoundland	NWA	In herring net	?Architeuthis monachus of Steenstrup [fide Verrill (1874a)]; Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874) [fide Verrill (1880a)]	Entire (badly mutilated, head severed, etc.)	Miscellaneous parts obtained from Rev. M. Harvey (gladius and ?)		(see 1880a:220) BL: ~7 ft (2.1 m); BC: 5–6 ft; caudal fin: 22 in broad; TL: 24 ft (7.3 m); TC: 2.5 in; AL (all 8): 6 ft (1.8 m); AC (base): 10 in, 9 in, 8 in, 7 in; ASC: ~100; CSC: ~160; club description; extensive description of reconstructed parts	In Verrill's possession; Verrill specimen No. 5	Verrill (1874a:160); Verrill (1874b:167); Kent (1874:181); Verrill (1875a:23); Kent (1875:32) Verrill (1876:236); Verrill (1880a:184, 197, pls 13-16a); Pfeffer (1912:18); Aldrich (1992:457, fig 1A,B)	Harvey in Morning Chronicle (newspaper) of St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... ; Maritime Monthly Magazine of St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... , March 1874; several newspapers	Verrill's data from letter to Dr. Dawson from M. Harvey. Photographs made of a) entire body, somewhat mutilated anteriorly; b) head and 10 arms. Poorly preserved; first in brine, then in alcohol. Capture date given as December several times, then as November several times and as November 25 by Aldrich (1992:457).
30	Unknown (reported 1874)	Unknown; South-American South America South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east... coast [fide Kent (1874:179)]	SWA?	Not stated	Architeuthis monachus [fide Kent (1874:178)]; Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881; Architeuthis sp.? (grandis) [fide Verrill (1881:401)]; nomen nudum [fide Dell (1970:27)]	Sessile arm	Arm		AL: 9 ft (2.7 m); AC: 11 in	BMNH; holotype of Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881	Kent (1874:179); Verrill (1875b:86); Kent (1875:493); Owen (1881:156, pls. 33b-35); Verrill (1881:400); Verrill (1882b:72); Steenstrup (1882:[160]); Pfeffer (1912:37)	Dell (1970:27)
31	1874	Buøy Buøy Buøy is an island and neighborhood in the borough Hundvåg in Stavanger, Norway.The neighborhood has a population of 1,792, distributed on an area of 1,19 km²... , Foldenfjord Folda, Nord-Trøndelag Folda or Folla is a firth and a fjord in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway, within the municipalities of Flatanger, Namsos, Fosnes, and Nærøy. The large wide firth is about long which then narrows into a fjord which is about long. The narrower fjord part of Folda is often called the Foldfjorden or... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux	Entire	None		WL: ~4 m		Grieg (1933:19)	Nordgård (1928:71)
32	10 May 1874	Indian Ocean Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and... (8°50′N 84°5′E)	SIO?						Unknown		The Times (July 4, 1874); Lane (1974:205)	Ellis (1998:258)	Seen from the steamers Strathowen and Pearl.
33	2 November 1874	on beach, St. Paul Island Île Saint-Paul Île Saint-Paul is an island forming part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean, with an area of . It is located about southwest of the larger Île Amsterdam, and south of Réunion... (38°43′S 77°32′E), Indian Ocean Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...	SIO	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis mouchezi Velain (1875:1002) [nomen nudum]; Mouchezis sancti-pauli Velain (1877:81)	Entire; found in advanced state of decay	Tentacle(s?) and buccal mass		EL: 7.15 m	MNHN; catalog nos. 3-2-658 + 3-2-659 (tentacular clubs) [fide Lu et al. (1995)]; holotype of Mouchezis sancti-pauli Velain, 1877	Velain (1875:1002); Velain (1877:81 & 83, fig. 8); Velain (1878:81 & 83, fig. 8); Owen (1881:159); Pfeffer (1912:32)	Gervais (1875:88); Verrill (1875c:213)
34	December 1874	Grand Bank, Fortune Bay Fortune Bay Fortune Bay is a fairly large natural bay located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland, Canada. The Bay is bounded by Point Crewe on the Burin Peninsula and Pass Island at the entrance to Hermitage Bay to the northwest for a distance of 56 kilometers... , Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis princeps	Entire, except for tail (cut up for dog food)	Jaws, one tentacular sucker		EL: 42–43 ft; HL+BL: 12–13 ft; ?TL: 30 ft (9.1 m); TL: 26 ft (7.9 m); TC: 16 in; BL: 10 ft (3 m); jaws	In Verrill's possession; Verrill specimen No. 6 and Verrill specimen No. 13	Verrill (1875a:35); Verrill (1875c:213); Verrill (1880a:186, 188, pl. 17 fig. 11)	Simms letter 27/X/1875 to Verrill	Data from 10/XII/1873 letter from Mr. Harvey to unknown individual citing measurements taken by G. Simms; Pfeffer (1912:21). Measurements are given differently in different papers. Verrill (1880a:186) states his No. 6 is same specimen as No. 3. [This cannot be correct, as capture date for No. 6 is clearly stated as December 1874 by Verrill (1875c:213).] Verrill (1880a:188, pl. 17) repeats record as his No. 13.
35	Unknown (reported 1875)	west St. Modent (on Labrador side), Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland	NWA	Found alive	Architeuthis princeps or Architeuthis monachus of Steenstrup	Entire	None; cut up, salted, and barrelled for dog meat		TL?: 37 ft (11.3 m); BL+HL: 15 ft (4.6 m); WL: 52 ft (15.8 m); SD: ~2 in	None; Verrill specimen No. 7	Verrill (1875a:36); Verrill (1880a:186)	Dr. Honeyman article in Halifax newspaper	Data from unidentified third party cited in above newspaper article.
36	Unknown (reported 1875)	Boffin Island, west coast, Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	NEA	Not stated		Beak, tentacles, and arms	Undetermined		TL: 30 ft (9.1 m); CL: 2 in 9 in (0.8382 m); CSD: ~1 in		Uncertain chronology; More (1875b:123); Verrill (1875c:214)
37	1874? 1875? (winter)	near Harbor Grace Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Grace is a town in Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. With roots dating back to the sixteenth century, it is one of the oldest towns in North America. It is located about 45 km northwest of the provincial capital, St. John's... , Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore			Destroyed		None taken	None; Verrill specimen No. 12	Verrill (1875b:79); Verrill (1880a:188)		"destroyed before its value became known, and no measurements are given"
38	25 April 1875	off Boffin Island, Connemara Connemara Connemara is a district in the west of Ireland consisting of a broad peninsula between Killary Harbour and Kilkieran Bay in the west of County Galway.-Overview:... , Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	NEA	"Captured"	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Beak and buccal mass, one arm, portions of both tentacles		TL: ~30 ft (9.1 m); CL: 2 in 9 in (0.8382 m); CSD: 1 in; AL: ~8 ft (2.4 m); AC: 15 in	NMI	More (1875b:123); Massy (1909:30)	Ritchie (1918:137); Massy (1928:32); Robson (1933:692); Hardy (1956:285); Collins (1998:489)	Preserved by Sergeant O'Connor.
39	October, 1875	Grand Banks, Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... (44° - 44°30'N and 49°30'W - 49°50'W)	NWA	Not stated; presumably found floating at surface		Multiple	None; cut up for cod bait		Filled 75 gallon tub; ~1,000 lb (No. 25); TL: 36 ft (No. 26)	None; Verrill specimen No. 25 and Verrill specimen No. 26	Verrill (1881:396)		An unusual number (>25-30) of mostly dead giant squid found by Gloucester Gloucester, Massachusetts Gloucester is a city on Cape Ann in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is part of Massachusetts' North Shore. The population was 28,789 at the 2010 U.S. Census... , Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010... fishermen.
40	~1876	Clifford Bay, Cape Campbell Cape Campbell Cape Campbell , Te Karaka in Māori language, is located in Marlborough, New Zealand, on the northeastern coast of the South Island. It lies at the southern end of Clifford Bay, 15 km northeast of Ward, and 42 km southeast of Blenheim.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore		Entire	Jaws [fide Pfeffer (1912:32)]		BL(estimate): 7 ft (2.1 m); EL(estimate): ~20 ft (6.1 m)	Colonial Museum Australian Museum The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology. It features collections of vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as mineralogy, palaeontology, and anthropology... [NMNZ] [fide Pfeffer (1912:32)]	Robson (1887:156); Kirk (1880)	Pfeffer (1912:32); Dell (1952:98)
41	20 November 1876	in Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits.The name, French for Our Lady Bay, dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name.... , southwest arm of Green Bay, Hammer Cove, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore		Partial specimen; devoured by foxes and sea-birds	Piece of pen 16 in long		WH: 18 in; FW: 18 in	In Harvey's possession; Verrill specimen No. 15	Verrill (1880a:190); Verrill (1880b:284)	M. Harvey letter 25 August 1877 to Verrill
42	1877?	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Not stated		Map location only					Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
43	24 September 1877	Catalina Catalina, Newfoundland and Labrador Catalina is a community located on the eastern side of the Bonavista Peninsula, in the province of Newfoundland, Canada. Catalina adjoins the union town of Port Union, the town built for and home to the Fisherman's Union Company established by Sir William Coaker.The name of the town is purported by... , Trinity Bay Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Major fishing communities include Trinity and Heart's Content.-Industry:... , Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore, alive	Architeuthis princeps	Entire; "nearly perfect specimen"	Loose suckers		(see 1880a:220) HL+BL: 9.5 ft (2.9 m); BC: 7 ft (2.1 m); TL: 30 ft (9.1 m); AL (longest, ventral): 11 ft (3.4 m); AC (ventral): 17 in; beak; FW: 2 in 9 in (0.8382 m)	In Verrill's possession; Verrill specimen No. 14	Canadian Illustrated News, October 27, 1877; Verrill (1877:425); Verrill (1880a:189, pl. 17, figs. 1-10, pls. 19-20)	Owen (1881:163); Pfeffer (1912:21)	Measured fresh by M. Harvey; examined preserved (poorly) by Verrill at New York Aquarium. Later "prepared" for exhibition by taxidermist. Cast made for the AMNH American Museum of Natural History The American Museum of Natural History , located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world... .
44	October 1877	Trinity Bay Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Major fishing communities include Trinity and Heart's Content.-Industry:... , Newfoundland	NWA	Not stated		"big squid"	None		None taken	None; Verrill specimen No. 17	Verrill (1880a:191); Verrill (1880b:285)	M. Harvey letter 17 November 1877 to Verrill citing reference to specimen by John Duffet	Specimen cut up and used for manure.
45	21 November 1877	Smith's Sound Smith Sound Smith Sound is an uninhabited Arctic sea passage between Greenland and Canada's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island. It links Baffin Bay with Kane Basin and forms part of the Nares Strait.... , Lance Cove, Trinity Bay Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Major fishing communities include Trinity and Heart's Content.-Industry:... , Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	?Architeuthis princeps	Entire	None; carried off by tide		BL(+HL?): 11 ft (3.4 m); TL: 33 ft (10.1 m); AL: 13 ft (estimate)	None; Verrill specimen No. 16	Verrill (1880a:190); Verrill (1880b:285)	M. Harvey letter 27 November 1877 to Verrill citing measurements taken by John Duffet	Found still alive, having "ploughed up a trench or furrow about 30 ft long and of considerable depth by the stream of water that it ejected with great force from its siphon. When the tide receded it died."
46	2 November 1878	near Little Bay Copper Mine, Thimble Tickle Thimble Tickle Bay Thimble Tickle Bay is a bay on the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.In 1878 the largest known specimen of the Atlantic Giant Squid, with a length of just over 55 feet, was found dead on the beach.... , Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits.The name, French for Our Lady Bay, dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name.... , Newfoundland	NWA	Found aground off shore, alive; tied with rope and pulled to shore	?Architeuthis princeps	Entire	None; cut up for dog food		BL+HL: 20 ft (6.1 m); TL: 35 ft (10.7 m)	None; Verrill specimen No. 18	Verrill (1880a:191); Verrill (1880b:285)	M. Harvey letter 30 January 1879 to Boston Traveller; Hickey (2009)	Discovered by Stephen Sherring, fisherman. Often cited as the largest recorded giant squid specimen. Giant Squid Interpretation Centre and "life-sized" [55 feet (16.8 m)] sculpture built near site of capture.
47	2 December 1878	Three Arms Three Arms, Newfoundland and Labrador Three Arms is a small settlement founded in or about 1864. It is in Fogo and Twillingate District.-See also:*List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador... , South Arm of Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits.The name, French for Our Lady Bay, dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name.... , Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	?Architeuthis princeps	Entire, mutilated and with arms missing	None; cut up for dog food		BL+HL: 15 ft (4.6 m); BC: 12 ft (3.7 m); AL: 16 ft (4.9 m)	None; Verrill specimen No. 19	Verrill (1880a:192); Verrill (1880b:286)	M. Harvey letter 30 January 1879 to Boston Traveller	Found dead by William Budgell, fisherman, after heavy gale.
48	23 May 1879	Lyall Bay Lyall Bay Lyall Bay is a bay and a suburb on the south side of the Rongotai isthmus in Wellington, New Zealand.The bay is a popular surf beach, featuring a breakwater at the eastern end. It has also been the site of surf lifesaving championships, and is home to two surf lifesaving clubs. Lyall Bay is a very... , Cook Strait Cook Strait Cook Strait is the strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west with the South Pacific Ocean on the east.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882 [ = Architeuthis sp.? [fide Verrill (1882c:477)]]	Entire, but somewhat mutilated	Pen, beak, tongue, some suckers		ML: 9 in 2 in (2.79 m); BC: 7 in 3 in (2.21 m); HL: 1 in 11 in (0.5842 m); BL+HL: 11 in 1 in (3.38 m); HC: 4 ft (1.2 m); AL: 4 in 3 in (1.3 m); AC: 11 in; ASC: 36; FL: 24 in; FW: 13 in (single); GL: 6 in 3 in (1.91 m); GW: 11 in; other measurements	NMNZ; catalog no. M.125405 + M.125403 [fide Marshall (1996:45)]; holotype of Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882. Kirk specimen No. 3	Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881:398); Kirk (1882:286, figs. 2-4)	Verrill (1882c:477); Kirk (1888:34); Pfeffer (1912:34); Dell (1952:98); Dell (1970:27); Stevens (1988:149, fig. 2)	Measurements taken by T.W. Kirk.
49	1879	off Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... (42°49'N, 62°57'W)	NWA	From fish stomach, Alepidosaurus [sic] ferox	?Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878; ?Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874)	Terminal part of tentacular arm	Portion of arm		18 in long	NMNH; catalog no. 576962. Verrill specimen No. 20	Verrill (1880a:193); Verrill (1880b:287)		Lancet fish taken by Capt. J.W. Collins of schooner Marion on halibut trawl-line.
50	October 1879	near Brigus, Conception Bay Conception Bay Conception Bay is a Canadian bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland. The bay indents the Avalon Peninsula with the opening of the bay to the Atlantic Ocean at the northeast. It is bounded by Cape St. Francis in the south and Split Point near Bay de Verde in the north... , Newfoundland	NWA	Not stated		Two arms with other mutilated parts	None?		AL: 8 ft (2.4 m)	None?; Verrill specimen No. 22	Verrill (1880a:194); Verrill (1880b:287)
51	1 November 1879	James's Cove, Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean.... , Newfoundland	NWA	Not stated		Entire	None; cut up by fishermen		WL: 38 ft (11.6 m); BL: 9 ft (2.7 m); BC: ~6 ft (1.8 m); TL: 29 ft (8.8 m)	None; Verrill specimen No. 23	Verrill (1880a:194); Verrill (1880b:287)	Morning Chronicle of St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... 9 December 1879	Found alive and driven ashore.
52	Unknown (reported 1880)	near Boulder Bank Boulder Bank The Boulder Bank is a very unusual naturally formed land form in Nelson, New Zealand. It is a 13 kilometre long stretch of rocky substrate which begins at the Mackay Bluff and ends at the Cut of the Nelson Harbour. Haulashore Island was once apart of the Boulder Bank, but after the Cut being made... , Nelson Nelson, New Zealand Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Not stated; hook and line?		Not indicated	Undetermined; Kirk specimen No. 4		8 ft (2.4 m) long	None?; Kirk specimen No. 4	Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881:398)	Newspaper article	Caught by fishing party. No other data.
53	Unknown (reported 1880)	near Flat Point, east coast, New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Not stated		Not indicated	Undetermined; Kirk specimen No. 5		None	None?; Kirk specimen No. 5	Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881:398)	Description sent to Mr. Beetham, M.H.R., by Mr. Moore	Found by Mr. Moore. No other data.
54	April 1880	Grand Banks, Newfoundland	NWA	Found dead at surface	Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874)	Head, tentacles, and arms only	Head, tentacles, and arms		TL: 66 in; ASC: 330; extensive measurements and counts	YPM; catalog no. 12600y. Verrill specimen No. 24	Verrill (1881:259, pl. 26, pl. 38 figs. 3-7)	Pfeffer (1912:19)	Found dead by Capt. O.A. Whitten of schooner Wm.H. Oakes.
55	6 June 1880	Island Bay Island Bay, Wellington Island Bay is a suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, situated 5 km south of the city centre.Island Bay lies on the bay which shares its name, one of numerous small bays west of Lyall Bay... , Cook Strait Cook Strait Cook Strait is the strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west with the South Pacific Ocean on the east.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis verrilli Kirk, 1882	Entire	Not specified		TL: 25 ft (7.6 m); AL(I,II,IV): 9 ft (2.7 m); AC(I,II,IV): 15 in; AL(III): 10 in 5 in (3.18 m); AC(III): 21 in; ASC(III): 71; HC: 4 in 3 in (1.3 m); HL: 19 in; ML: 7 in 6 in (2.29 m)	NMNZ; holotype of Architeuthis verrilli Kirk, 1882; specimen no longer extant [fide Marshall (1996:46)]	Kirk (1882:285)	Verrill (1882c:477); Kirk (1888:35); Pfeffer (1912:33); Dell (1952:98); Dell (1970:27)	Measurements taken by Kirk, except TL by James McColl. Jaws and gladius taken by fisherman and were not recovered.
56	~1880	Kvænangen Kvænangen Kvænangen is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Burfjord. The European route E6 highway goes through the municipality and over the Sørstraumen Bridge, and most people stop at the mountain pass of Kvænangsfjellet to view the... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None		None		Grieg (1933:19)	Sivertsen (1955:11)
57	~1880	Tønsvik, Tromsøysund Tromsøysund Tromsøysund is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. It is located in the southern and eastern parts of the present-day municipality of Tromsø, including the villages of Tromsdalen and Movik.-History:... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None		None		Grieg (1933:19)
58	October 1880	Kilkee Kilkee Kilkee is a small coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is located midway between Kilrush and Doonbeg on the N67 road. The town, one of the most famous resorts in Ireland, is particularly popular as a seaside resort with people from Limerick City... , County Clare County Clare -History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones... , Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.						Ritchie (1918:137)	Nature, 22:585 (1880); Collins (1998:489)	Originally cited as an octopus Octopus The octopus is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms, and like other cephalopods they are bilaterally symmetric. An octopus has a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms... .
59	10 November 1881	Portugal Cove, near St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Found floating dead near shore	Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874)	Entire	Entire (somewhat mutilated and poorly preserved)		a) BL: 5.5 ft (1.7 m); HL: 1.25 ft (0.381 m); EL: 28 ft (8.5 m); BC: 4.5 ft (1.4 m) b) ML: 4.16 ft (1.3 m); BC: 4 ft (1.2 m); FL: 1.75 ft (0.5334 m); FW (single): 8 in; TL: 15 ft (4.6 m); CL: 2 ft (0.6096 m); AL (ventral, minus tip): 4.66 ft (1.4 m); TC (base): 8.5 in; etc.	E.M. Worth Museum (101 Bowery, NY, NY). Verrill specimen No. 27	Verrill (1881:422); Verrill (1882a:71)	Morris article in 25 November 1881 New York Herald; Morris article in 10 December 1881 Harper's Weekly; Pfeffer (1912:19)	Obtained by Mr. Morris, photographed by E. Lyons (St. John's), shipped on ice by steamer Catima to New York, purchased and preserved by E.M. Worth. Measurements by a) Inspector Murphy (chief Board of Public Works) when iced; b) Verrill of fixed specimen.
60	30 June 1886	Cape Campbell Cape Campbell Cape Campbell , Te Karaka in Māori language, is located in Marlborough, New Zealand, on the northeastern coast of the South Island. It lies at the southern end of Clifford Bay, 15 km northeast of Ward, and 42 km southeast of Blenheim.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	Beak and club		ML: 8 in 3 in (2.51 m); HL: 1 in 9 in (0.5334 m); AL: 6 in 6 in (1.98 m); TL: 18 in 10 in (5.74 m); EL: 28 in 10 in (8.79 m); BC(estimate): ~8 ft (2.4 m)	NMNZ; catalog no. M.125404 + ?M.125406 [fide Marshall (1996:45)]; holotype of Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887. Kirk specimen No. 2	Kirk (1879:310); Verrill (1881:398); Robson (1887:156)	C.H.[W.] Robson letter 19 June 1879 to T.W. Kirk; Pfeffer (1912:35); Dell (1952:98); Dell (1970:27)	Found by Mr. C.H.[W.] Robson; beak given to Mr. A. Hamilton.
61	"early" October 1887	Lyall Bay Lyall Bay Lyall Bay is a bay and a suburb on the south side of the Rongotai isthmus in Wellington, New Zealand.The bay is a popular surf beach, featuring a breakwater at the eastern end. It has also been the site of surf lifesaving championships, and is home to two surf lifesaving clubs. Lyall Bay is a very... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis longimanus Kirk, 1888	Entire	Beak and buccal-mass	Female	EL: 55 in 2 in (16.81 m); ML: 71 in; BC: 63 in; extensive additional measurements and description	Dominion Museum New Zealand Dominion Museum building The New Zealand Dominion Museum building was completed in 1936, and is located on Buckle Street in Wellington next to the National War Memorial. The building originally housed the National Museum, the National Art Gallery of New Zealand and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts... [NMNZ] (see Dell, 1970:28); holotype of Architeuthis longimanus Kirk, 1888. Specimen not found [fide Marshall (1996:46)]	Kirk (1888:35, pls. 7-9); Pfeffer (1912:36)	Dell (1952:98[date found listed incorrectly [fide Sweeney (2001:87)]]); Dell (1970:27)	Found by Mr. Smith, local fisherman. Measurements taken by T.W. Kirk.
62	27 August 1888	between Pico Pico Island Pico Island , is an island in the Central Group of the Portuguese Azores noted for its eponymous volcano, Ponta do Pico, which is the highest mountain in Portugal, the Azores, and the highest elevation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge... and St. George (38°33'57"N, 30°39'30"W), Azores Islands Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the... , at 1266 m depth	NEA	By benthic trawl	Architeuthis? sp.? [fide Joubin (1895:34)]	Large beak	Undetermined		None		Joubin (1895:34)
63	1889	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Not stated		Map location only					Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
64	Unknown (reported 1892)	Sao Miguel Island São Miguel Island São Miguel Island , nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese Azores archipelago. The island covers and has around 140,000 inhabitants, 45,000 of these people located in the largest city in the archipelago: Ponta Delgada.-History:In 1427, São Miguel... , Azores Islands Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis princeps	Entire?	Jaws and tentacle club		Beak measurements	Museum at Lisbon [fide Pfeffer (1912:27)]	Girard (1892:214, pls. 1-2)	Pfeffer (1912:27); Robson (1933:692)
65	1892	Greenland Greenland Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...	NWA	Not stated	Architeuthis monachus	Undetermined; translation of paper needed					Posselt (1898:279)
66	4 February 1895	Bay of Tateyama Tokyo Bay is a bay in the southern Kantō region of Japan. Its old name was .-Geography:Tokyo Bay is surrounded by the Bōsō Peninsula to the east and the Miura Peninsula to the west. In a narrow sense, Tokyo Bay is the area north of the straight line formed by the on the Miura Peninsula on one end and on... , Province of Awa Awa Province (Chiba) was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture. It lies on the tip of the Boso Peninsula , whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Province and its second from Kazusa and Shimōsa Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was or... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	In net	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Entire	Undetermined	Female	ML: 720 mm; MW: 235 mm; GL: 640 mm; FL: 280 mm; FW: 200 mm; TL: 2910 mm; extensive additional measurements and description	Undetermined; ?Zoological Institute, Science College Science College Science Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, science and mathematics... , Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... ; holotype of Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Mitsukuri & Ikeda (1895:39, pl. 10); Pfeffer (1912:27)		Caught in net after 2-3 day storm.
*	18 July 1895	near Angra Angra do Heroísmo Angra do Heroísmo , locally referred to as Angra, is a municipality and city on the island of Terceira, within the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. The municipal area has a population of 35,581 and an area of . Along with Praia da Vitória to the north, it is one of two municipal... (38°34'45"N, 29°37'W), Azores Islands Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...	NEA	Caught at surface (from sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... vomit) with shrimp net	Architeuthis sp.?; Non-architeuthid [fide Pfeffer (1912:27)]	Several jaws	Undetermined		None		Joubin (1900:46, pl. 14 figs. 1-2)	Pfeffer (1912:27); Clarke (1956:257)	Non-architeuthid.
67	18 July 1895	near Angra Angra do Heroísmo Angra do Heroísmo , locally referred to as Angra, is a municipality and city on the island of Terceira, within the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. The municipal area has a population of 35,581 and an area of . Along with Praia da Vitória to the north, it is one of two municipal... (38°34'45"N, 29°37'W), Azores Islands Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...	NEA	Caught at surface (from sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... vomit) using shrimp net	Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900 [ = Architeuthis physeteris (Joubin, 1900) [fide Voss (1956:136)]]	Mantle Mantle (mollusc) The mantle is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.In many, but by no means all, species of molluscs, the epidermis of the mantle secretes... only	Mantle Mantle (mollusc) The mantle is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.In many, but by no means all, species of molluscs, the epidermis of the mantle secretes...	Male	ML: 460 mm; BD: 115 mm; FL: 220 mm; FW: 110 mm; GL: 390 mm	MOM; holotype of Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900 [fide Belloc (1950:6); listed incorrectly as station 558]	Joubin (1900:102, pl. 15 figs. 8-10); Pfeffer (1912:24)	Hardy (1956:288); Toll & Hess (1981b:753)
68	10 April 1896	Kirkseteroren Kyrksæterøra Kyrksæterøra is a village and the administrative center of the municipality of Hemne in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It was known as the "white town of the Hemnfjorden" at one time, because there were only white houses. The village has a population of 2,480, and it is located at the end of the... , Hevnefjord, Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire	Female	BL: 2.5 m; AL: 2.5 m; TL: 7.25 m	VSM	Storm (1897:99); Grieg (1933:19)	Brinkmann (1916:178); Nordgård (1923:11); Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11)
69	27 September 1896	Kirkseteroren Kyrksæterøra Kyrksæterøra is a village and the administrative center of the municipality of Hemne in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It was known as the "white town of the Hemnfjorden" at one time, because there were only white houses. The village has a population of 2,480, and it is located at the end of the... , Hevnefjord, Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire	Male	None	VSM	Storm (1897:99, fig. 20); Grieg (1933:19)	Brinkmann (1916:178, fig. 2); Nordgård (1923:11); Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11); Toll & Hess (1981b:753)
70	Unknown (reported 1898)	Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...	NEA	Not stated	Architeuthis monachus	Not specified	Undetermined		None		Posselt (1898:279)	Bardarson (1920:134)
71	1898	north of Bahamas The Bahamas The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...	NWA						Unknown		Steenstrup (1898)	Ellis (1998:259)
72	1902	north of Faeroes Islands Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland... , Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...	NEA	Found floating at surface, dead	?Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire, very bad condition	Entire		BL+HL: 76 cm; ML: 63 cm; MW: 15 cm; FL: 26.7 cm; FW: 8 cm; TL: 214 cm; ASD: 8 mm; TSD: 11 mm	Bergen Museum [=ZMUB?]	Murray & Hjort (1912); Grieg (1933:20)		Young specimen taken by Michael Sars.
73	15 August 1903	Mjofjord, Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Tentacle (partial), arm	Tentacle (from mouth of whale)		TD: 17 cm; AL?: 6 m	Bergen Museum [=ZMUB?]	Murray & Hjort (1912); Grieg (1933:21)		Length of arm given by whalers.
74	July 1906	?, Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Undetermined; translation of paper needed					Collett (1912:635)
75	1907	?, Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Undetermined; translation of paper needed					Collett (1912:635)
76	March 1909	off Highland Light, Truro Truro, Massachusetts Truro is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, comprising two villages: Truro and North Truro. Located two hours outside Boston, it is a summer vacation community just south of the northern tip of Cape Cod, in an area known as the "Outer Cape"... , Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...	NWA	Not stated; floating at surface?	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	None		AL: 7 in 6 in (2.29 m); WL?: ~16–17 ft; AD: 4 in	None	Blake (1909:43)		Found by schooner Annie Perry; attempted to be hoisted aboard but cut in half by rope; tentacle [arm] saved but later discarded.
77	July 1909	?, Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Undetermined; translation of paper needed					Collett (1912:635)
78	September 1910	off coast of Mayo County Mayo County Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552... , Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	NEA	From two sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomachs	Architeuthis sp.	Two upper beaks	Undetermined		None		Massy (1913:2)		From Captain Bruun.
79	1910/1911? (autumn)	Lundenes, Grytøya Grytøya Grytøya is an island situated just north of Hinnøya and south of Bjarkøya in Northern Norway. It belongs to the municipalities of Harstad and Bjarkøy in Troms county, Norway. It is surrounded by the Vågsfjorden and the Andsfjorden. The island has an area of , and the highest peak is Nona at ... , Senjen Senja Senja is the second largest island in Norway . It is located along the Troms county coastline with Finnsnes as the closest town. Senja is connected to the mainland by the Gisund Bridge. The municipalities located on Senja are Lenvik , Berg, Torsken, and Tranøy... [just north of Harstad Harstad is the second largest city and municipality by population, in Troms county, Norway – the city is also the third largest in North Norway. Thus Harstad is the natural centre for its district. Situated approximately north of the Arctic Circle, the city celebrated its 100th anniversary in... ], Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None		WL: 1.2 m		Brinkmann (1916:178); Grieg (1933:20)	Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11)
80	June 1911	Monterey Bay Monterey Bay Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean, along the central coast of California. The bay is south of San Francisco and San Jose, between the cities of Santa Cruz and Monterey.... , California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	Floating at surface, dead	Unidentified; Architeuthis?	Entire; "in very bad condition, there was no color left, and the epidermis had all sloughed off"	None		EL: >30 ft (9.1 m)		Berry (1912:117)
81	February 1912	Veiholmen Veiholmen Veiholmen is a fishing village located on a group of tiny islands in the northern part of the municipality of Smøla in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway... , Smøla Smøla Smøla is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hopen, other villages include Dyrnes, Råket, and Veiholmen.-General information:... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found in shallow water	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire		BL: 1.9 m; TL: 6.7 m	Kristiansund Museum	Brinkmann (1916:180, fig. 3); Grieg (1933:20)	Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11)
82	1912	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP						Unknown		Pfeffer (1912)	Ellis (1998:260)
83	12 October 1912	Monterey Bay Monterey Bay Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean, along the central coast of California. The bay is south of San Francisco and San Jose, between the cities of Santa Cruz and Monterey.... , California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	Not indicated	Unidentified; Architeuthis?	Entire	None		WT: ~500 lb (226.8 kg)		Berry (1914:22)		Observed by Mr. K. Hovden (Manager, Booth Canning Company, Monterey Monterey, California The City of Monterey in Monterey County is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in Central California. Monterey lies at an elevation of 26 feet above sea level. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,810. Monterey is of historical importance because it was the capital of... ). Eaten raw by Italian fishermen who "captured" it. [Highly doubtful considering ammonium chloride Ammonium chloride Ammonium chloride NH4Cl is an inorganic compound with the formula NH4Cl. It is a white crystalline salt that is highly soluble in water. Solutions of ammonium chloride are mildly acidic. Sal ammoniac is a name of natural, mineralogical form of ammonium chloride... present in giant squid tissues.]
84	June–September 1913	Belmullet Belmullet Belmullet is a coastal Gaeltacht town with a population of around 2,000 on the Mullet Peninsula in the barony of Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. Its name means the "mouth of the mullet"... whaling station, Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874)	Entire, plus other parts	Tip of tentacle; beak and radula Radula The radula is an anatomical structure that is used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared rather inaccurately to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters the esophagus... ; other dry beaks plus portion of gladius		ML: 6 ft (1.8 m); BC: 4 ft (1.2 m); AL: 6 ft (1.8 m); TL: 21 ft (6.4 m); FL: 1 in 7 in (0.4826 m); FW: 1 foot	Undetermined; University of Liverpool University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic... ?	Hamilton (1915:137); Hardy (1956:286); Collins (1998:489)		From 57 in 3 in (17.45 m) male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (no. 22) examined by J.E. Hamilton.
85	22 November 1915	Lerøya, Austrheim Austrheim Austrheim is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Austrheim was separated from Lindås on 1 January 1910. Fedje was separated from Austrheim on 1 January 1947... , north of Bergen Bergen Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , .... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire	Male	ML+HL: 1550 mm; ML: 1310 mm; BD: 440 mm; HW: 310 mm; FL: 430 mm; FW: 105; ALI: 1780 mm; ALIV: 1640 mm; TL: 5600 mm	Bergen Museum [=ZMUB?]	Brinkmann (1916:175, fig. 1); Grieg (1933:17)	Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11); Toll & Hess (1981b:754)	Plaster cast made of specimen also in Bergen Museum.
86	17 March 1916	Hellandsjo, west of Hevnefjord, Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found washed ashore, alive	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	A little of the front part, tentacles and arms; remainder used for bait		TL: 6.2 m	VSM	Brinkmann (1916:180); Grieg (1933:20)	Nordgård (1923:11); Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11)	With sucker response when found by J.F. Vaagan.
87	November 1916	Oyvag, Djonna Dønna Dønna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region.Outer Helgeland, consists of the municipalities Leirfjord, Alstahaug, Herøy as well as Dønna. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solfjellsjøen. The municipality has a large... , Helgoland Helgeland Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. The district covers an area of about , with nearly 79,000 inhabitants... , Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire?	None		None		Grieg (1933:20)
88	29 October 1917	Skateraw Newtonhill Newtonhill is a farming village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It has been popular with farm workers and tradesmen for decades for its cheap housing and location, just six miles south of Aberdeen.-Facilities:... (55°58.5'N, 02°25'W), Berwickshire Berwickshire Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. The town after which it is named—Berwick-upon-Tweed—was lost by Scotland to England in 1482... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874); Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Club and gladius fragment		BL+HL: 5 in 9 in (1.75 m); FW: 19 in; AL: 4 ft (1.2 m); AC: 9.5 in; TL: 13 in 10 in (4.22 m); CL: 2 in 6 in (0.762 m); other measurements and description	NMSZ catalog no. 1917.54.1-2	Ritchie (1918:133); Ritchie (1922:423); Robson (1933:692); Heppell & Smith (1983:35)	Stephen (1944:264); Stephen (1962:154); Collins (1998:489)	Observations by J. Ritchie after earlier mutilation of specimen by local boys. Colour drawing by Ritchie in NMSZ.
89	10 January 1918	reportedly caught in Awa Province Awa Province (Chiba) was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture. It lies on the tip of the Boso Peninsula , whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Province and its second from Kazusa and Shimōsa Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was or... ; Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... fishmarket, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Not stated	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Entire	Undetermined	Male	ML: 1100 mm; BC: 800 mm; FL: 400 mm; FW: 320 mm; GL: 1040 mm		Sasaki (1929:224, pl. 20 figs. 1-11); Heuvelmans (1965)	Toll & Hess (1981b:753)
90	1918	Kilkel, County Clare County Clare -History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones... , Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Not specified	Undetermined		None		Hardy (1956:286)	Collins (1998:489)
91	November 1919	Oyvag of Dønna Dønna Dønna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region.Outer Helgeland, consists of the municipalities Leirfjord, Alstahaug, Herøy as well as Dønna. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solfjellsjøen. The municipality has a large... , off coast of Nordland Nordland is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Not stated	Architeuthis dux	Entire?	Undetermined		None		Nordgård (1923:11)	Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
92	February 1920	Vallay Vallay Vallay is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It is linked to North Uist by a long beach at low tide.Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people, its best-known inhabitant was the archaeologist Erskine Beveridge... , North Uist North Uist North Uist is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.-Geography:North Uist is the tenth largest Scottish island and the thirteenth largest island surrounding Great Britain. It has an area of , slightly smaller than South Uist. North Uist is connected by causeways to Benbecula... , Outer Hebrides Outer Hebrides The Outer Hebrides also known as the Western Isles and the Long Island, is an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. The islands are geographically contiguous with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis or Sthenoteuthis [fide Ritchie]; Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Stephen]	Entire	None		"Length of squid": 3.5–4 ft; AL: ~1 ft (0.3048 m)		Ritchie (1920:57)	Stephen (1944:264); Stephen (1962:154); Collins (1998:489)	Information from Mr. G. Beveridge.
93	1921	Wick Wick, Highland Wick is an estuary town and a royal burgh in the north of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically, it is one of two burghs within the county of Caithness, of which Wick was the county town. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay... , Moray Firth Moray Firth The Moray Firth is a roughly triangular inlet of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of north of Scotland... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Not stated	Architeuthis dux	Beak and sucker ring, dry	Sucker ring; beak lost, photograph only extant		None	NMSZ	Heppell & Smith (1983:33)	Collins (1998:489)
94	1922	Caithness Caithness Caithness is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic local government area of Scotland. The name was used also for the earldom of Caithness and the Caithness constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . Boundaries are not identical in all contexts, but the Caithness area is... , North of Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874); Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Stephen (1962:154)]	Not specified	Undetermined		None	NMSZ	Ritchie (1922:423); Robson (1933:692)	Stephen (1944:264); Hardy (1956:287); Stephen (1962:154)
95	1924	Margate, Natal Natal Province Natal, meaning "Christmas" in Portuguese, was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. The Natal Province included the bantustan of KwaZulu...	SIO						Unknown	Heuvelmans (1965)	Ellis (1998:260)
96	9 ?October 1924	Bluff Bluff, New Zealand Bluff is a town and seaport in the Southland region, on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the southern-most town in New Zealand and, despite Slope Point being further to the south, is colloquially used to refer to the southern extremity of the country... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Not stated			Undetermined		BL: 7 ft (2.1 m); "spread of tentacles": 18 ft (5.5 m)		Dell (1952:98)	New Zealand Herald 9 October 1924
97	Unknown (prior to spring 1926)	Urago Bay, Oki Islands Oki Islands are a group of islands in the southwestern part of the Sea of Japan and belong to Japan.-Geography:The Oki Islands are situated between 40 to 80 kilometers north of the coast of Honshū.The islands are of volcanic origin and have a total area of 346,1 km2... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Not stated	?Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		None		Hamabe (1957); Nishimura (1968:75)		Capture date prior to spring 1926.
98	1926 (early spring)	off Kuniga, Oki Islands Oki Islands are a group of islands in the southwestern part of the Sea of Japan and belong to Japan.-Geography:The Oki Islands are situated between 40 to 80 kilometers north of the coast of Honshū.The islands are of volcanic origin and have a total area of 346,1 km2... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Not stated	?Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		None		Hamabe (1957); Nishimura (1968:75)
99	1926	Wingan Inlet Wingan Inlet Wingan Inlet is an inlet within the Croajingolong National Park, in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It features a ranger-managed camping ground, about an hour's drive from the nearest town, Cann River, along a notoriously rough stretch of dirt road... , Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively.... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	Undetermined		None		MacPherson & Gabriel (1962:413)
100	13 December 1927	Kalveidøy, Fitjar Fitjar Fitjar is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The municipality covers the northern part of the island of Stord and surrounding islands, while the municipality of Stord covers the southern part of the island.-History:... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None		BL: 1 m; TL: 6.5 m		Grieg (1933:19)	Sivertsen (1955:11)
101	4 March 1928	Ranheim Ranheim Ranheim is a residential area located approximately 6 kilometers to the east of the centre of Trondheim, Norway. It comprises places such as Olderdalen, Væretrøa, Reppe and Vikåsen.... , [Trondheimsfjord Trondheimsfjord The Trondheimsfjord , an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third longest fjord at long. It is located in the west central part of the country, and it stretches from Ørland in west to Steinkjer in north, passing the city of Trondheim on its way... ] (about 8 km east of Trondheim Trondheim Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of... ), Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire	Male	WL?: ~7.9 m; ML: 1.37 m; AL: 1.4-1.5 m; TL: 6.4 m	VSM	Nordgård (1928:70, text-fig.); Grieg (1933:20)	Sivertsen (1955:5); Aldrich (1992:476)	Spermatophore Spermatophore A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass created by males of various animal species, containing spermatozoa and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during copulation... s present.
102	1928	off Greenland Greenland Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...	?						Jaws only		Muus (1962)	Ellis (1998:260)	Seen by members of the Godthaab Expedition.
103	24 January 1930	Gullane Gullane Gullane is a town on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth in East Lothian on the east coast of Scotland. There has been a church in the village since the 9th century. The ruins of the Old Church of St... (56°02.5'N, 02°51'W), East Lothian East Lothian East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh.... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Undetermined; Stephen specimen No. 1		BL+HL: 1803 mm; HL: 381 mm; HC: 711 mm; ML: 1422 mm; BC (at mantle Mantle (mollusc) The mantle is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.In many, but by no means all, species of molluscs, the epidermis of the mantle secretes... edge): 1143 mm; additional measurements	NSMZ; catalog no. 1930.174	Stephen (1962:151); Heppell & Smith (1983:34)	Collins (1998:489)	Data from unpublished Ritchie manuscript; see Heppell & Smith concerning locality data.
104	1930?	Goose Bay, Kaikoura Kaikoura Kaikoura is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1 180 km north of Christchurch.Kaikoura became the first local authority to reach the Green Globe tourism certification standard.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Not stated		Entire	Undetermined		BL: 11 ft (3.4 m); AL[TL?]: ~30 ft (9.1 m)		Dell (1952:98)		W.R.B. Oliver. [observer?]
105	1930	Miura Peninsula Miura Peninsula is a peninsula located in Kanagawa, Japan. It lies south of Yokohama and Tokyo and divides Tokyo Bay, to the east, from Sagami Bay, to the west. Cities and towns on the Miura Peninsula include Yokosuka, Miura, Hayama, Zushi, and Kamakura.... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP						EL?: 26 in 6 in (8.08 m)		Tomilin (1967)	Ellis (1998:260)
106	1930–1933	Pacific Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World... between Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of... and Samoa Samoa Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...	SWP						Unknown		Grønningsaeter (1946)	Ellis (1998:261)
107	14 January 1933	Scarborough, Yorkshire Yorkshire Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform... , England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis clarkei Robson, 1933	Entire	Entire		ML: 5 in 5 in (1.65 m); MW: 1 in 10 in (0.5588 m); FL: 2 foot; FW (total): 1 in 7 in (0.4826 m); numerous additional measurements	BMNH 1933.1.30.5 + 1926.3.31.24 (radula Radula The radula is an anatomical structure that is used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared rather inaccurately to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters the esophagus... and beak); holotype of Architeuthis clarkei Robson, 1933	Robson (1933:681, text-figs. 1-7, pl. 1)	Stevenson (1935:114); Stephen (1944:264); Hardy (1956:286); Collins (1998:489)	Specimen obtained by W.J. Clarke.
108	December 1933	Dildo Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador Dildo is a town on the island of Newfoundland, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is located on the southeastern Dildo Arm of Trinity Bay about 60 kilometres west of St. John's. South Dildo is a neighbouring unincorporated community... , Newfoundland Dominion of Newfoundland The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 . The Dominion of Newfoundland was situated in northeastern North America along the Atlantic coast and comprised the island of Newfoundland and Labrador on the continental mainland...	NWA	Not stated				Male	ML: 1560 mm		Frost (1934:xxx)	Knudsen (1957:189); Toll & Hess (1981b:754); Aldrich (1992:476)	A replica of this giant squid is now on display in Dildo Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador Dildo is a town on the island of Newfoundland, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is located on the southeastern Dildo Arm of Trinity Bay about 60 kilometres west of St. John's. South Dildo is a neighbouring unincorporated community... .
109	26 June 1935	Gulf of Gascogne Bay of Biscay The Bay of Biscay is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal, and is named in English after the province of Biscay, in the Spanish... [Bay of Biscay Bay of Biscay The Bay of Biscay is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal, and is named in English after the province of Biscay, in the Spanish... ] (46°50'N) at 200 m depth	NEA	By trawl	Architeuthis nawaji [fide Cadenat (1935)]; Architeuthis harveyi [fide Cadenat (1936)]	Entire	Undetermined; translation of paper needed	Female	EL: 818 cm; ML: 138 cm; FL: 60 cm; TL: 645 cm; AL(IV): 112 cm; AL(I): 110 cm	?MHNLR	Cadenat (1935:513); Cadenat (1936:277, figs. 1-3)		Caught by the Palombe.
111	12 November 1935	Holyrood Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador Holyrood is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 1, on Conception Bay. During King William's War, the village was destroyed in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign.... , Harbour Main, Conception Bay Conception Bay Conception Bay is a Canadian bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland. The bay indents the Avalon Peninsula with the opening of the bay to the Atlantic Ocean at the northeast. It is bounded by Cape St. Francis in the south and Split Point near Bay de Verde in the north... , Newfoundland Dominion of Newfoundland The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 . The Dominion of Newfoundland was situated in northeastern North America along the Atlantic coast and comprised the island of Newfoundland and Labrador on the continental mainland...	NWA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	None; destroyed in fire	Female	ML: 7 in 2 in (2.18 m); BC: 6 in 10 in (2.08 m); FL: 2 in 9 in (0.8382 m); FW: 2 in 1 in (0.635 m); TL: 17 in 3 in (5.26 m); HL: 1 in 7 in (0.4826 m)	None	Frost (1936, figs. 1-10); Stephen (1962:155); Dyson (1982:107); see also,		Caught by Harbour Main fisherman Joe Ezekiel. Ezekiel sold the specimen to a scientist for $10.00. It was stored in the local Fisheries Department's fish freezer. The freezer caught fire and the specimen was destroyed. At least two photographs of the specimen exist.
112	7 January 1937	off Bell Rock Inchcape Inchcape or the Bell Rock is a notorious reef off the east coast of Angus, Scotland, near Dundee and Fife . Bell Rock Lighthouse, an automatic lighthouse, occupies the reef... (56°26'N, 02°23'W), Angus Angus Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City... , Arbroath Arbroath Arbroath or Aberbrothock is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus in Scotland, and has a population of 22,785... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	By trawl	Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874); Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Stephen (1962:154)]	Entire	Tentacles and one arm		BL: ~7 ft (2.1 m); AL: 92 cm; TL: 368 + 421 cm	NMSZ; catalog no. 1977107.1	Stephen (1937:131); Heppell & Smith (1983:34)	Stephen (1944:264); Stephen (1962:154); Collins (1998:489)	Captured alive in trawl, tentacles and one arm cut off and remainder discarded. Date of capture incorrect in Heppell & Smith (1983).
113	22 July 1937	Petone Petone Petone is a major suburb of the city of Lower Hutt in New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the narrow triangular plain of the Hutt River, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour... , Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Not stated		Not specified	Undetermined		TL: 22 ft (6.7 m)		Dell (1952:98)	Press Association Press Association The Press Association is the national news agency of the United Kingdom and Ireland, supplying multimedia news content to almost all national and regional newspapers, television and radio news, as well as many websites with text, pictures, video and data content globally... message 22 July 1937
114	1939	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Not stated		Map location only					Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)		Possibly the same as #115.
115	10 October 1939	near Tromsø Tromsø Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	"killed by fishermen"					BL+HL?: >13 m; TL: 8.7 m		Wood (1982)	Ellis (1998:261)	Gerald Wood calls it "the largest known Architeuthis". Reference for measurements is "Karl Basilier, personal communication". Possibly the same as #114.
116	February 1941	Susa Susa, Yamaguchi was a town located in Abu District, Yamaguchi, Japan.On March 6, 2005 Susa, along with the town of Tamagawa, and the villages of Asahi, Fukue, Kawakami and Mutsumi, all from Abu District, was merged into the expanded city of Hagi.... Bay, Yamaguchi Prefecture Yamaguchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, in the center of the prefecture. The largest city, however, is Shimonoseki.- History :... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Not stated	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		ML: ~1.5 m; WT: ~180 kg		Tanaka (1950); Nishimura (1968:75)
117	1941–1978	Sea of Japan Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin. It is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific... ; various locations	NWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis martensi (Hilgendorf, 1880)	Entire; numerous	Undetermined		None		Okiyama (1993:408, fig. 6)		Summary of Sea of Japan Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin. It is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific... strandings.
118	1945	Pahau River Pahau River The Pahau River or Pahu River is a river of the north Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It has its origins in the Tekoa Range, 25 kilometres northwest of Culverden, and flows initially north before turning south to flow down a long valley between two ridges... Mouth, Wellington East Coast Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore		Entire	Undetermined		WT: >1 ton		Dell (1952:98)
119	1946	Vikebukt Vikebukt Vikebukt is a village in the municipality of Vestnes in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Tresfjorden, just south of where the fjord meets the Romsdalsfjorden. Vikebukt is just across the fjord from the municipal center of Vestnes. The highway passes through the... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Undetermined	Architeuthis sp.	Map location only	Undetermined				Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
120	September 1946	Romsdal Romsdal Romsdal is the name of a traditional district in the Norwegian county Møre og Romsdal, located between Nordmøre and Sunnmøre. The district of Romsdal comprises Aukra, Fræna, Midsund, Molde, Nesset, Rauma, Sandøy, and Vestnes. It is named for the valley of Romsdalen, which covers part of Rauma.The... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		EL: 9.35 m; other measurements		Myklebust (1946:377, fig. 1)	Sivertsen (1955:11, map)
121	mid-September 1948	Wingan Inlet Wingan Inlet Wingan Inlet is an inlet within the Croajingolong National Park, in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It features a ranger-managed camping ground, about an hour's drive from the nearest town, Cann River, along a notoriously rough stretch of dirt road... , Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively.... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire; poor condition	Head, arms, fins		BL: 7 in 8 in (2.34 m); HL: 1 in 6 in (0.4572 m); AC: 8-10.5 in	AMS?	Allan (1948:306)	Zeidler (1996:7); Zeidler & Gowlett-Homes (1996:85)	Gladius and internal organs removed prior to reposit.
122	7 September 1949	Hirtshals Hirtshals Hirtshals is a town in Hjørring municipality in Region Nordjylland on the north coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark, Europe.-The town of Hirtshals:... , Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	NEA	Not stated	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Undetermined		TL: 1.75 m ["totallaengde uden fangarme"; "total length without tentacles"]		Muus (1959:170)
123	2 October 1949	Whalefirth Voe (60°35'N, 01°10'W), Shetland, Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Jaws and sucker rings; remainder cut up for bait		BL: ~4 ft (1.2 m); AL: ~6 ft (1.8 m); TL: ~20 ft (6.1 m)	NMSZ; catalog nos. 1950.2 + 1950.3	Stephen (1950:52); Heppell & Smith (1983:33)	Collins (1998:489)	Jaw, description, and sketch sent by Dr. Petersen and two suckers sent by Mr. J. Inkster to NMSZ.
124	30 November 1949	Bay of Nigg Nigg, Aberdeen Nigg is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland, south of the River Dee. The area has a bay known as the Bay of Nigg or Nigg Bay, immediately south of a coastal golf course, and a farm that is also a visitor attraction, known as Doonies Farm.-History:... , Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of .... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp. [fide Rae (1950)]; Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Stephen (1962)]	Entire	Undetermined; entire?	Female	ML: 117 cm; HL: 28 cm; FL: 44.5 cm; FW: 37.5 cm; extensive additional measurements and description	?Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of .... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... . Stephen (1962) specimen No. 2	Rae (1950:163, pls. 20-21)	Hardy (1956:pl. 22); Stephen (1962:148); Boyle (1986:82); Collins (1998:489)
125	1950–1955	off Mississippi Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains... Delta, Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...	NWA	Found floating on surface	Architeuthis physeteris (Joubin, 1899)	Entire, in poor condition		Male	ML: 61.2 cm; extensive description		Voss (1956:136, fig 10)	Toll & Hess (1981b:753); Aldrich (1992:476)	Mature male with spermatophore Spermatophore A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass created by males of various animal species, containing spermatozoa and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during copulation... s. Possibly the same as #133.
126	22 August 1951	270 miles (434.5 km) W of Shpanberd Id.[need correct spelling], at surface	NWP	Observed alive only	Architeuthis japonicus	Two squid	Observation only		TL(estimate): 10–12 m	None	Sleptsov (1955:75)		Thought to be avoiding sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s by staying at surface.
127	14 December 1951	Angus Angus Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City... , East Haven, Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis harveyi	Entire	Jaws, radula Radula The radula is an anatomical structure that is used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared rather inaccurately to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters the esophagus... , and piece of arm with suckers		ML: 4 in 9 in (1.45 m)	Undetermined	Stephen (1953:121)	Collins (1998:489)	Mutilated prior to examination.
128	January 1952	Carnoustie Carnoustie Carnoustie is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North Sea coast... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Not specified	Undetermined		None		Hardy (1956:287)
129	12 June 1952	off Sao Lourenco São Lourenço São Lourenço may refer to:São Lourenço, Cape Verde, a village and a coveSão Lourenço, Minas Gerais, Brazil*São Lourenço , a parish in the municipality of Portalegre, Portugal... , Madeira Island Madeira Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach, vomited up	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	"Fragments"		ET: 10,600 mm; ML: 1,860 mm; TL: 8,500 mm; AL: 2,800 mm; BC: 1,360 mm; TC: 330 mm; WT: 150 kg	MMF	Rees & Maul (1956:266)	Clarke (1962:173)	Still exhibited some signs of life after being vomited.
130	1952	Florida Keys Florida Keys The Florida Keys are a coral archipelago in southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry...	NWA						ML: 36 in	RSMAS	Voss (1996)	Ellis (1998:261)
131	1952 (summer)	near Bonin Islands, western Pacific Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...	NWP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica? Pfeffer, 1912	Entire; two specimens	Undetermined		ML: 92 mm + 104 mm; extensive additional measurements and description	?Laboratory of Fisheries Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo University of Tokyo , abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...	Iwai (1956:139, pls. 1-5)		Possibly a non-architeuthid.
132	1953	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Not stated		Map location only					Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
133	1954	off Mississippi Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains... Delta, Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...	NWA	Found floating at surface, dead	Architeuthis						Melvin (2009)		Possibly the same as #125.
133	January 1954	Kie Kie Bay, Kaikoura Kaikoura Kaikoura is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1 180 km north of Christchurch.Kaikoura became the first local authority to reach the Green Globe tourism certification standard.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Photographs held by NIWA.					Förch (1998:105)
134	22 June 1954	1 miles (1.6 km) north of Skaw Skaw Skaw is a tiny settlement on the Shetland island of Unst. It is located north of Haroldswick on a peninsula in the northeast corner of the island, and is the most northerly settlement in the United Kingdom... (Skagerack Skagerrak The Skagerrak is a strait running between Norway and the southwest coast of Sweden and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea area, which leads to the Baltic Sea.-Name:... ), Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	NEA	Found alive on surface	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined	Male (mature)	ML: 1010 mm; VML: 940 mm; HL: 275 mm; TL: 4900 mm; AL(I): 800 mm; AL(IV): 1470/1530 mm; LAL: 1530 mm; HeL(IV pair): 90/130 mm; PL: 780 mm; SSL: 155 mm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 110–180 mm	ZMUC?	Knudsen (1957:189, figs. 1-5); Guerra et al. (2004b:8)	Kjennerud (1958:1); Muus (1959:170); Aldrich (1992:476); Stephen (1962:155); Toll & Hess (1981b:753)	Discovered by fishermen. Mature male with spermatophore Spermatophore A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass created by males of various animal species, containing spermatozoa and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during copulation... s and both ventral arms hectocotylised Hectocotylus A hectocotylus is one of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods that is modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the female's eggs. It is a specialized, extended muscular hydrostat used to store spermatophores, the male gametophore... ; colour notes.
135	30 July 1954	Ranheim Ranheim Ranheim is a residential area located approximately 6 kilometers to the east of the centre of Trondheim, Norway. It comprises places such as Olderdalen, Væretrøa, Reppe and Vikåsen.... , Trondheim Fjord Trondheimsfjord The Trondheimsfjord , an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third longest fjord at long. It is located in the west central part of the country, and it stretches from Ørland in west to Steinkjer in north, passing the city of Trondheim on its way... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Not stated	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Undetermined		WL: 7.5 m; BL: 1.3 m; AL(shorter): 1.9 m; TL: 6.2 m		Sivertsen (1955:5); Knudsen (1956)
136	2 October 1954	Ranheim Ranheim Ranheim is a residential area located approximately 6 kilometers to the east of the centre of Trondheim, Norway. It comprises places such as Olderdalen, Væretrøa, Reppe and Vikåsen.... , Trondheim Fjord Trondheimsfjord The Trondheimsfjord , an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third longest fjord at long. It is located in the west central part of the country, and it stretches from Ørland in west to Steinkjer in north, passing the city of Trondheim on its way... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Not stated	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire		WL: 9.24 m; BL: 2.14 m; AL(shorter): 1.9 m; TL: 7.1 m; ML: 1.79 m; MW: 0.57 m; FL: 0.52 m; FW(each): 0.18 m; TSD: 2.6 cm; ASD: 1.5 cm	VSM	Sivertsen (1955:5, fig. 1)	Clarke (1966:fig. 4)
137	4 July 1955	off Porto Pim (38°21'N, 29°08'W), Faial Island Faial Island Faial Island , also known in English as Fayal, is a Portuguese island of the Central Group of the Azores.... , Azores Islands Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undesignated anatomical material		WT: 405 lb (183.7 kg); EL: 34 in 5 in (10.49 m); WL: 16 in 3 in (4.95 m); ML: 6 in 6 in (1.98 m); BD: 1 in 11 in (0.5842 m)	?	Clarke (1955, 5 figs.)	Clarke (1956:257, pl. 2 fig. 2); Budker (1959);	Squid swallowed whole by 47 ft (14.3 m) sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (no. F346). Examined at Porto Pim whaling station. Budker (1959) states that "[t]his is probably the only complete specimen of such an animal to be collected under these conditions".
138	Unknown (reported 1956)	off Fowey Rocks, Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NWA	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis princeps or Architeuthis harveyi	Entire, mutilated	Undetermined		WL?: 47 ft (14.3 m) [fide Rathjen]	RSMAS [fide Rathjen]; no longer extant [fide Voss (1956:138)]	Voss (1956:138)	Rathjen (1973:24, fig. 7)
139	12 May 1956	about a mile north of Makara Stream, Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... west coast, New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis kirki Robson, 1887	Entire, missing tentacles	Entire?		ML: 1829 mm; WT: 127.9 kg; extensive additional measurements and description	Dominion Museum New Zealand Dominion Museum building The New Zealand Dominion Museum building was completed in 1936, and is located on Buckle Street in Wellington next to the National War Memorial. The building originally housed the National Museum, the National Art Gallery of New Zealand and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts... [NMNZ]	Dell (1970:27, figs. 1-8)	Roper & Young (1972:216)	Arm suckers had no sucker rings [fide Dell (1970)].
*	1956/1957	South Orkney Islands South Orkney Islands The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about .... (59°41'S, 44°14'W)	SWA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.; Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson, 1925	Head and mantle Mantle (mollusc) The mantle is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.In many, but by no means all, species of molluscs, the epidermis of the mantle secretes...	Undetermined		HL: 30 cm; HW: 20 cm; ED: 16–17 cm; WL?: ~12 m		Korabelnikov (1959:103); Yukhov (1974:62)		Non-architeuthid. Initial identification by I.I. Akimushkin. From 15.8 m long male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... .
*	1956/1957	South Shetland Islands South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for... (61°56'S, 52°39'W)	SWA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.; Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson, 1925	Fin only	Undetermined		FL: 41 cm; FW: 48 cm; WL?: ~10 m		Korabelnikov (1959:103); Yukhov (1974:62)		Non-architeuthid. Initial identification by I.I. Akimushkin. From 15 m long male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... .
140	1 February 1957	six miles (10 km) north by east from Rattray Head Rattray Head Rattray Head is a headland in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, on the north east coast Scotland. To north lies Strathbeg Bay and Rattray Bay is to its south... , Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	By trawl	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire		EL: 23 in 11 in (7.29 m); ML: 940 mm; BD: 343 mm; TL(R): 4750 mm; CL(R): 559 mm; HL: 279 mm; FL: 305 mm; FW: 305 mm	NMSZ; catalog no. 1957.20. Stephen specimen No. 3	Stephen et al. (1957:181); Stephen (1962:152, text-fig. 6, pl. 1 fig. 2); Heppell & Smith (1983:33)	Collins (1998:489)	Received from trawler Viking Prestige almost complete, but poorly preserved.
141	14 December 1957	Misaki, Oki Islands Oki Islands are a group of islands in the southwestern part of the Sea of Japan and belong to Japan.-Geography:The Oki Islands are situated between 40 to 80 kilometers north of the coast of Honshū.The islands are of volcanic origin and have a total area of 346,1 km2... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Not stated	?Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		None		Hamabe (1957); Nishimura (1968:75)
142	4 February 1958	Ashiya, Hamasaka-machi Hamasaka, Hyogo was a town located in Mikata District, Hyōgo, Japan.As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 10,835 and a density of 105.21 persons per km². The total area was 102.98 km².... , Hyōgo Prefecture Hyogo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		EL?: 4.1 m; WT: ~150 kg		Kamita (1962); Nishimura (1968:75)
143	7 February 1958	off Hagi Hagi, Yamaguchi is a city located in Yamaguchi, Japan and was incorporated as a city on July 1, 1932. Formerly part of Abu District.On March 6, 2005, the former city of Hagi merged with the towns of Susa and Tamagawa, and the villages of Asahi, Fukue, Kawakami and Mutsumi to form the new city of Hagi.Iwami Airport... , Yamaguchi Prefecture Yamaguchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, in the center of the prefecture. The largest city, however, is Shimonoseki.- History :... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Not stated	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		EL?: ~6 m; WT: 170 kg		Kamita (1962): Nishimura (1968:75)
144	3 March 1958	Sandane Sandane Sandane is the administrative centre of the municipality of Gloppen in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Gloppefjord, along the highway . Sandane is south of Nordfjordeid and about west of Byrkjelo. Sandane Airport, Anda is located northwest of Sandane along... , Nordfjord Nordfjord Nordfjord is a fjord and a traditional district in the northern part of Sogn og Fjordane county in Western Norway. The district comprises the municipalities of Selje, Vågsøy, Bremanger, Eid, Gloppen, Hornindal, and Stryn. Nordfjord covers an area of and is home to a population of approximately... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Not stated	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Male (mature)	ML: 100 cm; WT: 48 kg; VML: 87 cm; BC: 80 cm; FL: 28–32 cm; FW: 26/33 cm; HL: 30–32 cm; HW: 25 cm; AL(I): 126+ cm; AL(II): 143+ cm; AL(III): 126+ cm; AL(IV): 164 cm; LAL: 164 cm; AC(I): 16 cm; AC(II): 20 cm; AC(III): 22 cm; AC(IV): 22 cm; HeL(IV pair): 5–6 cm; AF: 4.3.2.1; TaL: 10 cm; FuL: 14 cm; FuD: 7 cm; FuCL: 12 cm; FuCW: 2.5 cm; PL: 92 cm; SoA: yes; LRL: 1.2 cm; URL: 1.5 cm	ZMUB	Kjennerud (1958:1, figs. 1-9); Guerra et al. (2004b:8)	Toll & Hess (1981b:753)	Spermatophore Spermatophore A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass created by males of various animal species, containing spermatozoa and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during copulation... and colour notes.
145	1958	Bahamas The Bahamas The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...	NWA						EL?: 47 ft (14.3 m)		Voss (1967)	Ellis (1998:261)
146	August 1959	off Madeira Island Madeira Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		EL?: 2.5 m		Clarke (1962:173, fig. 1A)	Toll & Hess (1981b:754)	From male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... .
	January?, 1960	Lonja de Aviles, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Not specified	Architeuthis dux	Not specified	Returned to the sea		WT: 100 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:258)
147	6 February 1960	Arahama, Kashiwazaki-shi Kashiwazaki, Niigata is a city located in Niigata, Japan.As of May 1, 2008, the city has an estimated population of 92,947 and the density of 210 persons per km². The total area is 442.70 km².... , Niigata Prefecture Niigata Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Honshū on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The capital is the city of Niigata. The name "Niigata" literally means "new lagoon".- History :... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		ML: 1.3 m; EL?: 3.5 m; WT: 112 kg		Nishimura (1960:214); Nishimura (1968:75)
148	23 January 1961	Oi, Hirata-shi Hirata, Shimane was a city located in Shimane, Japan.On March 22, 2005 Hirata, along with the towns of Koryō, Sada, Taisha and Taki, all from Hikawa District, was merged into the expanded city of Izumo.... , Shimane Prefecture Shimane Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is Matsue. It is the second least populous prefecture in Japan, after its eastern neighbor Tottori. The prefecture has an area elongated from east to west facing the Chūgoku Mountain Range on the south side and to... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		EL?: 2.6 m; WT: 41.2 kg		Kamita (1962); Nishimura (1968:75)
149	18 February 1961	Câmara de Lobos Câmara de Lobos Câmara de Lobos -History:The location of the modern town is believed to be the original landing point for the Portuguese discoverer João Gonçalves Zarco, who is credited with the discovery of the Madeira Islands... , Madeira Island Madeira Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...	NEA	From fish stomach, Alepisaurus ferox Lancetfish Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae....	Architeuthis sp. A	Entire	Entire	Female (juvenile)	ML: 57 mm; extensive additional measurements	NMNH cat. no. 727508	Roper & Young (1972:206, figs. 1a-c, 2-4, 5a)	Nesis et al. (1985:526)	From stomach of lancetfish Lancetfish Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.... No. 18123.
150	April–July 1961	near Commander Islands and western Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea Bering Sea The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves....	NWP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomachs	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Combined beak samples	Undetermined		Percentage of whale diet		Kodolov (1970:[158])		From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s sampled in several different whaling regions of Soviet whaling flotilla Aleut during the 1961 season.
151	August 1961	Sao Miguel São Miguel Island São Miguel Island , nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese Azores archipelago. The island covers and has around 140,000 inhabitants, 45,000 of these people located in the largest city in the archipelago: Ponta Delgada.-History:In 1427, São Miguel... , Azores Islands Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		ML: 2.4 m; AL[?]: 4.4 m; WL: 6.8 m		Keil (1963:320, figs. 3-5)		From 16 m sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... .
152	16 September 1961	off central California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak		None	NMML 110	Fiscus (1993:92)		From male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (specimen no. Rice-535).
153	December 1961	King's Cove, Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean.... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Not stated	Architeuthis sp.	Entire?	None		"small"	Undetermined	Aldrich (1968); Aldrich (1992:459)
154	April–July 1962	near Commander Islands and western Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea Bering Sea The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves....	NWP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomachs	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Combined beak samples	Undetermined		Percentage of whale diet		Kodolov (1970:[158])		From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s sampled in several different whaling regions of Soviet whaling flotilla Aleut during the 1962 season.
155	23 June 1962	Durban Whaling Station, South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SIO	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Body only	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 6	Male	FL: 40 cm; FW: 28 cm	None?; Clarke specimen No. 6	Clarke (1980:67)		From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... number A956.
156	1962	Donkergat Whaling Station, South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Head only	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 1		TL: 176 cm	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 1	Clarke (1980:67, text-fig. 37A)
	1962	Las Tiberas, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Not specified	Architeuthis dux	Not specified	Not specified		TL: 6 m		Guerra et al. (2006:258)
157	13 June 1963	Durban Whaling Station, South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SIO	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Head only	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 2		HL: 19 cm; HW: 15 cm; WT: 19 kg	None?; Clarke specimen No. 2	Clarke (1980:67)		From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... number D1500.
158	15 June 1963	off central California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak		None	NMML; catalog no. 111	Fiscus (1993:92)		From male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (specimen no. Rice-813).
159	1963	Donkergat Whaling Station, South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Body only	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 3	Female	ML: 66.5 cm; MW: 24 cm; FL: 29 cm; FW: 16 cm	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 3	Clarke (1980:67, text-fig. 37B)		From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... no. 2271.
160	13 August 1963	Durban Whaling Station, South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SIO	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 5		ML: ~70 cm; HL: ~23 cm; FL: ~30 cm; FW: ~22 cm	None?; Clarke specimen No. 5	Clarke (1980:67, text-fig. 37A)		From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... number 2258.
161	August?, 1963	Cook Strait Cook Strait Cook Strait is the strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west with the South Pacific Ocean on the east.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	One beak	Undetermined		None		Gaskin & Cawthorn (1967:170)		From New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... whaling station; specimen No. 63 of 1963-1964 season.
162	17 December 1963	off Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... (19°51'S, 95°09'W), South America South America South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...	SEP	From fish stomach, probably Alepisaurus Lancetfish Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae....	Architeuthis sp B.	Entire	Entire	Male (juvenile)	ML: 45 mm; extensive additional measurements	NMNH; catalog no. 727509	Roper & Young (1972:206, figs. 1d-e, 5b)	Nesis et al. (1985:526)
163	23 April 1964	Durban Whaling Station, South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SIO	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Body only	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 4		ML: 58 cm; MW: 19 cm; FL: 23 cm; FW: 11.5 cm	None?; Clarke specimen No. 4	Clarke (1980:67)		From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... number 2418.
164	1964	Southeastern Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...	SEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomachs	Architeuthis sp.	Map locations only					Yukhov (1974:61, fig.)		Multiple records from sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s with generalised data on distribution, depth, and sex.
165	1964	Southwestern Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...	SWP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomachs	Architeuthis sp.	Map locations only	Undetermined				Yukhov (1974:61, fig.)		Multiple records from sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s with generalised data on distribution, depth, and sex.
166	1964	Southwestern Indian Ocean Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...	SIO	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomachs	Architeuthis sp.	Map locations only					Yukhov (1974:61, fig.)		Multiple records from sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s with generalised data on distribution, depth, and sex.
167	23 October 1964	Conche Conche, Newfoundland and Labrador Conche is a community with on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The population in 2006 was 225.- The Community :... , White Bay, Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Beaks, gladius, arms, and tentacles	Female	ML: 185 cm; additional measurements and description	MUDB; Aldrich specimen No. 1	Aldrich (1992:461, figs. 3-4)	Aldrich (1968:395); Aldrich & Brown (1967:4, figs.)	Cestode found in caecum by Pippy & Aldrich (1969). Tentacular regeneration documented by Aldrich & Aldrich (1968:845, figs. 1-3).
168	5 December 1964	Chapel Arm, Trinity Bay Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Major fishing communities include Trinity and Heart's Content.-Industry:... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Found dead on bottom	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None; discarded	Female	ML: 126 cm; additional measurements and description	None; Aldrich specimen No. 2	Aldrich (1992:466, fig. 5)	Aldrich (1968:395)	Possibly seen alive in September on several occasions.
169	29 September 1965	Newman's Cove, Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean.... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Not stated	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Portion of mantle Mantle (mollusc) The mantle is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.In many, but by no means all, species of molluscs, the epidermis of the mantle secretes... , tail, and viscera Viscus In anatomy, a viscus is an internal organ, and viscera is the plural form. The viscera, when removed from a butchered animal, are known collectively as offal...	None; discarded	Female	ML (estimate): 1.37 m	None; Aldrich specimen No. 3	Aldrich (1992:467)	Aldrich (1968:395)
170	8 October 1965	Lance Cove, Trinity Bay Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Major fishing communities include Trinity and Heart's Content.-Industry:... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Parts (unspecified)	Female	ML: 127 cm; additional measurements	MUDB; Aldrich specimen No. 4	Aldrich (1992:469, fig. 6)	Voss (1967:407, fig.); Aldrich & Brown (1967:6, fig.); Aldrich (1968:395, fig. 2)	Possibly the same as #171.
171	1965	"off the coast of Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... "	NWA	"caught"	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire			EL?: >21 ft (6.4 m)		Schmitt (1942–1982)		Used in Francis O. Schmitt's animal nerve cell research, 1965 . Possibly the same as #170.
	24 November 1965	Springdale Beach, Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits.The name, French for Our Lady Bay, dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name.... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None; discarded		ML: 161 cm; BL(+HL?): 2.13 m; TL: 3.66 m; GL: 147 cm; additional measurements	None; Aldrich specimen No. 5	Aldrich (1992:469, fig. 7)	Aldrich (1968:395)
172	22 June 1966	off "Vigo Vigo Vigo is a city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia, situated on the ria of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.-Population:... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... " (41°32'N, 9°48'W)	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Lower beak	Undetermined		Description only		Clarke & MacLeod (1974:962, fig. 4)
173	9 November 1966	Sweet Bay Sweet Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Sweet Bay is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.... , Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean.... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Not stated	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire; tentacles missing and arms incomplete	Entire	Female	ML: 142 cm; additional measurements and description	MUDB; Aldrich specimen No. 6	Aldrich (1992:470)	Aldrich & Brown (1967:8, fig.); Aldrich (1968:395, as 11 November)
174	24 November 1966	Wild Cove Wild Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Wild Cove is an epic small community on the north island of Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador. South of Wild Cove is Twillingate and north is Crow Head and the famous Long Point Lighthouse. Wild Cove is part of the Town of Twillingate.... , Fogo Island Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador Fogo Island is the largest of the offshore islands of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It lies off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, northwest of Musgrave Harbour across Hamilton Sound, just east of Change Islands. The island is about 25 km long and 14 km wide... , Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits.The name, French for Our Lady Bay, dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name.... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire, badly mutilated	None; discarded	Female	ML: 107 cm; additional measurements	None; Aldrich specimen No. 7	Aldrich (1992:471)	Aldrich (1968:395)
175	25 November 1966	off central California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak		None	NMML; catalog no. 112	Fiscus (1993:92)		From male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (specimen no. Rice-1966-165).
176	28 November 1966	Eddie's Cove East Eddies Cove East, Newfoundland and Labrador Eddies Cove East is an unincorporated fishing community located northeast of Anchor Point in the Strait of Belle Isle of Newfoundland, Canada.Phillip Coates, a Somerset fisherman, and his wife Sarah Duncan, were the first settlers of Eddies Cove East... , Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Not stated	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire, putrefied	None; discarded		None	None; Aldrich specimen No. 8	Aldrich (1992:471)	Aldrich (1968:395)
177	1 December 1966	off central California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One lower beak fragment		None	NMML; catalog no. 113	Fiscus (1993:92)		From female sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (specimen no. Rice-1966-177).
178	9 December 1966	off central California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak		None	NMML; catalog no. 114	Fiscus (1993:92)		From male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (specimen no. Rice-1966-185).
179	12 May 1967	off central California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One pair of beaks		None	NMML; catalog no. 115	Fiscus & Rice (1974:92, fig. 1); Fiscus et al. (1989:6); Fiscus (1993:93)		From female sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (specimen no. Rice-1967-128).
180	6 June 1967	off Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population... (64E50'N, 29E30'W)	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Seven beaks	Undetermined		Specimen weights estimated		Clarke & MacLeod (1976:742)		From 53 ft (16.2 m) male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (no. 121).
181	July–August 1967	in Denmark Strait Denmark Strait The Denmark Strait or Greenland Strait \|Sound]]) is an oceanic strait between Greenland and Iceland...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Beaks (as percentage of diet)					Martin & Clarke (1986:785)	Roe (1969:93) as unidentified beaks	From 57 male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s processed at Hvalur H.F. whaling station on west coast of Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population... .
182	22 July - 23 August 1967	off Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomachs	Architeuthis sp.	Two beaks	Undetermined		Specimen weights estimated		Clarke & MacLeod (1976:742)		Mixed samples from stomachs of five male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s 47–53 ft long.
183	23 April 1968	off central California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak		None	NMML; catalog no. 116	Fiscus (1993:93)		From female sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (specimen no. Rice-1968-108).
184	23 April 1968	off central California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak fragment		None	NMML; catalog no. 117	Fiscus (1993:93)		From male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (specimen no. Rice-1968-109).
	1968	Puerto de Vega Puerto de Vega Puerto de Vega is one of eight parishes in Navia, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.-Villages:* Puerto de Vega* Santa Marina* Soirana* Vega* Cima y Vigo... , Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Caught by ship	Architeuthis dux	Entire?	Beak		EL?: 7 m		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Caught by the ship Matías Bengoechea.
185	13 June 1969	off central California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak		None	NMML; catalog no. 118	Fiscus (1993:93)		From female sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (specimen no. Rice-1969-143).
186	1969	east of Lake Worth Lake Worth, Florida Lake Worth is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, which takes its name from the body of water along its eastern border, originally called "Lake Worth", and now generally known as the Lake Worth Lagoon. The lake itself was named for General William J. Worth, who led U.S. forces during the last... , Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NWA						Unknown	RSMAS	Voss (1996)	Ellis (1998:262)
	1969	Las Tiberas, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Caught by ship	Architeuthis dux	Tentacle			TL: 6 m		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Caught by the ship Saturno Juan.
	10 July 1969	Luanco Luanco Luanco is one of thirteen parishes in the Gozón municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 5,693 .-Villages and hamlets:*Aramar... (Gozón Gozón Gozón is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. The Cantabrian Sea lies on its northern edge, and it is bordered to the south by Corvera de Asturias, to the west by Avilés, and to the east by Carreño.... ), Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Caught by sport fishermen	Architeuthis dux	Entire?			WT: 250 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Caught by sport fishermen from Oviedo Oviedo Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city.... . Heaviest recorded giant squid from Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... .
	1969	Puerto de Figueras, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Recovered dead	Architeuthis dux	Entire?			EL?: 7.90 m; WT: 120 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Recovered dead by José Manuel Méndez and Bote Carducha.
187	19 November 1969	off central California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One lower beak fragment		None	NMML; catalog no. 119	Fiscus (1993:93)		From male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (specimen no. Rice-1969-201).
188	24 February 1970	off central California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One lower beak fragment		None	NMML; catalog no. 120	Fiscus (1993:94)		From male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (specimen no. Rice-1970-001).
189	1970	San Juan San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of... , Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...	NWA						Unknown	RSMAS	Voss (1996)	Ellis (1998:262)
190	18 September 1970	off Saint-Pierre Island, Grand Banks, Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...	NWA	By trawl	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire		None	FOSJ; Aldrich specimen No. 9	Aldrich (1992:471)		Presented by Government of France in October, 1970.
191	31 October 1970	near Azores Islands Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the... (38°34'N, 28°11'W)	NEA	From shark stomach, Centroscymnus coelolepis Portuguese dogfish The Portuguese dogfish or Portuguese shark is a species of sleeper shark, family Somniosidae. This globally distributed species has been reported down to a depth of , making it the deepest-living shark known. It inhabits lower continental slopes and abyssal plains, usually staying near the bottom...	Architeuthis sp.	"Flesh"	Undetermined		None		Clarke & Merrett (1972:601)
192	November 1970	Tasman Sea Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately across. It extends 2,800 km from north to south. It is a south-western segment of the South Pacific Ocean. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, the first recorded European...	SWP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomachs	Architeuthis sp.	One entire; 54 lower beaks	Undetermined	Female	ML: 41.5 cm; BC: 26 cm; AL: 32-49.5 cm; TL: 140 cm; FL: 20 cm; FW: 8 cm; plus estimates of other specimen weights from beaks		Clarke & MacLeod (1982:34)		Combined data from stomachs of 66 sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s taken at various locations in the Tasman Sea Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately across. It extends 2,800 km from north to south. It is a south-western segment of the South Pacific Ocean. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, the first recorded European... .
193	30 December 1970	off Botany Bay Botany Bay Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay... , New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... , eastern Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	SWP	From Shortfin mako shark Shortfin mako shark The shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus , is a large mackerel shark. Along with the closely related longfin mako it is commonly referred to as a "mako shark".-Etymology:... stomach, Isurus oxyrinchus	Architeuthis sp.	Beak	Undetermined		ML(estimate): 567 mm		Dunning et al. (1993:129)
194	November–April 1970-1973	southeastern Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... (30°-43°S)	SEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomachs	Architeuthis sp.	Stomach contents	Undetermined		None		Vovk et al. (1975[1978:131])		Specimens from sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s taken on 3 cruises (14 stations) of Antarctic whaling factory ship Yury Dolgoruky during November to April 1970-1973.
195	November–April 1970-1973	Atlantic Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... sector of Southern Ocean Southern Ocean The Southern Ocean comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60°S latitude and encircling Antarctica. It is usually regarded as the fourth-largest of the five principal oceanic divisions...	SEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomachs	Architeuthis sp.	Stomach contents	Undetermined		None		Vovk et al. (1975[1978:131])		Specimens from sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s taken on 3 cruises (42 stations) of Antarctic whaling factory ship Yury Dolgoruky during November to April 1970-1973.
	March 1971	Carrandi Carrandi Carrandi is one of 13 parishes in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 121 .... , Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Not specified	Architeuthis dux	Entire?			WT: 80 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Collected by the boat Divino San Antonio.
196	Unknown (reported 1971)	Indian Ocean Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...	SIO	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		EL?: 19 m		Berzin (1971;[199, fig. 98])		Taken from sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach by whaling flotilla Sovetskaya Ukraina.
197	18 November 1971	Sunnyside Sunnyside, Newfoundland and Labrador Sunnyside is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 1 on Bull Arm.According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:Population: 477% Change : -23.2Dwellings: 249Area : 37.95... , Trinity Bay Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Major fishing communities include Trinity and Heart's Content.-Industry:... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Not stated	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Arms and tentacles only	Female	ML: 177 cm; additional measurements	MUDB; Aldrich specimen No. 10	Aldrich (1992:471, fig. 8A-B)
198	Unknown (reported 1972)	off east coast, Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NWA	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Male (mature)	ML: 664 mm	RSMAS; catalog no. UMML 31.1762	Toll & Hess (1981b:753)	Roper & Young (1972:220)
	February 1972	Puerto de El Musel, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Found floating at surface in visible state of decomposition	Architeuthis dux				EL?: ~3 m		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Observed[?] by Martino Andres.
199	July 1972	near Rakautura, Kaikoura Kaikoura Kaikoura is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1 180 km north of Christchurch.Kaikoura became the first local authority to reach the Green Globe tourism certification standard.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Club suckers		TL: ~8 m	Lost	Förch (1998:106)
200	1972	off Durban Durban Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism... , South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SIO	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1450 mm; extensive additional measurements, illustrations, and description	SAM; catalog no. S1867	Compagno Roeleveld & Lipinski (1991:432, pls.)
201	8 December 1972	eastern equatorial Atlantic Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... (6°34'S, 5°00'W)	SEA	Found in stomach contents of blue shark (Prionace glauca Blue shark The blue shark is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, that inhabits deep waters in the world's temperate and tropical oceans. Preferring cooler waters, blue sharks migrate long distances, for example from New England to South America. Although generally lethargic, they can move very... )	Architeuthis sp.	Jaws plus pieces of mantle, arms, tentacle	Undetermined; beaks?		TL(piece): 2 m; TSD: ~2 cm; ML(estimate): 70–75 cm		Nigmatullin (1976:29, fig. 1)		From stomach of 2 m long blue shark Blue shark The blue shark is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, that inhabits deep waters in the world's temperate and tropical oceans. Preferring cooler waters, blue sharks migrate long distances, for example from New England to South America. Although generally lethargic, they can move very... .
202	14 May 1974	off Greenpoint, Table Bay Table Bay Table Bay is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope. It was named because it is dominated by the flat-topped Table Mountain.Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to explore this... , South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SEA	Found floating at surface, alive	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1700 mm; extensive measurements, illustrations, and description	SAM; catalog no. S1868	Compagno Roeleveld & Lipinski (1991:433, pls.)		Found barely alive by Capt. Hennie Smith.
203	October 1974	South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... n waters (28°S, 14°11'E)	SEA	By trawl; taken by fisheries vessel	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Piece of arm and tentacle		WT: 220 kg	SAM	Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1989:114)
204	18 February 1975	Verdalsøra Verdalsøra Verdalsøra is a town in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is the administrative center of the municipality. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the river Verdalselva... , Trondheimsfjord Trondheimsfjord The Trondheimsfjord , an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third longest fjord at long. It is located in the west central part of the country, and it stretches from Ørland in west to Steinkjer in north, passing the city of Trondheim on its way... en, Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		TL: 7.96 m; WT: 68.9 kg		Holthe (1975:174)
205	28 October 1975	Bonavista Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador Bonavista is a town on the Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Unlike many Newfoundland coastal settlements, Bonavista was built on an open plain, not in a steep cove, and thus had room to expand to its current area of 31.5 square... , Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean.... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None; discarded	Male (mature)	ML: 132 cm; additional measurements	None; Aldrich specimen No. 11	Aldrich (1992:472, fig. 9A-D)		Mature male with hectocotylus Hectocotylus A hectocotylus is one of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods that is modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the female's eggs. It is a specialized, extended muscular hydrostat used to store spermatophores, the male gametophore... and spermatophore Spermatophore A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass created by males of various animal species, containing spermatozoa and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during copulation... s.
206	26 January 1976	off Joban District (36°39'N, 141°51'E), Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Tentacle only	Undetermined		None		Okutani et al. (1976:85)	Ohsumi & Satake (1976)	From 10.6 m long male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (no. 56).
207	26 January 1976	off Joban District (36°40'N, 141°53'E), Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Tentacle only	Undetermined		None		Okutani et al. (1976:85)	Ohsumi & Satake (1976)	From 11.7 m long male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (no. 58).
208	3 February 1976	off Joban District (36°44'N, 141°33'E), Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Entire	Undetermined		ML: 58.5 cm		Okutani et al. (1976:85, pl. 7)	Ohsumi & Satake (1976)	From 13.0 m long male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (no. 75).
209	4 February 1976	off Joban District (36°46'N, 141°58'E), Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Mantle only	Undetermined		None		Okutani et al. (1976:85)	Ohsumi & Satake (1976)	From 9.5 m long female sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (no. 79).
210	March 1976	Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... south coast, New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire				NMNZ; photographs only	Förch (1998:106)
211	August 1976	off Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... , Oregon Oregon Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Entire?	Undetermined		ML: ~2 m		Nesis et al. (1985:523)
212	September 1976	off South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... (27°42'S, 14°13'E)	SEA	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		WL: 4.5 m; WT: 200 kg; TL: ~6 m; ML: 195 cm; radula Radula The radula is an anatomical structure that is used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared rather inaccurately to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters the esophagus...		Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1978:401, figs. 1-4)	Nesis et al. (1985:518)	Stomach contents analysed.
213	19 November 1977	Firth of Forth Firth of Forth The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland's River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea, between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian to the south... , North Berwick North Berwick The Royal Burgh of North Berwick is a seaside town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, approximately 25 miles east of Edinburgh. North Berwick became a fashionable holiday resort in the 19th century because of its two sandy bays, the East Bay and the... (56°03.5'N, 02°43'W), Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux	Entire	Entire; dissected, parts preserved separately	Female	ML: 161 cm; HL: 43 cm; AL: 230 cm; TL: 440 cm; FL: 67 cm; FW: 55 cm	NMSZ; catalog no. 1978090.1	Heppell (1977:63); Heppell (1978:89); Heppell & Smith (1983:34)	Collins (1998:489)
214	21 November 1977	Lance Cove, Trinity Bay Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Major fishing communities include Trinity and Heart's Content.-Industry:... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None		Unknown size	None; Aldrich specimen No. 12	Aldrich (1992:472)		Report only, specimen not observed.
215	April 1978	Jiaonon, Shandong Province Shandong ' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	NWP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Beaks	Undetermined		None		Dong (1984:328, fig. 2.1)		From stranded sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... .
216	~15 June 1978	near Mack Arch, Oregon Oregon Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern... , North Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...	NEP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Sucker rings		WT: 225 lb (102.1 kg)	SBMNH; catalog no. 60119	[Anonymous] (1978a); [Anonymous] (1978b)		Caught by commercial fisherman G. Steffensmier.
217	21 June 1978	off Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010... , Straits of Florida Straits of Florida The Straits of Florida, Florida Straits, or Florida Strait is a strait located south-southeast of the North American mainland, generally accepted to be between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and between the Florida Keys and Cuba. The strait carries the Florida Current, the beginning of... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NWA	From fish stomach, Xiphias gladius	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Male (mature)	ML: 167+ mm; GL: 179 mm; additional extensive description	RSMAS; catalog no. UMML 31.1761	Toll & Hess (1981b:754, fig 1)	Toll & Hess (1981a:768); Hess & Toll (1981:162, fig 4)	From stomach of female swordfish (205 cm fork length).
218	July 1978	Gisborne Gisborne, New Zealand -Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Trawl capture	Architeuthis sp.	Entire					Förch (1998:106)	Gisborne Herald (photographs)
219	late 1978	Cheynes Beach, Albany Albany, Western Australia Albany is a port city in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, some 418 km SE of Perth, the state capital. As of 2009, Albany's population was estimated at 33,600, making it the 6th-largest city in the state.... , Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...	SWP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Two specimens	Undetermined		WT(larger specimen): 280 kg	Wallaroo Heritage and Nautical Museum, South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland... (smaller specimen)	Zeidler (1996:7)	Zeidler & Gowlett-Holmes (1996:85); Sea Frontiers	Caught by Cheynes Beach Whaling Co., Albany Albany, Western Australia Albany is a port city in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, some 418 km SE of Perth, the state capital. As of 2009, Albany's population was estimated at 33,600, making it the 6th-largest city in the state.... , Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... .
220	Unknown (reported 1979)	Noto-cho, Ishikawa Prefecture Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is Kanazawa.- History :Ishikawa was formed from the merger of Kaga Province and the smaller Noto Province.- Geography :Ishikawa is on the Sea of Japan coast... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	In floating blanket net	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		TL: 5.5 m; WT: 97 kg		Satomi (1979)	Kitaguni Newspaper (photograph) [fide Sweeney (2001:75); "T. Kubodera (pers. comm.)"]
221	1979	Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	By trawl					EL: 31 ft (9.4 m)		Ellis (1998:263) ["Stephen, pers. comm. (1997)"]		Captured by Spanish trawler.
222	20 August 1979	Cortez Bank Cortes Bank Cortes Bank is a dangerously shallow chain of underwater mountains in the Pacific Ocean, about 115 miles west of Point Loma San Diego, USA, and about 50 miles south-west of San Clemente Island, Los Angeles County.... , California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... , at 550 fathoms depth	NEP	Sable fish trap	Architeuthis japonica?	Tentacle only; recovered from trap	Tentacle			SBMNH; catalog no. 60117	Hochberg (in prep. [fide Sweeney (2001:81)])
223	19 November 1979	Saint Brendan's Saint Brendan's Saint Brendan's Irish Cream Liqueur is a proprietary cream liqueur named after Saint Brendan. It is made in Derry, Northern Ireland, using local Irish whiskey and fresh cream.... , Cottel's Island, Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean.... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire, in several pieces	None; discarded	Female	ML: 154 cm; additional measurements	None; Aldrich specimen No. 13	Aldrich (1992:473)
224	Unknown (reported 1980)	Oregon Oregon Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Entire?	Undetermined		None		Hochberg & Fields (1980:434)	Nesis et al. (1985:523)
225	early February 1980	Plum Island Plum Island (Massachusetts) Plum Island, Massachusetts is an island located off the northeast coast of Massachusetts, north of Cape Ann. It is a barrier island approximately 11 miles in length.-Captain John Smith:... , Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... ;	NWA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire, missing long feeding tentacles, most arm tips, and skin; lost when the squid washed ashore	Entire	Female	WL: 2.7 m; ML: ~2 m; EL(estimate): ~9/~10 m; WT: 200 kg	NMNH; catalog no. 814000	Roper & Boss (1982:96); Whalen (2009); see also		Originally displayed at the New England Aquarium New England Aquarium The New England Aquarium is an aquarium located in Boston, Massachusetts.In addition to the main aquarium building, attractions at the New England Aquarium include the Simons IMAX Theatre and the New England Aquarium Whale Watch, which operates from April through November... . Given as gift to NMNH in 1982. From 2009, displayed in the Cold Water Quest Gallery of Georgia Aquarium Georgia Aquarium The Georgia Aquarium, located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, at Pemberton Place, is the world's largest aquarium with more than of marine and fresh water housing more than 120,000 animals of 500 different species... on loan from NMNH.
226	March–April 1980	about 250 miles (402.3 km) off California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... (34°39'-35°39'N, 126°25'-127°28'W), North Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World... , at 25-40 to 90 m depth	NEP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	18 entire specimens	Undetermined		ML: 50–77 cm (ML(average): 62.5 cm); additional measurements, indices, and descriptions		Nesis et al. (1985:519, figs. 1-3)		Eighteen specimens taken in 9 trawls.
227	2 July 1980	1500 miles (2,414 km) off Oregon Oregon Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern... (42°35'N, 148°35'W), Northeast Pacific Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World... , at 15 m depth	NEP	By pelagic trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire, minus arms and tentacles		ML(fresh): 164 cm; FL(fresh): 75 cm; FW(fresh): 43 cm; description of thawed plus preserved specimen	ZMMGU	Nesis et al. (1985:518)		Taken by R/V Novoul'yanovsk with 133 m pelagic trawl.
228	1980	off New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... coast, Eastern Australia Eastern states of Australia In Australia, the term eastern states refers to the states adjoining the east coast of Australia. These are the mainland states of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory, while not states, are also included. The term usually includes the...	SWP	From Smooth hammerhead Smooth hammerhead The smooth hammerhead is a species of hammerhead shark, family Sphyrnidae, so named because of the distinctive shape of the head, which is flattened and laterally extended into a hammer shape , without an indentation in the middle of the front margin... stomach, Sphyrna zygaena	Architeuthis sp.	Beak	Undetermined		ML(estimate): 706 mm		Dunning et al. (1993:124)
	1980	Vertical de Cudillero, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Not specified	Architeuthis dux	At least a tentacle			WT(of tentacle?): 100 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Attempt made to haul aboard a tentacle weighing 100 kg [?], but material was discarded upon observation of its poor state. Seen from the ship Oñaegea.
229	20 August 1980	South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... n waters	SEA	By trawl; taken by fisheries vessel	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	None		ML: 0.81 m		Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1989:114)
230	21 October 1980	Patton Escarpment (32°28'30"N, 120°15'48"W), California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... , at 500–600 m depth	NEP	By RMT-8 midwater trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Tentacle club and stalk	Tentacle club and stalk		CL: 41.5 cm	SBMNH; catalog no. 60120	Robison (1989:39, figs. 1-2)
231	February 1981	Kāne'ohe Bay Kane'ohe Bay Kāneohe Bay, at 45 km², is the largest sheltered body of water in the main Hawaiian Islands. This reef-dominated embayment constitutes a significant scenic and recreational feature along the windward coast of the Island of Oahu... , Oahu Oahu Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast... , Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...	NEP	By hook and line	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Beak plus piece of flesh		WL?: 20 ft (6.1 m)	Undetermined	Higa (1981:9)		Taken alive while trolling by M. Yoshida and D. Maeda; attacked by false killer whale False Killer Whale The False Killer Whale is a cetacean, and the third largest member of the oceanic dolphin family . It lives in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world. As its name implies, the False Killer Whale shares characteristics, such as appearance, with the more widely known Orca... during retrieval.
232	20 May 1981	Vavilov Ridge (7°56'S, 0°57'E), Southeast Atlantic Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... , at 400–470 m depth	SEA	By 110 m cable-trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Tentacles plus part of viscera Viscus In anatomy, a viscus is an internal organ, and viscera is the plural form. The viscera, when removed from a butchered animal, are known collectively as offal... ; remainder lost		TL(fresh): 420 + 400 cm; TL(fixed): 287 + 269 cm; additional counts, measurements, and description	Undetermined	Nesis et al. (1985:522)		Taken by R/V Novoukrainka.
	1981	Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Not specified	Architeuthis dux	Entire?			EL?: 10 m		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Displayed in a Gijón Gijón Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history... fish shop before being sold at a market in Avilés Avilés Avilés is a city in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main towns in the Principality of Asturias.The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than... .
233	3 August 1981	Orange River Orange River The Orange River , Gariep River, Groote River or Senqu River is the longest river in South Africa. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho, flowing westwards through South Africa to the Atlantic Ocean... mouth (27°45'S, 10°45'E), Southeast Atlantic Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... , at 18–95 m depth	SEA	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire		ML: 81 cm; TL: 364 cm; WT: 11.8 kg	Undetermined	Nesis et al. (1985:522)		Taken by R/V Novoukrainka.
234	7 September 1981	Azores Islands Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Lower beak	Undetermined		LRL: 14.1 mm		Clarke (1986:fig. 22b)
235	11 October 1981	Tasman Sea Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately across. It extends 2,800 km from north to south. It is a south-western segment of the South Pacific Ocean. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, the first recorded European... (33°19.4'S, 155°00.3E) at 20 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire		ML: 103 mm	NMV	Lu (1986:9, fig.)		Captured by FRV Soela at 1450 hours.
236	14 November 1981	Hare Bay, Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay Bonavista Bay is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean.... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 159 cm; additional measurements	Natural History Branch of Newfoundland Museum The Rooms The Rooms is a cultural facility in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The facility opened in 2005 and houses the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Provincial Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador.On a hill overlooking... ; catalog no. MO-1692. Aldrich specimen No. 14	Aldrich (1992:473)
	Christmas, 1981	Playa de Luarca, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Found washed ashore on beach	Architeuthis dux	Entire?; poor condition					Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Found by Secundino González and Manuel Pico.
237	1981–1984	Azores Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...	NEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomachs	Architeuthis ?dux Steenstrup, 1860	Beaks	Undetermined		WT(estimated average): 23 kg; ML(estimated average): 1 m		Clarke et al. (1993:71)		Found in stomach contents of 76.5% of 17 sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s sampled during 1981-1984.
238	30 January 1982	off New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... (33°44'S, 153°00'E), Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... , from surface to 600 m depth	SWP	By oblique pelagic trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined	Female	ML: 42.2 cm		Jackson et al. (1991:331)
239	July 1982	North Canterbury, New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Trawl capture	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Partial club			NMNZ; NMNZ M77446	Förch (1998:106)
240	23 August 1982	off shore, Radøy Radøy Radøy is an island municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Radøy was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964, after the merger of large parts of Hordabø, Manger, and Sæbø, and smaller parts of Austrheim and Lindås.-Name:... (near Bergen Bergen Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , .... ), Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	NEA	By hook and line, caught alive	Architeuthis monachus (Steenstrup in Harting, 1860)	Entire	Undetermined		EL: ~10 m; TL: ~7.3 m; WT: ~220 kg	ZMUB?	Brix (1983:422, fig. 1)	Brix et al. (1989:34); Hoving et al. (2006:158)	Caught in 5 m deep bay; dying at time of capture. Blood study by Brix et al. (1989).
	September 1982	Fladen Ground (c. 59°N 0.5°E), northern North Sea North Sea In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively... , c. 100 miles (160.9 km) northeast of Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of .... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... , depth unknown but 100–150 m in area	NEA	By trawl	Architeuthis spec.	Entire; most of viscera missing, posterior tail and fins cut off, small piece of testis present, fragments of reddish membrane (which normally covers viscera) present, spermatangia deeply implanted in left arm IV (180–350 mm from base)	Entire	Male (mature?)	ML: 900 mm; MT(maximum): 22 mm; WT: ≥18 kg (much lower than fresh mass); AL(I): 700+/750+ mm; AL(II): 610+/870+ mm; AL(III): 980+/790+ mm; AL(IV): 830+/940+ mm; TL: 810+/1040+ mm; EyD: 80 mm; GiL: 250 mm; FuD: 55 mm; FuCL: 115 mm; ASD(largest): 15 mm [measurements taken after almost 25 years of preservation in formalin Formaldehyde Formaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula CH2O. It is the simplest aldehyde, hence its systematic name methanal.Formaldehyde is a colorless gas with a characteristic pungent odor. It is an important precursor to many other chemical compounds, especially for polymers... ]	National Museum of Natural History, Leiden (public galleries)	Hoving et al. (2006:153)		Caught by beam trawler Urk 56, operating from IJmuiden harbour. First giant squid caught by Dutch fishermen. Probably mature, having spermatangia (inverted spermatophore Spermatophore A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass created by males of various animal species, containing spermatozoa and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during copulation... s) implanted in ventral arm.
241	30 October 1982	Sandy Cove Sandy Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Sandy Cove is a town of 160 located on the Eastport Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.-External links:*... , Fogo Island Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador Fogo Island is the largest of the offshore islands of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It lies off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, northwest of Musgrave Harbour across Hamilton Sound, just east of Change Islands. The island is about 25 km long and 14 km wide... , Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits.The name, French for Our Lady Bay, dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name.... , Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	NWA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire, in poor condition	Entire?	Female	ML: 169 cm; additional measurements	NMSJ; catalog no. MO-1693. Aldrich specimen No. 15	Aldrich (1992:474, fig. 10)		"Had engaged in battle with what apparently was another cephalopod."
242	30 December 1982	Kuzuareyama coast of Noh-machi, Niigata Prefecture Niigata Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Honshū on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The capital is the city of Niigata. The name "Niigata" literally means "new lagoon".- History :... , Sea of Japan Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin. It is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific...	NWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Entire	Undetermined		WL?: 3.98 m; WT: 120 kg		Honma et al. (1983:23, fig. 1)
	1983	Las Tiberas, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Not specified	Architeuthis dux				WT(dead): 150 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Collected by "El Dioni" of Avilés Avilés Avilés is a city in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main towns in the Principality of Asturias.The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than... .
243	19 August 1983	west coast (39°03'S, 174°04'E), North Island North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 1		ML: 2035 mm; HL: ~0.5 m; WT: >200 kg; ASD: 23 mm	NMNZ; NMNZ M79971. Gauldie et al. specimen No. 1	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1983:6, fig.); Förch (1998:specimen 1)		Found in New Plymouth New Plymouth New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated.... power station cooling water intake.
244	8–9 January 1984	Cove Bay Cove Bay Cove Bay is a suburb on the south-east edge of Aberdeen, Scotland. The 2001 Census showed the population as 7,157 .Today Cove is a popular residential location owing to its village-like status and the nearby Altens and Tullos Industrial Estates, affording ample employment opportunities... (near Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of .... ), Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis cf. dux	Entire	Undetermined	Female	WL: ~4.23 m; ML: ~1.75 m; GL: 1.57 m; BC: 1.40 m; HC: 0.88 m; WT: ~168 kg; ED: <1.0-<0.5 mm		Nixon (1984:4); Boyle (1986:81)	Boyle (1984:12); Collins (1998:489)	Tested for buoyancy Buoyancy In physics, buoyancy is a force exerted by a fluid that opposes an object's weight. In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of the overlying fluid. Thus a column of fluid, or an object submerged in the fluid, experiences greater pressure at the bottom of the... . Egg count estimated at >10×106.
245	8 March 1984	Auckland Islands Auckland Islands The Auckland Islands are an archipelago of the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands and include Auckland Island, Adams Island, Enderby Island, Disappointment Island, Ewing Island, Rose Island, Dundas Island and Green Island, with a combined area of... (51°16'S, 166°52'E) at 533 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 2	Female	ML: 1930 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 2	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998: specimen 2)		Caught by F/V Shinkai Maru.
246	12 April 1984	southeast coast (41°11'S, 176°44'E), North Island North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 870–1100 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 3	Female	ML: 930 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 3	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:specimen 5)	O'Shea (2007)
	April 1984	3 miles (4.8 km) from Tazones Tazones Tazones is one of 41 parishes in Villaviciosa, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.... , Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	By trawl	Architeuthis dux	Entire?			WL: 3–4 m		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Captured by Antonio Coro.
247	3 May 1984	west coast (40°54'S, 176°14'E), North Island North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found floating	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 4	Female	ML: 1770 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 4	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:specimen 3)
248	9 May 1984	Cape Palliser Cape Palliser Cape Palliser is a promontory on the southern coast of New Zealand's North Island and the southernmost point of the North Island - it is in fact considerably further south than Nelson or Blenheim in the South Island.... , Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire?	Undetermined		None		Stevens (1988:150)
249	12 May 1984	south coast (41°17'S, 174°47'E), North Island North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 5	Female	ML: 1825 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 5	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:specimen 4)	Stevens (1988:150, fig. 3)
250	May 1984	Namibia Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March... , South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... n waters	SEA	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		ML: 1250 mm[?]; WT: 38 kg; MW: 390 mm; HW: 250 mm; FL: 570 mm; FW: 280 mm[?]; TL: 4750 mm		Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1989:115)		Taken by fisheries vessel.
251	June 1984	west coast hoki grounds, South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire					Förch (1998:106)		Caught by F/V Arrow.
	1984	Cal. Sierra d Oviedo, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	From shark stomach	Architeuthis dux	Severed tentacle			TC: >10 cm		Guerra et al. (2006:258)
252	25 July 1984	northwest coast (41°05'S, 170°52'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 475 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 6	Female	ML: 1560 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 6	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:specimen 6)	O'Shea (2007)
253	24 September 1984	southwest coast (46°18'S, 166°30'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 365 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 7	Female	ML: 2020 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 7	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:specimen 7)		Caught by F/V Tengawai.
254	Unknown (sampled during 1984-1990)	San Miguel Island San Miguel Island San Miguel Island is the westernmost of California's Channel Islands, located across the Santa Barbara Channel in the Pacific Ocean, within Santa Barbara County, California. San Miguel is the sixth-largest of the eight Channel Islands at , including offshore islands and rocks. Prince Island, off... , California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From Northern Elephant Seal Northern Elephant Seal The northern elephant seal is one of two species of elephant seal . It is a member of the family Phocidae . Elephant seals derive their name from their great size and from the male's large proboscis, which is used in making extraordinarily loud roaring noises, especially during the mating... stomach, Mirounga angustirostris	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	Undetermined		None		Antonelis et al. (1994:214)		From three Northern Elephant Seal Northern Elephant Seal The northern elephant seal is one of two species of elephant seal . It is a member of the family Phocidae . Elephant seals derive their name from their great size and from the male's large proboscis, which is used in making extraordinarily loud roaring noises, especially during the mating... s, sampled during 1984-1990.
255	6 June 1985	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (47°04'S, 169°32'E) at 310 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire		Female	ML: ~2000 mm		Förch (1998:106)		Caught by F/V Daishin Maru 23.
256	23 July 1985	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
257	31 July 1985	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
258	26 August 1985	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
259	28 August 1985	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
260	29 August 1985	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
261	1 September 1985	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
262	Unknown (reported 1986)	Unknown	?	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Buccal mass and beak	Beak		LRL: 18.8 mm	Undetermined	Clarke (1986:fig. 22a)		From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach (G17A65).
263	Unknown (reported 1986)	South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SEA	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Lower beak	Beak		LRL: 17.2 mm	Undetermined	Clarke (1986:fig. 23)
264	Unknown (reported 1986)	Azores Islands Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...	NEA	Not stated	Architeuthis sp.	Lower beak	Lower beak		ML: 1980 mm; LRL: 19.4 mm	Undetermined	Clarke (1986:fig. 24a)
265	29 January 1986	off Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of .... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	By trawl	Architeuthis cf. dux	Entire	None; sold commercially		WL: 2.98 m; ML: 1.45 m; BC: 1.10 m; AC: 0.22 m; WT: ~90 kg		Boyle (1986:82)	Collins (1998:489)	Caught by fishing vessel; measurements by Mr. G. Howard.
266	March 1986	near mouth of Orange River Orange River The Orange River , Gariep River, Groote River or Senqu River is the longest river in South Africa. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho, flowing westwards through South Africa to the Atlantic Ocean... (27°52'S, 14°40'E), South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... , at 510–550 m depth	SEA	By bottom trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1680 mm; extensive measurements, illustrations, and description	SAM; catalog no. S1681	Compagno Roeleveld & Lipinski (1991:433, pls.)		Taken by MT Pardelhas.
267	31 March 1986	Auckland Islands Auckland Islands The Auckland Islands are an archipelago of the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands and include Auckland Island, Adams Island, Enderby Island, Disappointment Island, Ewing Island, Rose Island, Dundas Island and Green Island, with a combined area of... (50°50'S, 166°51'E) at 296 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 8	Female	ML: 1720 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 8	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:specimen 11)		Caught by F/V Akebono Maru 73.
268	11 April 1986	northeast coast (35°43'S, 174°20'E), North Island North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found floating	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 9	Male	ML: 1260 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 9	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:specimen 9)
269	17 April 1986	east coast (43°38'S, 174°43'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 470 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 10	Female	ML: 1815 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 10	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:specimen 12)		Caught by F/V Banshu Maru 8.
270	27 May 1986	southwest coast (46°32'S, 166°11'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 604 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 11	Female	ML: 1830 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 11	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:specimen 13)		Caught by F/V Daishin Maru 28.
271	18 July 1986	west coast (42°03'S, 170°26'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 450/500 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 12		ML: 1380 mm; WT: 43.5 kg; see Förch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 12	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:107)	O'Shea (2007)	Caught by F/V Dolomit.
	19 July 1986	east coast of Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis						Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service (2007)
272	8 September 1986	east coast (43°43'S, 174°56'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 480 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 13	Female	ML: 2140 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 13	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch 1998:specimen 14)		Caught by F/V Banshu Maru 8.
273	26 February 1987	east coast (44°09'S, 173°44'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 350 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 14	Male	ML: 1900 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 14	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:specimen 8)		Caught by F/V Daishin Maru 22.
274	5 March 1987	off Shetland Islands	NEA	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.		Undetermined		ML: 1100 mm		Collins (1998:489)
275	April–July 1987	approximately 40°S, 120°W, South Pacific Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...	SEP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Eight juveniles	Undetermined		None		Alexeyev (1994:156, map)		Taken in subantarctic waters by R/V Vozrozhdeniye, cruise XI.
276	3 May 1987	southeast coast (41°31'S, 176°43'E), North Island North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 360 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 15	Female	ML: 1610 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 15	Gauldie et al. (1994:94)	Förch (1998:107); O'Shea (2007)	Listed in table as 3 April. Used for statolith Amyloplast Amyloplasts are non-pigmented organelles found in some plant cells. They are responsible for the synthesis and storage of starch granules, through the polymerization of glucose. Amyloplasts also convert this starch back into sugar when the plant needs energy... study.
277	9 May 1987	east coast (43°38'S, 174°14'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 506 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 16	Female	ML: 2135 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 16	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:specimen 15)		Caught by F/V Daishin Maru 28.
278	1987	near Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	SWP	By trawl?	Architeuthis sp.	Entire?	Undetermined		WT: 150 kg		Gannon (1996)		"150 kg monster landed near Sydney in 1987"
279	19 July 1987	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
280	20 July 1987	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
281	26 July 1987	west coast (42°35'S, 170°23'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 503 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 17		ML: 1300 mm; see Förch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 17	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:107)	O'Shea (2007)	Caught by F/V Zuiyo 3.
282	26 July 1987	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
283	28 July 1987	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
284	16 August 1987	west coast (41°21'S, 170°30'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 464 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 18		ML: 1370 mm; WT: 70 kg; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 18	Gauldie et al. (1994:94)	Förch (1998:108); O'Shea (2007)	Caught by F/V Zuiyo 3.
285	25 August 1987	west coast (41°31'S, 170°34'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 410–608 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 19	Female	ML: 1230 mm; see Förch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 19	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:108)	O'Shea (2007)
286	2 September 1987	east of (51°18'S, 170°23'E), Auckland Islands Auckland Islands The Auckland Islands are an archipelago of the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands and include Auckland Island, Adams Island, Enderby Island, Disappointment Island, Ewing Island, Rose Island, Dundas Island and Green Island, with a combined area of...	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 20		ML: 1780 mm; see Förch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 20	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:108)		Caught by F/V Mys Kronotsky.
287	13 October 1987	south coast (46°24'S, 166°23'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 487 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 21		ML: 1770 mm; see Förch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 21	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:108)		Caught by F/V Chiyo Maru 2.
288	October 1987	South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... n waters (29°46'S, 14°43'E)	SEA	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		ML: 1790 mm[?]; WT: 130 kg; MW: 485 mm; HW: 240 mm; FL: 720 mm; FW: 360 mm		Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1989:115)		Taken by fisheries vessel.
289	4 November 1987	south coast (47°32'S, 169°10'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 22		ML: 2010 mm; see Förch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 22	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:108)		Caught by F/V Chiyo Maru.
290	5 November 1987	southwest coast (46°31'S, 166°30'E), South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 550 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 23		ML: 1770 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 23	Gauldie et al. (1994:94)	Förch (1998:108)	Caught by F/V Chiyo Maru 2.
291	5 December 1987	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (47°28'S, 169°35'E) at 540 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire			WT: ~80 kg		Förch (1998:108)		Caught by F/V Chiyo Maru 2.
292	6 December 1987	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (47°30'S, 169°19'E) at 550 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire			WT: ~20 kg		Förch (1998:108)		Caught by F/V Chiyo Maru 2.
293	late 1987	hoki grounds, South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	None; Förch specimen No. 10	Female	ML: 1830 mm; no other measurements	None?; Förch specimen No. 10	Förch (1998:107)
294	25 January 1988	Auckland Islands Auckland Islands The Auckland Islands are an archipelago of the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands and include Auckland Island, Adams Island, Enderby Island, Disappointment Island, Ewing Island, Rose Island, Dundas Island and Green Island, with a combined area of... (51°00'S, 166°42'E) at 495 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 24		ML: 1880 mm; WT: ~150 kg; see Förch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie et al. specimen No. 24	Gauldie et al. (1994:94); Förch (1998:108)		Caught by F/V Nikolaevskiy Korabel.
295	16 April 1988	Shirohara, Iwamicho Iwami, Tottori is a town located in Iwami District, Tottori, Japan.-Geography:Located in eastern Tottori, Iwami faces the Sea of Japan to the north. As of March 1, 2008, the town has an estimated population of 12,827 and a density of 105 persons per km². The total area is 122.38 km²... , Tottori Prefecture Tottori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region. The capital is the city of Tottori. It is the least populous prefecture in Japan.- History :Before the Meiji Restoration, Tottori encompassed the old provinces of Hōki and Inaba... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Found washed ashore, alive [fide Sweeney (2001:74)]; found in shallow water [fide [Anonymous] (2006a)]	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire?		TL: 7 m; ML: 1.3 m; WT: 80 kg	Tottori Prefectural Museum [fide Sweeney (2001:74); "T. Kubodera (pers. comm.)"]	Nomura (1988:26); [Anonymous] (2006a)		On public display. Formed part of ground floor exhibit at Misawa Airport Misawa Airport -History:An Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service base was established at Misawa in 1941, and nearby Lake Ogawara was reportedly one of the locations used by the Imperial Japanese Navy to practice for the attack on Pearl Harbor due to its shallow depth... between July 15 and July 30, 2006. Specimen photographed with diver [fide [Anonymous] (2006a)].
296	28 July 1988	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
297	29 July 1988	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
298	31 July 1988	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
299	12 March 1989	Namibia Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March... (26°07'S, 13°41'E)	SEA	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Only tentacle clubs, hectocotylus Hectocotylus A hectocotylus is one of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods that is modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the female's eggs. It is a specialized, extended muscular hydrostat used to store spermatophores, the male gametophore... , genitalia, beaks, and statolith Amyloplast Amyloplasts are non-pigmented organelles found in some plant cells. They are responsible for the synthesis and storage of starch granules, through the polymerization of glucose. Amyloplasts also convert this starch back into sugar when the plant needs energy...	Male (mature)	ML(fresh): 1220 mm; FL(thawed): 540 mm; FW(thawed): 460 mm; MW(thawed): 460 mm; TL(thawed): 5060 + 4510 mm[?]; WT(thawed): 41,350 g; other measurements	ICM?	Villanueva & Sánchez (1993:33)
300	September 1989	Santa Catarina State Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by... (27°24'S, 45°37'W), Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	SWA	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis sp.			Female	ML: 151 cm	Instituto de Pesca, Santos, Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	Arfelli et al. (1991:83, figs. 2-3)	Ré et al. (1998:109)
301	7 February 1990	Poipu Poipu, Hawaii Poipū is a census-designated place in Kauai County on the southern side of the island of Kauai in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The population was 1,075 at the 2000 census... , Kauai Kauai Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",... , Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...	NEP	From sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	Architeuthis sp.	Lower beaks	Undetermined				Clarke & Young (1998:625)		From stranded 7250 kg male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... .
302	10 February 1990	Long Rock Long Rock Long Rock is a village in southwest Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately one mile east of Penzance and 1½ miles west of Marazion in the civil parish of Ludgvan.Long Rock is effectively an eastern suburb of Penzance... , Penzance Penzance Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London... , Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of... , England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	NEA	From stomach of stranded sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter...	Architeuthis spp.	47 beaks	Beaks?			Undetermined	Clarke & Pascoe (1997:1256)		From 46 ft (14 m) male sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... .
303	19 July 1990	West Cove, San Miguel Island San Miguel Island San Miguel Island is the westernmost of California's Channel Islands, located across the Santa Barbara Channel in the Pacific Ocean, within Santa Barbara County, California. San Miguel is the sixth-largest of the eight Channel Islands at , including offshore islands and rocks. Prince Island, off... , California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NEP	From Northern Elephant Seal Northern Elephant Seal The northern elephant seal is one of two species of elephant seal . It is a member of the family Phocidae . Elephant seals derive their name from their great size and from the male's large proboscis, which is used in making extraordinarily loud roaring noises, especially during the mating... stomach, Mirounga angustirostris	Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One lower beak		None	NMML; catalog no. 486	Fiscus (1993:94)		From male Northern Elephant Seal Northern Elephant Seal The northern elephant seal is one of two species of elephant seal . It is a member of the family Phocidae . Elephant seals derive their name from their great size and from the male's large proboscis, which is used in making extraordinarily loud roaring noises, especially during the mating... (specimen no. Y1991/1992).
304	14 March 1991	Soetwater, Kommetjie Kommetjie Kommetjie is a suburb of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa... (Cape Peninsula Cape Peninsula The Cape Peninsula is a generally rocky peninsula that juts out for 75 km into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope... ), South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SEA	Undetermined	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1850 mm; statolith Amyloplast Amyloplasts are non-pigmented organelles found in some plant cells. They are responsible for the synthesis and storage of starch granules, through the polymerization of glucose. Amyloplasts also convert this starch back into sugar when the plant needs energy...	SAM	Lipinski (1997:299)	Natal Mercury (1996)
305	15 June 1991	South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... (34°47'S 18°14'E)	SEA	Undetermined	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1400 mm; statolith Amyloplast Amyloplasts are non-pigmented organelles found in some plant cells. They are responsible for the synthesis and storage of starch granules, through the polymerization of glucose. Amyloplasts also convert this starch back into sugar when the plant needs energy...	SAM	Roeleveld (1996); Lipinski (1997:299)
	20 July 1991	east coast of Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis						Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service (2007)
	?, 1992	Playa de Xagó, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Not specified; found floating at surface?	Architeuthis dux	Mantle and head at least					Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Rest of mantle and head wrapped in a cloth of "volanta". Found by Guardia Civil Civil Guard (Spain) The Civil Guard is the Spanish gendarmerie. It has foreign peace-keeping missions and maintains military status and is the equivalent of a federal military-status police force. As a police force, the Guardia Civil is comparable today to the French Gendarmerie, the Italian Carabinieri and the... .
	1992	El Musel El Musel Located in Asturias, in the north of Spain, and in the middle point of the Cantabrian Sea coast, the Port of Gijón is often seen as an ideal gateway to Europe, allowing direct access to the western and centre of the Iberian Peninsula.... , Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Not specified	Architeuthis dux	Entire?			EL?: 5 m		Guerra et al. (2006:258)
306	7 May 1992	Kommetjie Kommetjie Kommetjie is a suburb of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa... (Cape Peninsula Cape Peninsula The Cape Peninsula is a generally rocky peninsula that juts out for 75 km into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope... ), South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SEA	Undetermined	Architeuthis sp.	Head only	Head	Female	statolith Amyloplast Amyloplasts are non-pigmented organelles found in some plant cells. They are responsible for the synthesis and storage of starch granules, through the polymerization of glucose. Amyloplasts also convert this starch back into sugar when the plant needs energy...	SAM	Roeleveld (1996); Lipinski (1997:299)
307	10 June 1992	Cape Columbine Cape Columbine Cape Columbine is well known for its lighthouse, the last manned lighthouse built on the South African coast. . The Cape Columbine Lighthouse was commissioned on October 1, 1936... (32°53'S), South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SEA	Undetermined	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1770 mm; statolith	SAM	Roeleveld (1996); Lipinski (1997:299)
308	15–16 July 1992	northwest of Chatham Islands Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands are an archipelago and New Zealand territory in the Pacific Ocean consisting of about ten islands within a radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island. Their name in the indigenous language, Moriori, means Misty Sun... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
*	Unknown (reported 1993)	southern Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Sick/dying animal photographed in shallow water	Architeuthis dux; Onykia robusta Robust Clubhook Squid The Robust Clubhook Squid , often cited by the older name Moroteuthis robusta, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It is the third largest species of squid after the Colossal Squid and giant squid; and largest of the genus Onykia, reaching a mantle length of . The tentacular clubs... [fide Ellis (1998:210); fide Norman (2000:174)]	Entire; alive	None			None	Poppe & Goto (1993); Japanese made-for-television film	Ellis (1998:210); Norman (2000:174)	Non-architeuthid. Photograph of sick/dying Onykia robusta Robust Clubhook Squid The Robust Clubhook Squid , often cited by the older name Moroteuthis robusta, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It is the third largest species of squid after the Colossal Squid and giant squid; and largest of the genus Onykia, reaching a mantle length of . The tentacular clubs... taken by H. Kubota in shallow water. Squid is shown with diver, although wide-angle photography exaggerates animal's size. A video of the same squid appears in a Japanese made-for-television film. [fide Ellis (1998:211)]
	14 May 1993	Morne Brabant, Mauritius Mauritius Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...	SIO	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined		ML: 4.5 m; WT: 240 kg		Staub (1993:141, pl. 1a,b)
	21 April 1994	off central Honshū Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait... (35°20.1'N, 143°00.1'E), Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire; "not in good condition"	Entire		ML: 19.8 mm; FL: 4.5 mm; HL: 6.4 mm, etc.	Not stated	Tsuchiya & Mori (1998:225)		Juvenile specimen.
	May 1994	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (43°55'S, 176°50'E) at 515 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	In pieces		ML: 1850 mm; FL: 760 mm	NMNZ; NMNZ M18019	Förch (1998:109)		Caught by F/V Dalmor.
	May 1994	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (43°48'S, 177°35'E) at 514 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Incomplete		ML: 1110 mm; FL: 490 mm	NMNZ; NMNZ M18020	Förch (1998:109)		Caught by F/V Dalmor.
	9 March 1995	SSE of Cape Banks (37°56.32'S, 140°20.79'E), Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	SWP	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire		ML: 1530 mm; FL: 430 mm; GL: 1440 mm; HL: 320 mm; extensive measurement taken	SAMA; SAMA D-18936	Zeidler & Gowlett-Holmes (1996:85)		Caught by Mr. M. von Stanke on F/V Ocean Lady over 25 m bottom depth. Tissue samples saved at -80°.
	2 April 1995	Golfo San Jorge (46°30'S, 66°00'W), Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... , at 70 m depth	SWA	By trawl	Architeuthis			Female (mature)	ML: 1625 mm	Museo de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...	Brunetti et al. (1998:xxx)	Ré et al. (1998:109)
	26 April 1995	west of Aran Islands Aran Islands The Aran Islands or The Arans are a group of three islands located at the mouth of Galway Bay, on the west coast of Ireland. They constitute the barony of Aran in County Galway, Ireland... (53°00'N, 12°20'W), Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... , at 287 m depth	NEA	By 80 mm mesh benthic trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined	Male (mature)	ML: 1028 mm; MW: 379 mm; TL: 4555 mm; EL: 5970 mm; WT: 26.9 kg; HL: 275 mm; HW: 135 mm; AL(I): 870 mm; AL(II): not measured; AL(III): 1054 mm; AL(IV): 1512/1465 mm; LAL: 1512 mm; TCL: 504 mm; DC: 158 mm; MaL: 252 mm; CaL: 94 mm; HeL: no obs.; FL: 390 mm; FW: 298 mm (one fin: 149 mm); EyD: 80 mm; PL: 555 mm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 125–150 mm; LRL: 10.9 mm; URL: 12.5 mm; SInc: 294; G(W): 4.25%	NMI; catalog no. 14-1995	Collins et al. (1997:562); Guerra et al. (2004b:8)	Lordan et al. (1998:905); Collins (1998:489)	Taken by trawler Sionnainn.
	24 June 1995	Porcupine Bank Porcupine Bank Porcupine Bank is an area of the Irish shelf approximately west of Ireland. The relatively raised area of seabed lies between the deep-water Porcupine Seabight and Rockall Trough.... (52°25'N, 13°45'W), Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... , at 300 m depth	NEA	By 80 mm mesh benthic trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undeterminded	Male (mature)	ML: 975 mm; MW: 335 mm; EL: 5950 mm; WT: 22.45 kg; HL: 270 mm; HW: 137 mm; TL: 4823 mm; TCL: 500 mm; DC: 172 mm; MaL: 252/236 mm; CaL: 77/92 mm; FL: 356 mm; FW: 266 mm; EyD: 95 mm; PL: 574 mm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 120–140 mm; HeL: no obs.; LRL: 12.7 mm; URL: 12 mm; SInc: 375; G(W): 3.29%	NMI; catalog no. 44-1995	Collins et al. (1997:562); Guerra et al. (2004b:8)	Lordan et al. (1998:905); Collins (1998:489)	Taken by trawler Sionnainn.
	25 June 1995	southwest Aran Islands Aran Islands The Aran Islands or The Arans are a group of three islands located at the mouth of Galway Bay, on the west coast of Ireland. They constitute the barony of Aran in County Galway, Ireland... (52°50'N, 10°20'W), Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... , at 110 m depth	NEA	By 80 mm mesh benthic trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Undetermined	Male (mature)	ML: 1084 mm; MW: 335 mm; WT: 26.5 kg; HL: 288 mm; HW: 144 mm; AL(IV): 1111 mm; LAL: 1111 mm; FL: 368 mm; FW: 264 mm; EyD: 96 mm; HeL: no obs.; PL: 702 mm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 135–155 mm; LRL: 13.3 mm; URL: 10 mm; SInc: 422; G(W): 2.96%	NMI; catalog no. 43-1995	Collins et al. (1997:562); Guerra et al. (2004b:8)	Lordan et al. (1998:905); Collins (1998:489)	Taken by trawler Galway.
	10 July 1995	South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... (32°50'S 16°40'E)	SEA	Undetermined	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Male	ML: 1180 mm; statolith	SAM	Lipinski (1997:299)
	15 July 1995	Golfo San Jorge (45°12'S, 66°30'W), Bahía Bustamante Bahía Bustamante Bahía Bustamante is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina. According the 2001 census it has a population of 11 people. The village was established in 1953. It was written up in several travel articles in March of 2011, with links to some below.... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	SWA	Found washed ashore on mat of seaweed				Female (immature)	ML: 1300 mm		Ruiz & Fondacaro (1996)	Ré et al. (1998:109)
	27 September 1995	Playa de los Pozos, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	By seine fishing	Architeuthis dux	Entire?			WT: 160 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Caught by the boats Nuevo Juanito and Hermanos of Avilés Avilés Avilés is a city in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main towns in the Principality of Asturias.The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than... using a seine.
	1 December 1995	off South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... (43°24' - 43°31'S, 169°20' - 169°10'E), New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire			NIWA		Puente (1996)	Collected by T. Devlin on F/V J. Elaine.
	31 December 1995	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (43°12′S 178°20′E) at 425 m depth	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)
	31 December 1995	off South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... (43°12.3′S 178°19.9′E), New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... at 425 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 2000 mm; WT: ~600 lb (272.2 kg)	NIWA	Ellis (1997:1); Förch (1998:specimen 16)	Puente (1996); Reuter (1996); O'Shea (2007)	Collected by FRV Tangaroa.
	Unknown (reported 1996)	near Mt Gambier Mount Gambier, South Australia Mount Gambier is the largest regional city in South Australia located approximately 450 kilometres south of the capital Adelaide and just 17 kilometres from the Victorian border.... , off Cape Banks, South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...	SWP	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	WT: 86 kg; BL+HL: 1.85 m; AL: 1.75 m (longest); TL: 7.39 m (longest); eye orbit: 17 cm; EL: >9 m	SAMA	Zeidler (1996:7, fig.)		Female with fully formed ovaries Ovary The ovary is an ovum-producing reproductive organ, often found in pairs as part of the vertebrate female reproductive system. Ovaries in anatomically female individuals are analogous to testes in anatomically male individuals, in that they are both gonads and endocrine glands.-Human anatomy:Ovaries... and small white eggs.
	"very early" January 1996	off South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... (43°26.47'S, 176°23.17'E), New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 310 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Male	TL: 21 ft (6.4 m)	NIWA	Ellis (1997:9)	Förch (1998:109); Puente (1996); Reuter (1996)	Caught by FRV Tangaroa.
	January to March 1996	off Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	SWP		Architeuthis sanctipauli Velain, 1877			Female	EL?: 32 ft (9.8 m)		Norman & Lu (1997); Landman et al. (2004:685)	Ellis (1998:264)	Isotopic analysis of statolith Amyloplast Amyloplasts are non-pigmented organelles found in some plant cells. They are responsible for the synthesis and storage of starch granules, through the polymerization of glucose. Amyloplasts also convert this starch back into sugar when the plant needs energy... carried out to determine age and habitat.
	January to March 1996	off Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	SWP		Architeuthis sanctipauli Velain, 1877			Female	EL?: 24 ft (7.3 m)		Norman & Lu (1997); Landman et al. (2004:685)	Ellis (1998:264)	Isotopic analysis of statolith Amyloplast Amyloplasts are non-pigmented organelles found in some plant cells. They are responsible for the synthesis and storage of starch granules, through the polymerization of glucose. Amyloplasts also convert this starch back into sugar when the plant needs energy... carried out to determine age and habitat.
	January to March 1996	off Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	SWP		Architeuthis sanctipauli Velain, 1877			Female	ML: 7.8 ft (2.4 m)		Norman & Lu (1997); Landman et al. (2004:685)	Ellis (1998:264)	Isotopic analysis of statolith Amyloplast Amyloplasts are non-pigmented organelles found in some plant cells. They are responsible for the synthesis and storage of starch granules, through the polymerization of glucose. Amyloplasts also convert this starch back into sugar when the plant needs energy... carried out to determine age and habitat.
	February 1996	Perlora Perlora Perlora is one of 12 parishes in Carreño, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.Situated at above sea level, the parroquia is in size, with a population of 755... , Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Not specified	Architeuthis dux	Mantle severed in its first third, missing arms and tentacles					Guerra et al. (2006:258)
	24 May 1996	Golfo San Jorge (45°08'S, 66°31'W), Bahía Bustamante Bahía Bustamante Bahía Bustamante is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina. According the 2001 census it has a population of 11 people. The village was established in 1953. It was written up in several travel articles in March of 2011, with links to some below.... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	SWA	Found washed ashore, dead	Architeuthis sp.		Entire	Female (immature)	ML: 1940 mm; TL?: 4.2 m; WT: 180 kg; see Ré et al.	MCNOPM	Ré et al. (1998:109)		Displayed at the museum of Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn Puerto Madryn is a city in the province of Chubut in the Argentine Patagonia. It is the head town of the Viedma Department, and has about 57,571 inhabitants according to the last census in 2001.... . Photographed with two children;.
	10 June 1996	off King Island, Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... , at 1000 m depth	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire		WT: >200 kg; TL?: 8 m	NMV	Gannon (1996); [Anonymous] (1996)		Captured by D. McNamara and R. Bradshaw on trawler Empress Pearl.
	19 November 1996	off Ensenada Ensenada, Baja California Ensenada is a coastal city in Mexico and the third-largest city in Baja California. It is located south of San Diego on the Baja California Peninsula. The city is locally referred to as La Cenicienta del Pacífico, or, The Cinderella of the Pacific... , Baja California Baja California Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	NEP	Found in stomach contents of blue shark (Prionace glauca Blue shark The blue shark is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, that inhabits deep waters in the world's temperate and tropical oceans. Preferring cooler waters, blue sharks migrate long distances, for example from New England to South America. Although generally lethargic, they can move very... )	Architeuthis sp.	Pair of beaks (from a single specimen)	Entire		LRL: 13.44 mm; ML(estimate): 741.5 mm; WT(estimate): 24365.0 g		Markaida & Sosa-Nishizaki (2010)		Live weight constituted an estimated 7.27% of total prey weight from 893 blue sharks sampled. First giant squid record from Mexican Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... waters and southernmost record in the California Current California Current The California Current is a Pacific Ocean current that moves south along the western coast of North America, beginning off southern British Columbia, and ending off southern Baja California. There are five major coastal currents affiliated with upwelling zones... .
	1996	Chatham Rise Chatham Rise The Chatham Rise is an area of ocean floor to the east of New Zealand, forming part of the Zealandia continent. It stretches for some from near the South Island in the west, to the Chatham Islands in the east... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP		Architeuthis				EL?: 26 ft (7.9 m)		O'Shea (1997)	Ellis (1998:264)
	1996	Chatham Rise Chatham Rise The Chatham Rise is an area of ocean floor to the east of New Zealand, forming part of the Zealandia continent. It stretches for some from near the South Island in the west, to the Chatham Islands in the east... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP		Architeuthis				EL?: 13 ft (4 m)		O'Shea (1997)	Ellis (1998:264)
	1996	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP		Architeuthis				EL?: 22–26 ft		O'Shea (1997)	Ellis (1998:264)
	1996	Tottori Tottori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region. The capital is the city of Tottori. It is the least populous prefecture in Japan.- History :Before the Meiji Restoration, Tottori encompassed the old provinces of Hōki and Inaba... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP		Architethis				TL: 14.4 ft (4.4 m)		Japan Times (1996)	Ellis (1998:264)
	1997	?, New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Undetermined	Architeuthis kirki	Entire	Entire	Male	TL: 25 ft (7.6 m)	AMNH	Landman & Ellis (1998:150, fig.)		On display.
	1997	off Sergipe Sergipe Sergipe , is the smallest state of the Brazilian Federation, located on the northeastern Atlantic coast of the country. It borders on two other states, Bahia to the south and west and Alagoas to the north, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	SWA	"found"	Architeuthis						Martins & Perez (2009)		Unreported prior to Martins & Perez (2009).
	18 January 1998	Newburgh Newburgh, Aberdeenshire Newburgh is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village dates to 1261 AD, when Lord Sinclair wanted to establish a chapel in the area. Originally built as a school, somewhat later the chapel of Holy Rood was established.-Geography:... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1230 mm; see Collins (1998:491)	NMSZ	Collins (1998:491)
	13 March 1998	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (42°50.9'-49.8'S, 177°16.6'-176°55.3'E) at 489–475 m depth	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)
	9 April 1998	South Patagonian shelf (50°39.0′S 66°35.3′W) at 105 m depth (bottom depth also 105 m)	SWA	By bottom trawl	Architeuthis						Brunetti et al. (2002)		Taken by the vessel Kasuga Maru of the Pespasa fishing company. Collected by fishery inspector. Surface water temperature recorded as 9.1 °C and air temperature as 14 °C.
	18 April 1998	about ten miles (16 km) from Saint Paul Saint-Paul, Réunion Saint-Paul is the second-largest commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located on the extreme west side of the island of Réunion.Until 1999, near Saint Paul there was the 428 metres tall mast OMEGA Chabrier transmitter.- Transport :... , La Réunion Island Réunion Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France... (21º00'S 55º45'E)	SIO	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis dux	"big chunk of flesh ... including the base of the arms, head and the upper part of the mantle"	Buccal mass, beak; tip of rostrum of lower beak broken		LRL(estimate): 17.0-17.5 mm; ML(estimate): 174–193 cm		Cherel (2003:1295)		Fishermen reported rapid skin colour change, suggesting chromatophore Chromatophore Chromatophores are pigment-containing and light-reflecting cells found in amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans, and cephalopods. They are largely responsible for generating skin and eye colour in cold-blooded animals and are generated in the neural crest during embryonic development... s were still active and specimen was freshly dead. Other remains of large squid were observed. Sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s said to have occurred in the area at the time.
	mid-1998	beach near Fuengirola Fuengirola Fuengirola, in ancient times known as Suel and then Suhayl, is a large town and municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga, autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is a major tourist resort, with more than 8 km of beaches, and home to a mediæval Moorish fortress... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	MED	Found washed ashore dead but relatively fresh	Architeuthis	Entire?		Female (immature)	ML: ~125 cm	Aula del Mar de CREMA, Málaga, Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Guerra et al. (2006:89)		First known giant squid specimen from the Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant... . Preserved in formaldehyde Formaldehyde Formaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula CH2O. It is the simplest aldehyde, hence its systematic name methanal.Formaldehyde is a colorless gas with a characteristic pungent odor. It is an important precursor to many other chemical compounds, especially for polymers... .
	28 July 1998	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (42°32.2′S 170°24.1′E) at 500–575 m depth	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)
	29 July 1998	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (41°59'-42°10'S, 170°32-33'E) at 405 m depth	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)
	31 July 1998	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (41°05′S 170°50′E) at 452–526 m depth	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)
	20 August 1998	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (42°00′S 170°30′E)	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)
	13 November 1998	Kerguelen Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands , also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting the emerged part of the otherwise submerged Kerguelen Plateau. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands and the Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands are part of... waters (47º14'S 69º23'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone Antarctic Convergence The Antarctic Convergence is a curve continuously encircling Antarctica where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the relatively warmer waters of the subantarctic. Antarctic waters predominantly sink beneath subantarctic waters, while associated zones of mixing and upwelling create a zone... at 630–710 m depth	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (Somniosus Somniosus Somniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Somniosus microcephalus * Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944... sp.)	Architeuthis dux	Lower and upper beak	Entire		LRL: 15.51 mm; ML(estimate): 128 cm		Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)		Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000).
*	1999 (reported)	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP		Architeuthis; Asperoteuthis lui Asperoteuthis lui Asperoteuthis lui is a chiroteuthid squid of the genus Asperoteuthis. This species was discovered from the stomach contents of a ling, a species of fish. The damaged specimen did not include a funnel or a mantle, but had multiple arms, one tentacle, and eyes. It was initially identified as a... Salcedo-Vargas, 1999						Salcedo-Vargas (1999)		Non-architeuthid.
	15 February 1999	South Patagonian shelf (53°54.6′S 63°45.9′W) at 316–360 m depth (bottom depth 450 m)	SWA	By midwater trawl	Architeuthis						Brunetti et al. (2002)		Taken by the vessel Rikusen of the Pesantar SA fishing company. Collected by scientific observer.
	16 February 1999	Kerguelen Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands , also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting the emerged part of the otherwise submerged Kerguelen Plateau. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands and the Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands are part of... waters (48º11'S 71º15'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone Antarctic Convergence The Antarctic Convergence is a curve continuously encircling Antarctica where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the relatively warmer waters of the subantarctic. Antarctic waters predominantly sink beneath subantarctic waters, while associated zones of mixing and upwelling create a zone... at 550–870 m depth	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (Somniosus Somniosus Somniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Somniosus microcephalus * Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944... sp.)	Architeuthis dux	Lower and upper beak	Entire		LRL: 16.33 mm; ML(estimate): 152 cm		Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)		Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000).
	April 1999	Northeast Providence Channel, Bahamas The Bahamas The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...	NWA	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis sp.	Entire; distal half of tentacles missing	Entire, in two pieces	Male (mature)	EL: 11 ft (3.4 m)	RSMAS	[Anonymous] (1999:1)
	14 June 1999	off the west coast of Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart... at 500–700 m depth	SWP	Caught by trawler fishing for blue grenadier Blue grenadier The blue grenadier, hoki, blue hake, New Zealand whiptail, whiptail or whiptail hake, Macruronus novaezelandiae, is a merluccid hake of the family Merlucciidae found around southern Australia and New Zealand at depths of between . Its length is between...	Architeuthis sp.	Entire?	Entire?	Male	WT: 190 kg		Deagle et al. (2005:417)		Specimen was kept frozen in storage until dissection in September 2002. Gut contents underwent genetic screening for prey.
	13 July 1999	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (41°03.1′S 170°42.4′E) at 530 m depth	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)
	15 July 1999	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (42°33′S 170°31′E) at 460 m depth	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)
	17 July 1999	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (42°31.32′S 170°21.09′E) at 535 m depth	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)		Body temperature of specimen was 11.5 °C.
	21 July 1999	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (42°27.32′S 170°28.10′E) at 442 m depth	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)
	5 August 1999	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (41°56′S 170°26′E) at 500 m depth	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)
	29 August 1999	nearly 175 miles (281.6 km) off Santa Catarina Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... (28°05′S 45°35′W) over 2,400 m deep waters	SWA	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis	Entire; arm pairs I, II, III half-missing, arm pair IV complete, tentacles missing, reproductive system virtually missing	Entire	Female (mature)	ML: 1160 mm; WT: 50 kg; WL: 2480 mm; MW: 460 mm; HL: 270 mm; HW: 360 mm; FL: 460 mm; FW: 380 mm; FuL(ventral): 450 mm; FuCL: 125 mm; FuCW: 61 mm; AL(I): 520/510 mm; AL(II): 620/560 mm; AL(III): 750/550 mm; AL(IV): 960/800 mm; ASD(maximum): 18 mm; GiL: 280 mm; LRL: 15 mm; URL: 20 mm; other measurements	Museu Nacional-RJ (MNRJ 10761)	Martins & Perez (2009, figs. 1–14)		Spotted by crew of Brazilian long-liner Macedo V. Spermatophore Spermatophore A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass created by males of various animal species, containing spermatozoa and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during copulation... s embedded in left ventral arm, around 60 cm from mouth. Small number of eggs present (~2.0 mm wide). Authors found "a few peculiarities [...] [i]n the shape of the fins, head and the cross-section and length of ventral arms".
	November 1999	Carrandi Carrandi Carrandi is one of 13 parishes in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 121 .... , Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	By trawl	Architeuthis dux				WT(dead): 107 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Collected by the trawler Minchos VI.
	9 December 1999	approximately 34 miles (54.7 km) from Gijón Gijón Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history... (43º52.54'N – 05º18.74'W), off coast of Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... , at 300–600 m depth	NEA	By trawl; caught alive	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire; missing tentacles and arms I, II, III; arm IV (R) not intact	Entire	Female (immature)	ML: 1800 mm; MW: 560 mm; WT: 148 kg; VML: 1650 mm; MT: 30 mm; HW: 415 mm; AL(IV): 2160/178 mm (second not intact); LRL: 20.5 mm; URL: 21.0 mm; GL: 1670 mm; GW: 200 mm; FL: 690 mm; FW: 515 mm; EyD(estimate): 130 mm; FuL: 260 mm; FuCL: 175 mm; FuCW: 41 mm; GiL: 500 mm; NGL: 340 mm	Museo-Aula del Mar, Coordinadora para el Estudio de Especies Marinas (CEPESMA), Luarca Luarca Luarca is one of 15 parroquias and the capital in the municipality of Valdes, in Asturias, Spain. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, it has a population of 5,354 , and an area of . The village is from the capital, Oviedo. The Nobel laureate for medicine in 1959, Severo Ochoa, was... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	González et al. (2002); Guerra et al. (2004b:4); Guerra et al. (2006:258)		First record of a living specimen collected in Spanish Atlantic waters. Caught by Spanish pair trawlers Minchos V and Minchos VI based in Cillero, Lugo Lugo Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 97,635 in 2010, which makes is the fourth most populated city in Galicia.-Population:... . Auctioned off in the market of Avilés Avilés Avilés is a city in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main towns in the Principality of Asturias.The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than... and acquired by Pescaderias Jiménez (Jiménez Fishmarkets) of Avilés. Specimen was frozen immediately after measurements were taken. It was later defrosted, dissected, and reconstructed. It was placed in a transparent glass case and fixed for 48 hours in 4% formalin Formaldehyde Formaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula CH2O. It is the simplest aldehyde, hence its systematic name methanal.Formaldehyde is a colorless gas with a characteristic pungent odor. It is an important precursor to many other chemical compounds, especially for polymers... . It is now preserved in 70% alcohol Alcohol In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms.... .
	Unknown (between 1954 and 2000)	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (42°35.41′S 170°15.03′E) at 400 m depth	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)		Date not recorded.
	Unknown (between 1954 and 2000)	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (42°31.9′S 170°16.6′E)	SWP		Architeuthis						O'Shea (2007)		MFish SOP Trip 1247/7.
	27 January 2000	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (44°21.19'S 175°05-174°34'E) at 615 m depth	SWP	"[H]auled up" by fishermen	Architeuthis sanctipauli	Entire?	Entire?		EL: 6.5 m ["lost 2.5 metres (seven feet) of its length through drying out"]	MNHN	O'Shea (2007); AFP (2008); [Anonymous] (2008c)		Named "Wheke" after a sea monster of Māori mythology Maori mythology Māori mythology and Māori traditions are the two major categories into which the legends of the Māori of New Zealand may usefully be divided... . Donated by New Zealand to the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Muséum national d'histoire naturelle The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution... in Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... . Became the first giant squid specimen to be plastinated Plastination Plastination is a technique or process used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts. The water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be touched, do not smell or decay, and even retain most properties of the original sample.... . On display at the Great Gallery of Evolution.
	22 March 2000	Kerguelen Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands , also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting the emerged part of the otherwise submerged Kerguelen Plateau. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands and the Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands are part of... waters (47º10'S 69º23'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone Antarctic Convergence The Antarctic Convergence is a curve continuously encircling Antarctica where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the relatively warmer waters of the subantarctic. Antarctic waters predominantly sink beneath subantarctic waters, while associated zones of mixing and upwelling create a zone... at 490–620 m depth	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (Somniosus Somniosus Somniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Somniosus microcephalus * Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944... sp.)	Architeuthis dux	Lower and upper beak			LRL: 11.78 mm; ML(estimate): 60 cm		Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)		Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000).
	2 April 2000	Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Found in stomach contents of shortfin mako shark Shortfin mako shark The shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus , is a large mackerel shark. Along with the closely related longfin mako it is commonly referred to as a "mako shark".-Etymology:... (Isurus oxyrinchus)	Architeuthis	Tentacle			TL: 2 m		Guerra et al. (2006:258)		Caught by Spanish vessel Teresa José from Luarca Luarca Luarca is one of 15 parroquias and the capital in the municipality of Valdes, in Asturias, Spain. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, it has a population of 5,354 , and an area of . The village is from the capital, Oviedo. The Nobel laureate for medicine in 1959, Severo Ochoa, was... .
	24 April 2000	Kerguelen Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands , also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting the emerged part of the otherwise submerged Kerguelen Plateau. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands and the Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands are part of... waters (48º26'S 70º58'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone Antarctic Convergence The Antarctic Convergence is a curve continuously encircling Antarctica where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the relatively warmer waters of the subantarctic. Antarctic waters predominantly sink beneath subantarctic waters, while associated zones of mixing and upwelling create a zone... at 680–755 m depth	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (Somniosus Somniosus Somniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Somniosus microcephalus * Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944... sp.)	Architeuthis dux	Lower beak only			LRL: 11.33 mm; ML(estimate): 54 cm		Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)		Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000).
	10 May 2000	Kerguelen Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands , also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting the emerged part of the otherwise submerged Kerguelen Plateau. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands and the Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands are part of... waters (47º25'S 69º14'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone Antarctic Convergence The Antarctic Convergence is a curve continuously encircling Antarctica where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the relatively warmer waters of the subantarctic. Antarctic waters predominantly sink beneath subantarctic waters, while associated zones of mixing and upwelling create a zone... at 420 m depth	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (Somniosus Somniosus Somniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Somniosus microcephalus * Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944... sp.)	Architeuthis dux	Lower and upper beak; broken					Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)
	9 August 2000	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
	28 September 2000	south of Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... , North Island North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
	15 December 2000	in the vicinity of Amsterdam Island Île Amsterdam New Amsterdam, Amsterdam Island, or Île Amsterdam is a French island in the Indian Ocean located at . It is part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.- History :... (37º50'S 77º33'E)	SIO	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis dux	"large mantle"; head and gladius missing	Two funnel-locking cartilages and one nuchal cartilage		Funnel-locking cartilages: 146/148 mm; Nuchal cartilage: "large"		Cherel (2003:1295)		Collected by French trawler Austral. Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos, is a large seabird in the albatross family. This small mollymawk was once considered conspecific with the Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross and known as the Yellow-nosed Albatross... (Diomedea chlororhynchos) observed feeding on corpse. Fishermen reported two other specimens of large squid observed in previous weeks.
	Unknown	east of Palmerston North Palmerston North Palmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank... , North Island North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island... ; see	SWP	Sighting	Architeuthis sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea (N.d.)
	12 January 2001	approximately 34 miles (54.7 km) from Gijón Gijón Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history... (43º52.54'N – 05º18.74'W), off coast of Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... at 300–600 m depth	NEA	By trawl; caught alive	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire; missing arms III; arm II (L) not intact	Entire	Female (immature)	ML: 1350 mm; MW: 400 mm; EL: 8010 mm; WT: 81 kg; VML: 1190 mm; MT: 22 mm; HW: 260 mm; AL(I): 2310/2400 mm; AL(II): 1791/1900 mm (first not intact); AL(IV): 1870/1920 mm; TL: 6370/6530 mm; TCL: 770/790 mm; DC: 120/160 mm; MaL: 510/490 mm; CaL: 140/140 mm; LRL: 15.9 mm; URL: 16.5 mm; GL: 1180 mm; GW: 150 mm; FL: 560 mm; FW: 400 mm; EyD(estimate): 120 mm; FuL: 160 mm; FuCL: 135 mm; FuCW: 25 mm; GiL: 370 mm; NGL: 150 mm	Museo-Aula del Mar, Coordinadora para el Estudio de Especies Marinas (CEPESMA), Luarca Luarca Luarca is one of 15 parroquias and the capital in the municipality of Valdes, in Asturias, Spain. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, it has a population of 5,354 , and an area of . The village is from the capital, Oviedo. The Nobel laureate for medicine in 1959, Severo Ochoa, was... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	González et al. (2002); Guerra et al. (2004b:4); Guerra et al. (2006:259)		Second record of a living specimen collected in Spanish Atlantic waters. Specimen was frozen immediately after measurements were taken. It was later defrosted, dissected, and reconstructed. It was placed in a transparent glass case and fixed for 48 hours in 4% formalin Formaldehyde Formaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula CH2O. It is the simplest aldehyde, hence its systematic name methanal.Formaldehyde is a colorless gas with a characteristic pungent odor. It is an important precursor to many other chemical compounds, especially for polymers... . It is now preserved in 70% alcohol Alcohol In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms.... .
	May 2001	Caladero Lastres, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA		Architeuthis				EL?: 9 m; WT: 90 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:259)
	27 June 2001	beach in Fuengirola Fuengirola Fuengirola, in ancient times known as Suel and then Suhayl, is a large town and municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga, autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is a major tourist resort, with more than 8 km of beaches, and home to a mediæval Moorish fortress... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	MED	Found washed ashore dead but relatively fresh	Architeuthis	Entire?		Female (immature)	ML: 125 cm; EL: 750 cm; WT: 65 kg	Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales The Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales is the National Museum of Natural History of Spain. It is situated in the center of Madrid, by the Paseo de la Castellana. It is managed by the Spanish National Research Council.... , Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Guerra et al. (2006:89)		Second known giant squid specimen from the Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant... .
	2 July 2001	west of Carrandi Carrandi Carrandi is one of 13 parishes in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 121 .... , Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Caught	Architeuthis				EL?: 7.10 m; WT: 60 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:259)		Caught by the Spanish vessels Elena María and Bautista Pino from Cillero.
	12 September 2001	Playa de Rodiles (Villaviciosa Villaviciosa, Asturias Villaviciosa is a town and in the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain. It is situated on the central eastern coastline, and borders the Asturian municipalities of Gijón and Siero to the west, Sariego, Nava, Cabranes and Piloña to the south and to Colunga to the east. The total area is 271 km²... ), Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... [off Luarca Luarca Luarca is one of 15 parroquias and the capital in the municipality of Valdes, in Asturias, Spain. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, it has a population of 5,354 , and an area of . The village is from the capital, Oviedo. The Nobel laureate for medicine in 1959, Severo Ochoa, was... fide Bustamante et al. (2008)]	NEA	Found washed ashore [by trawl fide Bustamante et al. (2008)]	Architeuthis dux	Entire?, missing tentacles	Entire?	Female (immature)	ML: 127 cm; EL: 710 cm; WT: 90 kg [WT: 60 kg fide Guerra et al. (2006:259)]		Guerra et al. (2006:259); Bustamante et al. (2008)		Tissues studied for concentrations of 14 trace element Trace element In analytical chemistry, a trace element is an element in a sample that has an average concentration of less than 100 parts per million measured in atomic count, or less than 100 micrograms per gram.... s. Digestive gland, gills, ink sac Ink sac With the exception of nocturnal and very deep water cephalopods, all coeloids which dwell in light conditions have an ink sac, which can be used to expel a cloud of dark ink to confuse predators. This sac is a muscular bag which originated as an extension of the hind gut... , branchial heart Branchial heart Branchial hearts are myogenic accessory pumps found in coleoid cephalopods that supplement the action of the main, systemic heart. Each consists of a single chamber and they are always paired, being located at the base of the gills. They pump blood through the gills via the afferent branchial veins... s, appendages, systemic heart, and brain removed during study.
	20 September 2001	Playa de Torimbia (Llanes Llanes Llanes a municipality of the province of Asturias, in northern Spain. Stretching for about 30 km along the coast at the extreme east of the province, Llanes is bounded to the south by the high ridge of the limestone Sierra del Cuera, which rises to over 1,100 m... ), Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis				EL?: 10 m; WT: 104 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:259)		On display at the Museo del Mar de Biarritz.
	23 September 2001	Caladero de El Corbiro, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	By trawl	Architeuthis			Female (immature)	WT: 73.5 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:259)
	8 October 2001	Kerguelen Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands , also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting the emerged part of the otherwise submerged Kerguelen Plateau. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands and the Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands are part of... waters (47º19'S 69º11'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone Antarctic Convergence The Antarctic Convergence is a curve continuously encircling Antarctica where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the relatively warmer waters of the subantarctic. Antarctic waters predominantly sink beneath subantarctic waters, while associated zones of mixing and upwelling create a zone... at 600 m depth	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (Somniosus Somniosus Somniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Somniosus microcephalus * Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944... sp.)	Architeuthis dux	Lower and upper beak	Entire		LRL: 18.13 mm; ML(estimate): 220 cm		Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)		Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000).
	8 October 2001	Kerguelen Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands , also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting the emerged part of the otherwise submerged Kerguelen Plateau. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands and the Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands are part of... waters (47º19'S 69º11'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone Antarctic Convergence The Antarctic Convergence is a curve continuously encircling Antarctica where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the relatively warmer waters of the subantarctic. Antarctic waters predominantly sink beneath subantarctic waters, while associated zones of mixing and upwelling create a zone... at 600 m depth	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (Somniosus Somniosus Somniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Somniosus microcephalus * Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944... sp.)	Architeuthis dux	Lower and upper beak; broken	Entire				Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)
	23 October 2001	Playa de S. Cosme de Barreiros (Lugo Lugo Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 97,635 in 2010, which makes is the fourth most populated city in Galicia.-Population:... ), Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... [Ribadesella Ribadesella Ribadesella Ribadesella is a small municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Known for its location on the Cantabrian Sea, as well as for the outlet of the River Sella, Ribadesella is a town that forms part of the Picos de Europa... fide Bustamante et al. (2008)]	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux	Entire?	Entire?	Female (maturing)	ML: 150 cm; EL: 800 cm; WT: 104 kg [EL: 9.5 m; WT: 90 kg fide Guerra et al. (2006:259)]		Guerra et al. (2006:259); Bustamante et al. (2008)		Tissues studied for concentrations of 14 trace element Trace element In analytical chemistry, a trace element is an element in a sample that has an average concentration of less than 100 parts per million measured in atomic count, or less than 100 micrograms per gram.... s. Digestive gland, gills, ink sac Ink sac With the exception of nocturnal and very deep water cephalopods, all coeloids which dwell in light conditions have an ink sac, which can be used to expel a cloud of dark ink to confuse predators. This sac is a muscular bag which originated as an extension of the hind gut... , branchial heart Branchial heart Branchial hearts are myogenic accessory pumps found in coleoid cephalopods that supplement the action of the main, systemic heart. Each consists of a single chamber and they are always paired, being located at the base of the gills. They pump blood through the gills via the afferent branchial veins... s, appendages, systemic heart, and brain removed during study.
	21 November 2001	Kerguelen Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands , also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting the emerged part of the otherwise submerged Kerguelen Plateau. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands and the Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands are part of... waters (48º06'S 71º18'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone Antarctic Convergence The Antarctic Convergence is a curve continuously encircling Antarctica where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the relatively warmer waters of the subantarctic. Antarctic waters predominantly sink beneath subantarctic waters, while associated zones of mixing and upwelling create a zone... at 453–575 m depth	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (Somniosus Somniosus Somniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Somniosus microcephalus * Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944... sp.)	Architeuthis dux	Lower beak only	Entire		LRL: 10.43 mm; ML(estimate): 45 cm		Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)		Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000).
	2002	off Santa Catarina Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	SWA	"found"	Architeuthis						Martins & Perez (2009)		Unreported prior to Martins & Perez (2009).
	14 January 2002 (reported)	"off the UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... coast"	NEA	Caught by an Aberdeen-based trawler	Architeuthis	Entire, missing tentacles	Entire	Female	WL: 3.15 m; EL(estimate): 5.5 m	National Marine Aquarium National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth The National Marine Aquarium is a marine aquarium located in the city of Plymouth, England. Built on reclaimed land, it is located in Sutton Harbour, next to the Barbican and fishmarket, and was opened in May 1998. It is the largest aquarium in the United Kingdom.The mission statement of the...	[Anonymous] (2002a)		Specimen preserved in formaldehyde and displayed in custom-made tank at the National Marine Aquarium National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth The National Marine Aquarium is a marine aquarium located in the city of Plymouth, England. Built on reclaimed land, it is located in Sutton Harbour, next to the Barbican and fishmarket, and was opened in May 1998. It is the largest aquarium in the United Kingdom.The mission statement of the... .
	15 January 2002	Goshiki beach, seashore of Amino Cho Kyotango, Kyoto is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was formed on April 1, 2004 by the merger of the towns of Mineyama and Omiya, both from Naka District,the towns of Amino, Tango and Yasaka, all from Takeno District, and the town of Kumihama, from Kumano District... , Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto prefecture was known as Yamashiro.... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Found alive near surface; tied to quay with rope; later died	Architeuthis	Entire; outer mantle Mantle (mollusc) The mantle is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.In many, but by no means all, species of molluscs, the epidermis of the mantle secretes... layer damaged/missing	Entire; preserved		ML?: 2 m; EL?: 4 m	National Science Museum of Japan	[Anonymous] (2002b); [Anonymous] (2006c); [Anonymous] (2008a); [Anonymous] (2008b)		First images of live giant squid. Identified by Koutarou Tsuchiya of the Tokyo University of Fisheries. On display at the National Science Museum of Japan.
	11 March 2002	Playa del Gayo (Luanco Luanco Luanco is one of thirteen parishes in the Gozón municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 5,693 .-Villages and hamlets:*Aramar... , Gozón Gozón Gozón is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. The Cantabrian Sea lies on its northern edge, and it is bordered to the south by Corvera de Asturias, to the west by Avilés, and to the east by Carreño.... ), Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis			Female (immature)	WT: 70 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:259)
	20 July 2002	beach in Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as... , Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis sp.; initially speculated to be a new species	Entire, missing tentacles	Entire		WT: 250 kg	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is a museum located in Hobart, Tasmania. The museum was established in 1843, by the Royal Society of Tasmania under the leadership of Sir John Franklin, the oldest Royal Society outside of England.-Governance:...	[Anonymous] (2002c)	Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service (2007)	"Experts found several characteristics which they say they have never encountered before - including long, thin flaps of muscle attached to each of the squid's eight arms."
	13 September 2002	in the proximity of "Pozo de la Vaca" (43º54.26'N-5º29.38'W), off coast of Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... , at c. 450–475 m depth	NEA	By trawl	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire	Male (mature)	ML: 98/100 cm; MW: 33 cm; WT: 42/43 kg; EL: 600 cm; VML: 92 cm; BC: 76 cm; HL: 27 cm; HW: 28 cm; AL(IV): 176 cm; LAL: 176 cm; AC(I): 15.4 cm; AC(II): 19.7 cm; AC(III): 21.6 cm; AC(IV): 20+ cm; AF: 4.3.2.1; TL: 420/470 cm; TCL: 51 cm; DC: 15 cm; MaL: 29 cm; CaL: 7.9 cm; FL: 30 cm; FW: 28 cm; TaL: 8 cm; HeL(IV pair): 4.5 cm; EyD: 8/10 cm; FuL: 17 cm; FuD: 5.5 cm; FuCL: 12 cm; FuCW: 3 cm; PL: 88 cm; SSL: 30 cm; SoA: yes; SL: 11.0-20.0 cm; LRL: 1.2 cm; URL: 1.0 cm	Museo-Aula del Mar, Coordinadora para el Estudio de Especies Marinas (CEPESMA), Luarca Luarca Luarca is one of 15 parroquias and the capital in the municipality of Valdes, in Asturias, Spain. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, it has a population of 5,354 , and an area of . The village is from the capital, Oviedo. The Nobel laureate for medicine in 1959, Severo Ochoa, was... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Guerra et al. (2004a); Guerra et al. (2004b:8)	Guerra et al. (2006:259)	Captured by Spanish pair trawlers Helena María and Bautista Pino. Spermatophore Spermatophore A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass created by males of various animal species, containing spermatozoa and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during copulation... s embedded in skin.
	10 October 2002	El Agudo, Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Caught by ships	Architeuthis				WT: 87 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:259)		Caught by ships Luscinda and Peña la Deva.
	Unknown (reported 2003)	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Observed at surface of water, alive; attracted with jig-caught Thysanoteuthis Thysanoteuthis Thysanoteuthis is a genus of large squid comprising one well known species, the Diamond Squid, and two dubious taxa.-Species:? Thysanoteuthis danae Thysanoteuthis nuchalis *Thysanoteuthis rhombus, Diamond Squid or Diamondback Squid...	Architeuthis	Entire; alive	None?				see, possibly the same as		Possibly first observation of live giant squid in its natural habitat; first observation of healthy[?] giant squid at surface.
	Unknown (reported 2003)	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Observed at surface of water with Megalocranchia Megalocranchia Megalocranchia is a genus of glass squids. It occurs circumglobally in tropical and subtropical waters.-External links:*...	Architeuthis	Entire; alive	None?				see,		Possibly first observation of live giant squid in its natural habitat; first observation of healthy[?] giant squid at surface. Countershading Countershading Countershading, or Thayer's Law, is a form of camouflage. Countershading, in which an animal’s pigmentation is darker dorsally, is often thought to have an adaptive effect of reducing conspicuous shadows cast on the ventral region of an animal’s body... observed in Architeuthis for the first time.
	Unknown (reported 2003)	Tonga Tonga Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...	SWP	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis?	Entire, large gash in mantle near fins	None		ML(estimate): 2 m		,		Unsuccessful attempt made to haul specimen onto boat deck. Carcass was probably attacked by an animal, but was very fresh upon discovery.
	January 2003	off Maizuru Maizuru, Kyoto is a city located in Kyōto, Japan, on an inlet of the Sea of Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 89,626 and the density of 264 persons per km². The total area is .The city was founded on May 27, 1943.... , Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto prefecture was known as Yamashiro.... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Caught in net	giant squid						[Anonymous] (2008a); [Anonymous] (2008b)
	around 20 July 2003	Pringle Bay Pringle Bay Pringle Bay is a small coastal town of ca. 1600 inhabitants in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, in South Africa. It is situated at the foot of Hangklip, on the opposite side of False Bay from Cape Point. The town and surrounds are part of the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO Heritage... , Hermanus Hermanus Hermanus is a town with 49,000 inhabitants on the southern coast of the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is famous as a place from which to watch Southern Right whales, during the southern winter and spring and is a popular retirement town... , Western Cape Western Cape The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province... , South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	SEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis	Entire, missing tentacles	Several pieces of bait, buccal mass, beak; remainder cut up for bait		WL?(estimate): 4 m; WT(estimate): 200 kg		Merwe (2003);		Found in shallows by four fishermen. Length estimated by fisherman Anton Barnard. Remains in possession of Hermanus Hermanus Hermanus is a town with 49,000 inhabitants on the southern coast of the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is famous as a place from which to watch Southern Right whales, during the southern winter and spring and is a popular retirement town... squid enthusiast Jean Francis Avenier.
	13 September 2003	La Griega (Colunga Colunga Colunga is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered to the west by Villaviciosa, to the south by Parres and Piloña, and to the east by Caravia.- Politic :-Parishes:... ), Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Not specified	Architeuthis				EL?: 11 m; WT: 140 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:259)	[Anonymous] (2003)
	15 September 2003	La Isla (Colunga Colunga Colunga is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered to the west by Villaviciosa, to the south by Parres and Piloña, and to the east by Caravia.- Politic :-Parishes:... ), Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux	Entire?	Entire?	Female (immature)	ML: 152 cm; EL: 1200 cm; WT: 80 kg [EL: 10 m fide Guerra et al. (2006:259)]		Guerra et al. (2006:259); Bustamante et al. (2008)	[Anonymous] (2003)	Tissues studied for concentrations of 14 trace element Trace element In analytical chemistry, a trace element is an element in a sample that has an average concentration of less than 100 parts per million measured in atomic count, or less than 100 micrograms per gram.... s. Digestive gland, gills, ink sac Ink sac With the exception of nocturnal and very deep water cephalopods, all coeloids which dwell in light conditions have an ink sac, which can be used to expel a cloud of dark ink to confuse predators. This sac is a muscular bag which originated as an extension of the hind gut... , branchial heart Branchial heart Branchial hearts are myogenic accessory pumps found in coleoid cephalopods that supplement the action of the main, systemic heart. Each consists of a single chamber and they are always paired, being located at the base of the gills. They pump blood through the gills via the afferent branchial veins... s, appendages, systemic heart, and brain removed during study.
	16 September 2003	Gozón Gozón Gozón is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. The Cantabrian Sea lies on its northern edge, and it is bordered to the south by Corvera de Asturias, to the west by Avilés, and to the east by Carreño.... , Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... [off Gijón Gijón Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history... fide Bustamante et al. (2008)]	NEA	Found floating at surface, dying	Architeuthis dux	Entire?	Entire?	Male (mature)	ML: 122 cm; EL: 620 cm; WT: 66 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:259); Bustamante et al. (2008)	[Anonymous] (2003)	Tissues studied for concentrations of 14 trace element Trace element In analytical chemistry, a trace element is an element in a sample that has an average concentration of less than 100 parts per million measured in atomic count, or less than 100 micrograms per gram.... s. Digestive gland, gills, ink sac Ink sac With the exception of nocturnal and very deep water cephalopods, all coeloids which dwell in light conditions have an ink sac, which can be used to expel a cloud of dark ink to confuse predators. This sac is a muscular bag which originated as an extension of the hind gut... , branchial heart Branchial heart Branchial hearts are myogenic accessory pumps found in coleoid cephalopods that supplement the action of the main, systemic heart. Each consists of a single chamber and they are always paired, being located at the base of the gills. They pump blood through the gills via the afferent branchial veins... s, appendages, systemic heart, and brain removed during study.
	23 September 2003	Bañugues Bañugues Bañugues is one of thirteen parishes in the Gozón municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 647 .... (Gozón Gozón Gozón is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. The Cantabrian Sea lies on its northern edge, and it is bordered to the south by Corvera de Asturias, to the west by Avilés, and to the east by Carreño.... ), Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Found stranded	Architeuthis			Male (mature)	WT: 60 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:259)
	10 October 2003	Pozos- Carrandi Carrandi Carrandi is one of 13 parishes in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 121 .... , Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Caught by ships	Architeuthis				EL?: 10 m; WT: 67.5 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:259)		Caught by ships Travesía and Valdés Vega of Avilés Avilés Avilés is a city in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main towns in the Principality of Asturias.The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than... .
	16 October 2003	off Gijón Gijón Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history... (43º53.23'N-5º32.15'W), off coast of Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Found moribund and floating at the surface	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857	Entire, missing tentacles	Entire	Male (mature)	ML: 122 cm; MW: 38 cm; WT: 66 kg; VML: 116 cm; HL: 28.9 cm; AC(I): 16.2 cm; AC(II): 20.4 cm; AC(III): 21.2 cm; AC(IV): 25.1 cm; AF: 4.3.2.1; FL: 42 cm; BC: 82 cm; EyD: 9.5/10.3 cm; FuL: 17 cm; FuD: 7.6 cm; FuCL: 14.5 cm; FuCW: 3.6 cm; PL: 96.5 cm; SSL: 32.9 cm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 12.3-20.1 cm; LRL: 1.34 cm; URL: 1.2 cm	Museo-Aula del Mar, Coordinadora para el Estudio de Especies Marinas (CEPESMA), Luarca Luarca Luarca is one of 15 parroquias and the capital in the municipality of Valdes, in Asturias, Spain. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, it has a population of 5,354 , and an area of . The village is from the capital, Oviedo. The Nobel laureate for medicine in 1959, Severo Ochoa, was... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Guerra et al. (2004a); Guerra et al. (2004b:8)		Guerra et al. (2004a) give capture date as 16 September 2003.
	18 October 2003	La Griega (Colunga Colunga Colunga is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered to the west by Villaviciosa, to the south by Parres and Piloña, and to the east by Caravia.- Politic :-Parishes:... ), Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	Not specified	Architeuthis	Entire?, missing tentacles		Female	WT: 70 kg		Guerra et al. (2006:259)
	Unknown (reported 2004)	off New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , probably at 400–600 m depth	SWP	By hoki Blue grenadier The blue grenadier, hoki, blue hake, New Zealand whiptail, whiptail or whiptail hake, Macruronus novaezelandiae, is a merluccid hake of the family Merlucciidae found around southern Australia and New Zealand at depths of between . Its length is between... trawl	Architeuthis dux	Mantle only; caecum Cecum The cecum or caecum is a pouch, connecting the ileum with the ascending colon of the large intestine. It is separated from the ileum by the ileocecal valve or Bauhin's valve, and is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. It is also separated from the colon by the cecocolic... distended with prey, including fragments of an Architeuthis tentacular club (carpus, manus, and dactylus suckers, and the dactylic pouch)		Female (mature)	ML: 1.6 m; additional measurements of Architeuthis remains found in caecum	Stomach contents accessioned into the Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology The Auckland University of Technology is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district... (AUT), Earth & Oceanic Sciences (EOS) Research Institute, accession # AUT G.22	Bolstad & O'Shea (2004:16)		Caught in one of two locations: either off the west coast of South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , near Hokitika Canyon, between July and August; or off Banks Peninsula Banks Peninsula Banks Peninsula is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It has an area of approximately and encompasses two large harbours and many smaller bays and coves... , on the east coast of South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , between December and February. Contents of caecum Cecum The cecum or caecum is a pouch, connecting the ileum with the ascending colon of the large intestine. It is separated from the ileum by the ileocecal valve or Bauhin's valve, and is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. It is also separated from the colon by the cecocolic... examined. Prey items attributed to Nototodarus Nototodarus Nototodarus is a genus of squid. Example species in this genus include Nototodarus sloanii, a species sought for human food; in the process of harvesting N. sloanii Australian Sea Lions are frequently killed, since that marine mammal preys upon this squid species. Furthermore, New Zealand Arrow... sp. and Architeuthis dux. Presence of Architeuthis remains in caecum suggests cannibalism Cannibalism Cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh of other human beings. It is also called anthropophagy... or autophagy Self-cannibalism Self-cannibalism is the practice of eating oneself, also called autocannibalism, or autosarcophagy. A similar term which is applied differently is autophagy, which specifically denotes the normal process of self-degradation by cells... .
	March 2004	off the coast of the Falkland Islands Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...	SWA	By trawl	Architeuthis dux	Entire	Entire		EL: 8.62 m	BMNH	Morelle (2006);		Specimen on public display at the Darwin Centre, BMNH. Preserved in 9 m long acrylic tank filled with 10% solution of formol-saline.
	23 August 2004	3 km from lighthouse, Farewell Spit Farewell Spit Farewell Spit is a narrow sand spit situated at , at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. Known to the Māori as Tuhuroa, it runs eastwards from Cape Farewell, the island's northernmost point... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis	Entire	Entire		WL?: 5.7 m; WT: "near" 300 kg	Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology The Auckland University of Technology is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district...	[Anonymous] (2004a); [Anonymous] (2004b)	[Anonymous] (2007a)	Reportedly largest known giant squid specimen. Found by British tourists Nick and Rosemary Pinfield on Farewell Spit Tours trip. Transferred to Steve O'Shea Steve O'Shea Steve O'Shea is a marine biologist and environmentalist known for his research on giant squid. O'Shea began work with the giant squid whilst working for the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand in 1996.... of Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology The Auckland University of Technology is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district... on August 25. Available for public viewing at university on October 11.
	30 September 2004	off Ogasawara Islands (26°57.3'N, 142°16.8'E), c. 600 miles (965.6 km) south of Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... , at 900 m depth	NWP	Sighted in natural habitat; line baited with squid and shrimp	Architeuthis	Entire; live animal sighted and photographed	5.5 m long portion of tentacle attached to line; squid broke free and swam away		Recovered tentacle: 5.5 m long; TCL: 720 mm; LSD: 28 mm; ML(estimate based on TCL): 1615 mm; ML(estimate based on LSD): 1709 mm; WL(estimate): ~4.7 m; EL(estimate): >8 m		Kubodera & Mori (2005)	Numerous media sources	First widely reported images of live giant squid in its natural habitat. Feeding behaviour observed; "Architeuthis appears to be a much more active predator than previously suspected, using its elongate feeding tentacles to strike and tangle prey".
	Unknown (reported 2005)	Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...	NEP	Found floating at surface after having "had a tangle with a shark"	Architeuthis	Entire, bearing bite marks	Not specified		WT(estimate): 175 lb (79.4 kg)		,		Found by crew of the Illusions charter boat "[w]hile filming a TV show with Capt. Norm Issacs for ESPN".
	2005	off South Island South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Caught by commercial fishermen	Architeuthis	Entire?	Entire		EL: 7 m; WT: 250 kg	Melbourne Aquarium Melbourne Aquarium Melbourne Aquarium is a Southern Ocean and Antarctic aquarium in central Melbourne, Australia. It is located on the banks of the Yarra River beside and under the Flinders Street Viaduct and the King Street Bridge.-History:...	Holroyd (2005)		Purchased by Melbourne Aquarium Melbourne Aquarium Melbourne Aquarium is a Southern Ocean and Antarctic aquarium in central Melbourne, Australia. It is located on the banks of the Yarra River beside and under the Flinders Street Viaduct and the King Street Bridge.-History:... curator Nick Kirby for more than A$ Australian dollar The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu... 100,000. Displayed in 3.5 tonne block of ice.
	2005 (summer)	Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is a Canadian national park reserve in British Columbia made up of three separate regions: Long Beach, the Broken Group Islands, and the West Coast Trail. The entire park encompasses 511 km² of land and ocean. The park is characterized by rugged coasts and... , near Tofino Tofino, British Columbia Tofino is a district of about 1,650 residents on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada, located at the western terminus of Highway 4, on the tip of the Esowista Peninsula, at the southern edge of Clayoquot Sound.... , Vancouver Island Vancouver Island Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794... , British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... (49°04.185′N 125°45.679′W)	NEP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis dux	Entire; "poor condition"; all arms and tentacles damaged and incomplete (with both tentacular clubs missing), mantle torn open and bearing row of sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... teeth holes, most internal organs missing	Entire	(juvenile)	ML: 960 mm; EL: 2340 mm; WT(wet): 22,600 g; MW: 780 mm; HL: 410 mm; HW(across eyes): 360 mm; EyD: 40 mm; TL: 1270/1105 mm; AL(I): 1165/1430 mm; AL(II): 940/810 mm; AL(III): 805/710 mm; AL(IV): 745/700 mm; AD(I): 180/200 mm; AD(II): 180/180 mm; AD(III): 195/180 mm; AD(IV): 150/140 mm; BAC: 280 mm; BAL: 135 mm	Royal British Columbia Museum Royal British Columbia Museum The Royal British Columbia Museum is a natural history and human history museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, founded in 1886. The "Royal" title was approved by Queen Elizabeth II and bestowed by HRH Prince Philip in 1987, to coincide with a Royal tour that year... (RBCM 006-00085-001)	Cosgrove & Sendall (N.d.); Horner (2009)		Found by Parks Canada Parks Canada Parks Canada , also known as the Parks Canada Agency , is an agency of the Government of Canada mandated to protect and present nationally significant natural and cultural heritage, and foster public understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative... staff. Photographed on beach by Heather Holmes. Beak and radula extracted for identification. Identification of specimen as A. dux confirmed by Steve O'Shea Steve O'Shea Steve O'Shea is a marine biologist and environmentalist known for his research on giant squid. O'Shea began work with the giant squid whilst working for the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand in 1996.... . Apparently attacked and killed by a sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... .
	19 July 2005	off Gandia Gandia Gandia is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Gandia is located on the Costa del Azahar, 65 km south of Valencia and 96 km north of Alicante.... , Valencia, Western Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...	MED	By trawl	Architeuthis dux	Entire?	Entire?	Male (mature)	ML: 107 cm; EL: 600 cm; WT: 50 kg		Bustamante et al. (2008)		Tissues studied for concentrations of 14 trace element Trace element In analytical chemistry, a trace element is an element in a sample that has an average concentration of less than 100 parts per million measured in atomic count, or less than 100 micrograms per gram.... s. Digestive gland, gills, ink sac Ink sac With the exception of nocturnal and very deep water cephalopods, all coeloids which dwell in light conditions have an ink sac, which can be used to expel a cloud of dark ink to confuse predators. This sac is a muscular bag which originated as an extension of the hind gut... , branchial heart Branchial heart Branchial hearts are myogenic accessory pumps found in coleoid cephalopods that supplement the action of the main, systemic heart. Each consists of a single chamber and they are always paired, being located at the base of the gills. They pump blood through the gills via the afferent branchial veins... s, appendages, systemic heart, and brain removed during study.
	22 July 2005	off Gijón Gijón Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history... , Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , North Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	NEA	By trawl	Architeuthis dux	Entire?	Entire?	Female (maturing)	ML: 146 cm; EL: 820 cm; WT: 139 kg		Bustamante et al. (2008)		Tissues studied for concentrations of 14 trace element Trace element In analytical chemistry, a trace element is an element in a sample that has an average concentration of less than 100 parts per million measured in atomic count, or less than 100 micrograms per gram.... s. Digestive gland, gills, ink sac Ink sac With the exception of nocturnal and very deep water cephalopods, all coeloids which dwell in light conditions have an ink sac, which can be used to expel a cloud of dark ink to confuse predators. This sac is a muscular bag which originated as an extension of the hind gut... , branchial heart Branchial heart Branchial hearts are myogenic accessory pumps found in coleoid cephalopods that supplement the action of the main, systemic heart. Each consists of a single chamber and they are always paired, being located at the base of the gills. They pump blood through the gills via the afferent branchial veins... s, appendages, systemic heart, and brain removed during study.
	11 August 2006	about eight miles (13 km) off Santa Cruz Island Santa Cruz Island Santa Cruz Island was the largest privately owned island off the continental United States, but is currently part-owned by the National Park service . The island, located off the coast of California, is long and from wide...	NEP	Found floating at surface	"giant squid"	"a tentacle and two arms"	Entire?; stored in cooler after being found		TL: ~13 ft (4 m); TD: "about the diameter of a broomstick"; AL: ~4 ft (1.2 m); ASD: "about the size of a nickel"	Not stated	[Anonymous] (2006b)		Found by sport fisherman Bennett Salvay from the Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... suburb of Tarzana. "Eric Hochberg, a squid expert at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is the oldest museum in Santa Barbara, California, founded in 1916. The museum is located in Mission Canyon, immediately behind the Santa Barbara Mission. Set in a traditional southern California environment, the museum campus occupies of oak woodland... , said the rest of the squid might have ended up in the stomach of a sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... or orca."
	October? 2006 (caught "two months" prior to being reported on December 21)	Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World... , about 900 nautical miles (1,666.8 km) northwest of Midway Midway Atoll Midway Atoll is a atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, near the northwestern end of the Hawaiian archipelago, about one-third of the way between Honolulu, Hawaii, and Tokyo, Japan. Unique among the Hawaiian islands, Midway observes UTC-11 , eleven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time and one hour... (35º30'N-168º20'W)	NWP	Found floating on surface; caught with fishing spear	"giant squid"	Entire	Entire		WT: 211 kg; BC: 1.5 m; BL+HL?: 3 m; EL?: 6 m		China Times December 21, 2006; [Anonymous] (2006d)		Caught by skipper Hong Jeh Shan and mechanic Hong Shih Cheng. Sold for around $530 USD at Tong Goang fish market (東港). Kept in freezer for 2 months prior to being reported. Identified as giant squid by C.C. Wu of the Taiwan Department of Fish and Game. Photographed with kindergarten children.
	4 December 2006	Chichi-jima Chichi-jima , formerly known as Peel Island and in the 19th century known to the English as part of the Bonin Islands, is the largest island in the Ogasawara archipelago. Chichi-jima is approximately 150 miles north of Iwo Jima. The island is within the political boundaries of Ogasawara Town, Ogasawara... , about 960 kilometres (596.5 mi) southeast of Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... , at 650 m depth	NWP	Caught on baited hook; videotaped alive at surface; brought aboard research vessel "after putting up quite a fight"; died in the process	Architeuthis	Entire	Entire	Female (immature?)	WT: 50 kg; EL?: ~7 m; BL+HL?: 3.5 m		Reuters Reuters Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data... December 22, 2006; The Associated Press Associated Press The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists... December 22, 2006 [via the International Herald Tribune]	Numerous media sources	First video of live giant squid. Carcass preserved in formalin Formaldehyde Formaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula CH2O. It is the simplest aldehyde, hence its systematic name methanal.Formaldehyde is a colorless gas with a characteristic pungent odor. It is an important precursor to many other chemical compounds, especially for polymers... displayed at a news conference at the National Science Museum in Tokyo on December 22. Giant squid was hooked when it attempted to eat a smaller squid, "about 55 cm in length", which was attracted by the bait.
	24 January 2007	off Ine Ine, Kyoto is a town located in Yosa District, Kyoto, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 2,500. The total area is 61.98 km².- History :Ine was founded on November 3, 1954 by the merger of four villages.- Politics and government :... , Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto prefecture was known as Yamashiro.... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Caught in net, escaped	giant squid	Entire	None				[Anonymous] (2008a)
	10 July 2007	Ocean Beach, near Strahan Strahan, Tasmania -See also:* Convicts on the West Coast of Tasmania* Macquarie Harbour* Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania* West Coast Piners-Further reading:* *... , Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis	Entire, missing tentacles			ML: ~1.7 m; EL(estimate): ~6–8 m; BD: ~1 m; WT: ~250 kg	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is a museum located in Hobart, Tasmania. The museum was established in 1843, by the Royal Society of Tasmania under the leadership of Sir John Franklin, the oldest Royal Society outside of England.-Governance:...	Reuters (2007); ABC Tasmania (2007)		Kept in formalin for a month before being preserved in ethanol.
	23 July 2007	Farewell Spit Farewell Spit Farewell Spit is a narrow sand spit situated at , at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. Known to the Māori as Tuhuroa, it runs eastwards from Cape Farewell, the island's northernmost point... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis	Entire?			EL?: 4.2 m		[Anonymous] (2007a)		Found by members of Farewell Spit Eco Tours.
	8 August 2007	Marathon Hump, south of Marathon Marathon, Florida Marathon is a city on Knight's Key, Boot Key, Key Vaca, Fat Deer Key, Long Point Key, Crawl Key and Grassy Key islands in the middle Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,255. As of 2005, the population estimated... , Florida Keys Florida Keys The Florida Keys are a coral archipelago in southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry... , Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	NWA	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis?	Entire; both eyes and all arms and tentacles intact			EL: 6.79 ft (2.1 m); WT: 2.7 lb (1.2 kg)	Mote Marine Laboratory Mote Marine Laboratory Mote Marine Laboratory is an independent not-for-profit marine research organization based on City Island in Sarasota, FL. The laboratory aims to advance the science of the sea, both through its marine and estuarine research labs and through the public Mote Aquarium and its affiliated educational...	Lollar (2007)		Possibly the smallest and most intact giant squid found in the region. Recovered by David Stout of North Fort Myers North Fort Myers, Florida North Fort Myers is a census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 40,214 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Cape Coral–Fort Myers Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:... while dolphin fishing aboard Concrete Gringo in 1,200 ft (366 m) of water. Examined by Debi Ingrao of Mote Marine Laboratory Mote Marine Laboratory Mote Marine Laboratory is an independent not-for-profit marine research organization based on City Island in Sarasota, FL. The laboratory aims to advance the science of the sea, both through its marine and estuarine research labs and through the public Mote Aquarium and its affiliated educational... .
	21 August 2007 (reported)	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	By trawl	Architeuthis	Entire, missing tentacles			EL(estimate): ~10 m				Submerged in and injected with 5% formalin. Eyes in very good condition.
*	23 August 2007 (reported)	off Elba Elba Elba is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino. The largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, Elba is also part of the National Park of the Tuscan Archipelago and the third largest island in Italy after Sicily and Sardinia... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	MED	Caught in a deep sea net by fisherman	Architeuthis; Thysanoteuthis rhombus Diamond Squid The Diamond Squid or Diamondback Squid is a large species of squid growing to 100 cm in mantle length and a maximum weight of 30 kg, although it averages around 20 kg. The species occurs worldwide, throughout tropical and subtropical waters. Arms have two series of suckers, whereas... Troschel, 1857	Entire, with mature eggs		Female	EL: 1.7 m; WT: 17.6 kg	Marine Biology Laboratory, Livorno Livorno Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	ANSA (2007); United Press International (2007); [Anonymous] (2007b)		Non-architeuthid. Identified by Paolo Sartor. Specimen retrieved in "excellent condition".
	29 August 2007 (reported)	beach in Port Underwood Port Underwood Port Underwood is a sheltered harbour which forms the north-east extension of Cloudy Bay at the northeast of New Zealand's South Island, on the east coast of the Marlborough Sounds. With only a relatively narrow entrance to the south-south-east it is sheltered from almost all winds... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore; likely discarded by a trawler	Architeuthis	Entire, missing tentacles			WL?: ~3 m; EL(estimate): ~4 m		Johnston (2007)		Found by retired whaler Ted Perano.
	25 October 2007	off Macaé Macaé Macaé is a city located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, 180 km northeast of the state capital. Its population was recorded as 206,748 in 2010 and the municipal covers an area of 1,216 km².... , Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	SWA	Caught by fishermen	Architeuthis	Entire	?		EL?: ~4 m; WT: 130 kg		[Anonymous] (2007c)	Martins & Perez (2009)	Specimen was taken to Niterói Niterói Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast region of Brazil. It has an estimated population of 487,327 inhabitants and an area of ², being the sixth most populous city in the state and the highest Human Development Index. Integrates the Metropolitan Region of Rio de... , where it was purchased by Alessandro Mello. Martins & Perez (2009) write that "the fate of this specimen is currently unknown".
	27 December 2007	beach near mouth of Yura River, Maizuru Maizuru, Kyoto is a city located in Kyōto, Japan, on an inlet of the Sea of Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 89,626 and the density of 264 persons per km². The total area is .The city was founded on May 27, 1943.... , Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto prefecture was known as Yamashiro.... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Found washed ashore	giant squid	Entire?		Female (mature)	EL?: 3.3–3.7 m; ML: ~1.8 m; WT(estimate): 100 kg	National Science Museum of Japan	[Anonymous] (2008a); [Anonymous] (2008b)		Initially frozen at the Kyoto Prefectural Marine Center. Dissection carried out on February 4, 2008.
	28 April 2008 (reported)	off Tenerife Tenerife Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the... , Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...	NEA	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis	Piece of "fresh" arm					Soto et al. (2008); Walker (2008)		Found near diving pilot whales, leading scientists to suggest that pilot whales may feed on giant squid.
	28 April 2008 (reported)	off Tenerife Tenerife Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the... , Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...	NEA	Pilot whale photographed at surface with a tentacle in its mouth	Architeuthis?	Tentacle	None		EL(estimate): 4–5 m; TL(estimate): >2 m; WT(estimate): 180 kg		Soto et al. (2008); Walker (2008)		Led scientists to suggest that pilot whales may feed on giant squid. Size estimates by teuthologist Angel Guerra.
	9 May 2008 (reported)	40 km off Hickory Bay, Banks Peninsula Banks Peninsula Banks Peninsula is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It has an area of approximately and encompasses two large harbours and many smaller bays and coves... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... , at 112 m depth	SWP	Caught by trawler Austro Carina	"giant squid"	Mantle and tentacles, head missing			ML: 2 m; TL: 4 m		Brown (2008)		Head lost when caught in net. Capture of squid described by Lyttelton Lyttelton, New Zealand Lyttelton is a port town on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour close to Banks Peninsula, a suburb of Christchurch on the eastern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.... skipper Dale Robertson.
	25 May 2008	about 40 km off Portland Portland, Victoria The city of Portland is the oldest European settlement in what is now the state of Victoria, Australia. It is the main urban centre of the Shire of Glenelg. It is located on Portland Bay.-History:... , Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively.... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... , at 556 m depth	SWP	Caught by trawler Zeehaan	"giant squid"	Entire; eyes, skin and fins intact	Entire	Female	EL(intact estimate): >12 m; EL?: 5.5–6 m; WT: 245 kg	Melbourne Museum Melbourne Museum Melbourne Museum is located in the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia, adjacent the Royal Exhibition Building.It is the largest museum in the Southern Hemisphere, and is a venue of Museum Victoria, which also operates the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks Museum.The museum has seven main... , Museum Victoria Museum Victoria Museum Victoria is an organisation which operates three major state-owned museums in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; these are: the Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks. It also manages the Royal Exhibition Building and a storage facility in Melbourne's City of Moreland.Museum...	Burgess (2008); [Anonymous] (2008d); [Anonymous] (2008e); McNamara (2008); ABC News (2008); [Anonymous] (2008f)		Largest recorded specimen from Australian waters. Capture of squid described by skipper Rangi Pene. Identified as a "colossal squid" in some media reports. Public dissection took place at Melbourne Museum Melbourne Museum Melbourne Museum is located in the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia, adjacent the Royal Exhibition Building.It is the largest museum in the Southern Hemisphere, and is a venue of Museum Victoria, which also operates the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks Museum.The museum has seven main... on July 17, 2008, carried out by team of experts led by Mark Norman Mark Norman (marine biologist) Mark Douglas Norman is a marine biologist living in southern Australia where he works through the University of Melbourne and Museum Victoria. For over a decade, Norman has been working exclusively with cephalopods and he is one of the leading scientists in the field, having discovered over 150... .
	25 June 2008	about 20 miles (32.2 km) off Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California in the US. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, Santa Cruz had a total population of 59,946... , Monterey Bay Monterey Bay Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean, along the central coast of California. The bay is south of San Francisco and San Jose, between the cities of Santa Cruz and Monterey.... , California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	NEP	Found floating at surface with gull Gull Gulls are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders... s feeding on remains	Architeuthis	Entire; missing parts of mantle, most of one tentacle, eyes, sex organs, stomach, ink sac, and heart	Entire		EL(estimate): ~25 ft (7.6 m); WL?: 16 ft (4.9 m); BC: 4 ft (1.2 m); WT: ~170 lb (77.1 kg); WT(intact estimate): 225-390 lb	Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is the oldest museum in Santa Barbara, California, founded in 1916. The museum is located in Mission Canyon, immediately behind the Santa Barbara Mission. Set in a traditional southern California environment, the museum campus occupies of oak woodland...	Alexander (2008); Hirschmann (2008); Rusk (2008); Kettmann (2008); Meyers (2011); Williams (2011);		Found by Santa Cruz researcher Sean Van Sommeran and other crew of the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation. Dissected on June 26 at Long Marine Lab. Specimen was measured, checked for parasites, and tissue samples were taken. Examined again on August 22 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is the oldest museum in Santa Barbara, California, founded in 1916. The museum is located in Mission Canyon, immediately behind the Santa Barbara Mission. Set in a traditional southern California environment, the museum campus occupies of oak woodland... . Covered in the 2011 book Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid.
	16 October 2008	"beginning" of Farewell Spit Farewell Spit Farewell Spit is a narrow sand spit situated at , at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. Known to the Māori as Tuhuroa, it runs eastwards from Cape Farewell, the island's northernmost point... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis	Entire	Entire?	Female?	EL?: 5 m; WT: ~200 kg	Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology The Auckland University of Technology is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district...	Holst (2008); Rowe (2008)	Gale (2011)	Found by team including Chris Pomeroy and Tim Rowe of Farewell Spit Eco Tours. Transferred in refrigerated truck by Department of Conservation to Steve O'Shea Steve O'Shea Steve O'Shea is a marine biologist and environmentalist known for his research on giant squid. O'Shea began work with the giant squid whilst working for the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand in 1996.... at Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology The Auckland University of Technology is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district... . Viewed by children from three local primary schools prior to transfer.
	2009 (reported)	Kerguelen Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands , also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting the emerged part of the otherwise submerged Kerguelen Plateau. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands and the Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands are part of... waters	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (Somniosus Somniosus Somniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Somniosus microcephalus * Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944... sp.)	Architeuthis dux	Lower beak	Entire	(adult)	LRL: 16.2 mm		Xavier & Cherel (2009:51, fig. 5)
	2009 (reported)	Kerguelen Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands , also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting the emerged part of the otherwise submerged Kerguelen Plateau. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands and the Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands are part of... waters	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (Somniosus Somniosus Somniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Somniosus microcephalus * Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944... sp.)	Architeuthis dux	Lower beak	Entire	(juvenile)	LRL: 10.1 mm		Xavier & Cherel (2009:51, fig. 5)
	2009 (reported)	Kerguelen Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands , also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting the emerged part of the otherwise submerged Kerguelen Plateau. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands and the Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands are part of... waters	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (Somniosus Somniosus Somniosus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.-Species:* Somniosus microcephalus * Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944... sp.)	Architeuthis dux	Upper beak	Entire		URL: 18.1 mm		Xavier & Cherel (2009:82, fig. 5)
	2 April 2009	Island Bay Island Bay, Wellington Island Bay is a suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, situated 5 km south of the city centre.Island Bay lies on the bay which shares its name, one of numerous small bays west of Lyall Bay... beach, New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found in shallow water; dragged onto beach	"giant squid"	Entire; "fantastic condition"	Entire	Male?	EL?: 3 m	Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum and art gallery of New Zealand, located in Wellington. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; "Te Papa Tongarewa" is broadly translatable as "the place of treasures of this land".The museum's principles...	Paulin (2009); Wood & Easton (2009)		Found by Alana Spragg and Bella Spragg. Probably died only a few hours before being found. Thought to be either a male or a juvenile due to small size.
	30 July 2009	off Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... , at >1500 ft (457.2 m) depth	NWA	Caught in trawl net of research vessel	Architeuthis	Entire	Entire		EL?: 19.5 ft (5.9 m); WT: 103 lb (46.7 kg)	NMNH	Melvin (2009); Schleifstein (2009)		Capture announced by Interior Department on September 21.
	15 August 2009	near a small bay just west of Beaver Point on Saltspring Island Saltspring Island Saltspring Island is one of the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia between mainland British Columbia, Canada and Vancouver Island. It is the largest, the most populous, and the most frequently visited of the Gulf Islands... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	NEP	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis dux	Entire	Entire; "badly decomposed"	(juvenile)	EL?: 11 ft (3.4 m)		Horner (2009)		Found by Saanich Saanich, British Columbia The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is located north of the provincial capital, Victoria. It has a population of 108,265 people, making it the most populous municipality on Vancouver Island, and the seventh most populous in the province... residents Karia Leschke and Ron Lysek on their boat Stealaway. Identified by invertebrate research biologist Graham Gillespie. Reported on October 5.
	14 October 2009	off Bonin Islands, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Found floating at surface	Architeuthis	Single tentacle			TL: 3.5 m		Hansford (2009); Wu (2009a); Wu (2009b)		Found and measured by Tony Wu.
	15 October 2009	off Bonin Islands, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Female sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... photographed near surface carrying giant squid remains in its jaws	Architeuthis	Remains	None		EL?(estimate): 9 m		Hansford (2009)		Group of five adult sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... s and one calf photographed by Tony Wu. Steve O'Shea Steve O'Shea Steve O'Shea is a marine biologist and environmentalist known for his research on giant squid. O'Shea began work with the giant squid whilst working for the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand in 1996.... suggested adult whales may use remains of giant squid to teach calves about hunting.
	21 February 2010 (reported)	off Niigata Niigata Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Honshū on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The capital is the city of Niigata. The name "Niigata" literally means "new lagoon".- History :... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	NWP	Found washed ashore, dead	"giant squid"	Entire?			"trunk"(ML?): 1.7 m; EL?: 3.4 m; WT: 109 kg		[Anonymous] (2010)		Identified by Niigata City Aquarium based on fin shape.
	4 July 2010	near southern seamount off continental shelf out from Narooma Narooma, New South Wales Narooma is a town in the Australian state of New South Wales on the far south coast. The town is on the Princes Highway. The name is said to be derived from the Aboriginal word meaning ‘clear blue waters’. At the 2006 census, Narooma had a population of 3,100 people.Montague Island, a National... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	SWP	Found floating at surface	"giant squid"	Parts of head, arms, and tentacles[?]; partially eaten	None; discarded into ocean		TL[AL?]: "close to" 3 m; EL?(estimate): 5 m		Gorton (2010)		Found by Narooma fisherman Tony Lawson and his crew while chasing bluefin tuna Thunnus Thunnus is a genus of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, all of which are tuna, although other tuna species are found in other genera. The name of the genus is the Latinized form of the Greek θύννος, thýnnos, tuna, the word being first mentioned in Homer... .
	7 August 2010 (morning)	Houghton Bay Houghton Bay -Location:It is between Island Bay and Lyall Bay, on the rocky shores of the Cook Strait. It has a beach ach that skirts Princess Bay, used by surfers and divers.-Character:... , Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore in stormwater channel, dead	"giant squid"	Entire; "in bad shape"	Beak; other remains left to the elements, washed out to sea around 3 pm		EL?(estimate): 3.5–4 m ("small")	Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum and art gallery of New Zealand, located in Wellington. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; "Te Papa Tongarewa" is broadly translatable as "the place of treasures of this land".The museum's principles...	Harvey (2010); NZPA (2010)		Probably attacked at sea. Initially identified as a colossal squid Colossal Squid The colossal squid , sometimes called the Antarctic or giant cranch squid, is believed to be the largest squid species in terms of mass. It is the only known member of the genus Mesonychoteuthis... by Department of Conservation Wellington area manager, Rob Stone. Correct identification by Te Papa communications manager, Jane Kieg. Te Papa Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum and art gallery of New Zealand, located in Wellington. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; "Te Papa Tongarewa" is broadly translatable as "the place of treasures of this land".The museum's principles... only interested in beak for examination due to poor condition of specimen.
	26 June 2011 (morning)	12 miles (19.3 km) off Jensen Beach Jensen Beach, Florida Jensen Beach is a census-designated place in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,100 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Port St... , Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... , over 170 ft (51.8 m) deep waters	NWA	Found floating at surface, dead [fide Mayfield (2011)] or "barely alive" [fide Torrent (2011)]	Architeuthis dux	Entire, missing one tentacle, patches of red skin intact; "extremely well-preserved"	Entire		EL?: 23 –; WL?: 11 ft (3.4 m); WT: 200 lb (90.7 kg)	Florida Museum of Natural History Florida Museum of Natural History The Florida Museum of Natural History is the State of Florida's official state-sponsored and chartered natural history museum. Its main facilities are located on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.... , University of Florida University of Florida The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...	Crabbe (2011); Mayfield (2011); Than (2011); Torrent (2011)		May have died shortly after mating. Found by Stuart Stuart, Florida Stuart is the only incorporated city of Martin County, Florida, on Florida's Treasure Coast. The population was 14,633 at the 2000 census. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 15,964.... fishermen Robert Benz, Paul Peroulakis, and Joey Asaro. Transferred to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is a Florida government agency charged with managing the state's fish and wildlife resources, regulating Florida's fisheries and wildlife, and enforcing related laws... field laboratory in Tequesta Tequesta, Florida Tequesta is an incorporated village in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,273 at the 2000 census. It is the northernmost municipality in the South Florida metropolitan area, which in 2007 had an estimated population of 5,413. According to the U.S... on June 27, 2011, and to University of Florida University of Florida The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906... later that day. Genetic samples taken. Mantle injected with formalin and specimen submerged in 10% formalin as part of two-week preservation process.
	July 2011 (reported 24 August 2011)	around 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Los Gigantes Los Gigantes Los Gigantes is a resort town in the Santiago del Teide municipality on the west coast of the Canary Island Tenerife. Its main feature are the giant rock formations, Acantilados de Los Gigantes, that rise from the sea to a height of 500-800 metres after which the town has been named... cliff, Tenerife Tenerife Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the... , Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union... , over 800–1200 m deep waters	NEA	Found floating at/just below surface, dead	Architeuthis	Entire, missing tentacles, eyes, ends of arms, patches of red skin intact; "in good general condition"	Beak and sucker samples	Female?	EL(estimate with intact tentacles): ~8 m	Association for the Study of Cetaceans in the Canary Islands (SECAC)	Corniola (2011); Lamar (2011)		Found by Aquawork film crew during filming of documentary on local cetaceans. Floating specimen filmed with diver. Several shearwater Shearwater Shearwaters are medium-sized long-winged seabirds. There are more than 30 species of shearwaters, a few larger ones in the genus Calonectris and many smaller species in the genus Puffinus... s observed in area prior to discovery of carcass.
	23 August 2011 (reported)	Ocean Beach, entrance to Farewell Spit Farewell Spit Farewell Spit is a narrow sand spit situated at , at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. Known to the Māori as Tuhuroa, it runs eastwards from Cape Farewell, the island's northernmost point... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	SWP	Found washed ashore	Architeuthis	Entire	None; left to the elements		EL?: "nearly four metres"		Gale (2011)		Found by Paddy Gillooly of Farewell Spit Eco Tours.

Taxa associated with Architeuthis

The following tables list the nominal genus and species level taxa

Taxon

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historically associated with the genus Architeuthis.

Genera

Genus name and author citation	Current systematic status	Type species
Architeuthis Steenstrup in Harting, 1860:11.	Valid genus [fide Hoyle (1910:408)]	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup in Harting, 1860 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:408)
Architeuthus [Architeuthis] Steenstrup, 1857:183.	Nomen tantum; see Hoyle (1910:407-408)	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:408)
Dinoteuthis More, 1875:4527.	Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Pfeffer (1912:15)]	Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875 by monotypy
Dubioteuthis Joubin, 1900:102.	Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Pfeffer (1912:15)]	Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900 by monotypy
Megaloteuthis Kent, 1874:181.	Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Verrill (1879-1880:197)]	Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874 by monotypy
Megateuthis Hilgendorf in Carus, 1880:319.	Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Pfeffer (1912:15)]	Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880 by monotypy
Megateuthus [Megateuthis] Hilgendorf, 1880:65.	Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Pfeffer (1912:15)]	Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880 by monotypy
Mouchezis Velain, 1877:81, text-fig. 8.	Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Hoyle (1910:411)]	Mouchezis sancti-pauli Velain, 1877 by monotypy
Plectoteuthis Owen, 1881:156.	Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Verrill (1880-1881:401)]	Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881 by monotypy
Steenstrupia Kirk, 1882:286.	Preoccupied and synonym of Architeuthis Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Verrill (1882:477)]	Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882 by monotypy

Species

Binomial name and author citation	Current systematic status	Type locality	Type repository
Loligo bouyeri Crosse & Fischer, 1862:138	Architeuthid? [fide Gervais (1875:93)]	Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union... ?	Unresolved
Architeuthis clarkei Robson, 1933:682, text-figs. 1-7, pl. 1.	Undetermined	Scarborough Beach, Yorkshire Yorkshire Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform... , England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	BMNH Holotype 1933.1.30.5 + 1926.3.31.24 (radula and beak) [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:106)]
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857:183	Nomen tantum
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup in Harting, 1860:11, pl. 1 fig. 1A.	Valid species [fide Nesis (1987:218)]	31°N, 76°W (Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... )	ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222)]
Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881:156, pls. 34-35.	Architeuthis sp. [fide Pfeffer (1912:2)]	Not indicated	BMNH Holotype [fide Owen (1881:156)] [not traced by Lipinski et al. (2000)]
Loligo hartingii Verrill, 1875b:86, fig 28.	Valid species; Architeuthis hartingii [fide Verrill (1879-1880a:240)]	Not indicated	University of Utrecht as Architeuthis dux, identification by Harting
Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874:181.	Architeuthis sp.	Conception Bay Conception Bay Conception Bay is a Canadian bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland. The bay indents the Avalon Peninsula with the opening of the bay to the Atlantic Ocean at the northeast. It is bounded by Cape St. Francis in the south and Split Point near Bay de Verde in the north... , Newfoundland	YPM Type 12600y [fide S.S. Berry unpublished notes at NMNH]
Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912:27.	Undetermined	Tokyo Bay Tokyo Bay is a bay in the southern Kantō region of Japan. Its old name was .-Geography:Tokyo Bay is surrounded by the Bōsō Peninsula to the east and the Miura Peninsula to the west. In a narrow sense, Tokyo Bay is the area north of the straight line formed by the on the Miura Peninsula on one end and on... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	Undetermined; Holotype [= Mitsukuri & Ikeda (1895:39-50, pl. 10)]
Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887:155.	Architeuthis stockii (Kirk, 1882) [fide Förch (1998:89)]	Cape Campbell Cape Campbell Cape Campbell , Te Karaka in Māori language, is located in Marlborough, New Zealand, on the northeastern coast of the South Island. It lies at the southern end of Clifford Bay, 15 km northeast of Ward, and 42 km southeast of Blenheim.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	NMNZ Holotype M.125404 + ?M.125406 [fide Marshall (1996:45)]
Architeuthis longimanus Kirk, 1888:34, pls. 7-9.	Architeuthis stockii (Kirk, 1882) [fide Förch (1998:89)]	Lyall Bay Lyall Bay Lyall Bay is a bay and a suburb on the south side of the Rongotai isthmus in Wellington, New Zealand.The bay is a popular surf beach, featuring a breakwater at the eastern end. It has also been the site of surf lifesaving championships, and is home to two surf lifesaving clubs. Lyall Bay is a very... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	NMNZ Holotype; specimen not located [fide Marshall (1996:46)]
Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880	Valid species; Architeuthis martensii [fide Undetermined]	Yedo Japan fish market, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	ZMB Moll. 34716 + 38980
Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878		Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	NSMC 1870–Z-2
Architeuthis? monachus Steenstrup, 1857:184.	Nomen tantum
Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup in Harting, 1860:11.	Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 [fide Stephen (1962:154)]	Raabjerg Strand; Northwest coast of Jutland Jutland Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German... , Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... [fide Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:223)]	ZMUC Holotype [fide Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:223)]
Architeuthis mouchezi Velain, 1875:1002.	Nomen nudum; see Mouchezis sanctipauli
Architeuthis nawaji Cadenat, 1935:513.	Undetermined	Île d'Yeu Île d'Yeu Île d'Yeu is an island and commune just off the Vendée coast of western France.The island's two harbours, Port-Joinville in the north and Port de la Meule, located in a rocky inlet of the southern granite coast, are famous for the fishing of tuna and lobster.... , Bay of Biscay Bay of Biscay The Bay of Biscay is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal, and is named in English after the province of Biscay, in the Spanish... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Unresolved
Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900:102, pl. 15.	Valid species; Architeuthis physeteris [fide Voss (1956:136)]	Azores Azores The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the... (38°34'45"N, 29°37'W); from sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach	MOM Holotype [station 588] [fide Belloc (1950:6); listed incorrectly as station 558]
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875a:22.	Nomen nudum
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875b:79, figs. 25-27.	Undetermined	a) Grand Banks, Newfoundland; b) North Atlantic Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... (sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... stomach)	NMNH? [not found in collections to date]; Syntypes (a) Verrill specimen No. 1, lower beak; b) Verrill specimen No. 10, upper and lower beak)
Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875:4527.	Architeuthis sp. [fide Pfeffer (1912:2)]	Dingle Dingle Dingle is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic coast, about 49 kilometres southwest of Tralee and 71 kilometres northwest of Killarney.... , County Kerry County Kerry Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective... , Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	Unresolved
Mouchezis sanctipauli Velain, 1877:81, text-fig. 8.	Valid species; Architeuthis sanctipauli [fide Undetermined]	on beach, St. Paul Island Île Saint-Paul Île Saint-Paul is an island forming part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean, with an area of . It is located about southwest of the larger Île Amsterdam, and south of Réunion... (38°43'S, 77°32'E), South Indian Ocean Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...	MNHN Holotype 3-2-658 and 3-2-659 (tentacular clubs only) [fide Lu et al. (1995:324)]
Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882:286, pl. 36 figs. 2-4.	Valid species; Architeuthis stockii [fide Förch (1998:89)][Architeuthid fide Pfeffer (1912:2)]	Cook Strait Cook Strait Cook Strait is the strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west with the South Pacific Ocean on the east.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	NMNZ Holotype M.125405 + M.125403 [fide Marshall (1996:45)]
Architeuthis titan Steenstrup in Verrill, 1875b:84. [in Verrill (1881:238, footnote)]	Nomen nudum
Architeuthis verrilli Kirk, 1882:284, pl. 36 fig. 1.	Species dubium [fide Förch (1998:89)]	Island Bay Island Bay, Wellington Island Bay is a suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, situated 5 km south of the city centre.Island Bay lies on the bay which shares its name, one of numerous small bays west of Lyall Bay... , Cook Strait Cook Strait Cook Strait is the strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west with the South Pacific Ocean on the east.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	NMNZ Holotype; [see Förch (1998:89)]

Oceanic sectors

The Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

is divided into sectors at the equator

Equator

An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and containing the sphere's center of mass....

and 30°W, the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

is divided at the equator and 180°, and the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

is defined as the range 20°E - 115°E.

NWA, Northwest Atlantic Ocean
NEA, Northeast Atlantic Ocean
SWA, Southwest Atlantic Ocean
SEA, Southeast Atlantic Ocean
NWP, Northwest Pacific Ocean
NEP, Northeast Pacific Ocean
SWP, Southwest Pacific Ocean
SEP, Southeast Pacific Ocean
NIO, Northern Indian Ocean (no reported specimens)
SIO, Southern Indian Ocean
MED, Mediterranean Sea

Measurements

Abbreviations used for measurements and counts are based on standardised acronyms in teuthology

Cephalopod

A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda . These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a set of arms or tentacles modified from the primitive molluscan foot...

, primarily those defined by Roper & Voss (1983), with the exception of several found in older references.

AC, arm circumference (AC(I), AC(II), AC(III) and AC(IV) refer to measurements of specific arm pairs)
AD, arm diameter (AD(I), AD(II), AD(III) and AD(IV) refer to measurements of specific arm pairs)
AF, arm formula
AL, arm length (AL(I), AL(II), AL(III) and AL(IV) refer to measurements of specific arm pairs)
ASC, arm sucker count
ASD, arm sucker diameter
BAC, buccal apparatus circumference
BAL, buccal apparatus length
BC, body circumference (assumed to mean greatest circumference of mantle unless otherwise specified)
BD, body diameter (assumed to mean greatest diameter of mantle)
BL, body length (usually equivalent to mantle length, as head length is often given separately)
CaL, carpus length
CL, club length (usually refers to expanded portion at the apex of tentacle)
CSC, club sucker count
CSD, club sucker diameter (usually largest) [usually equivalent to LSD]
DC, dactylus club length
EC, egg count
ED, egg diameter
EL, "entire" length (end of tentacle(s), often stretched, to posterior tip of tail; in contrast to WL, measured from end of arms to posterior tip of tail)
EyD, eye diameter
FL, fin length
FuCL, funnel cartilage length
FuCW, funnel cartilage width
FuD, funnel opening diameter
FuL, funnel length
FW, fin width
GiL, gill length
GL, gladius (pen) length
GW, gladius (pen) width
G(W), daily growth rate (%)
HC, head circumference
HeL, hectocotylus length
HL, head length (most often base of arms to edge of mantle)
HW, head width
LAL, longest arm length
LRL, lower rostral length of beak
LSD, largest sucker diameter (on tentacle club) [usually equivalent to CSD]
MaL, manus length
ML, dorsal mantle length (used only where stated as such)
MT, mantle thickness
MW, maximum mantle width (used only where stated as such)
NGL, nidamental gland length
PL, penis length
SInc, number of statolith increments
SL, spermatophore length
SoA, spermatophores on arms
SSL, spermatophore sac length
TaL, tail length
TC, tentacle circumference (most often of tentacle stalk)
TCL, tentacle club length
TD, tentacle diameter (most often of tentacle stalk)
TL, tentacle length
TSD, tentacle sucker diameter (usually largest)
URL, upper rostral length of beak
VML, ventral mantle length
WL, "whole" length (end of arms, often damaged, to posterior tip of tail; in contrast to EL, measured from end of tentacles to posterior tip of tail)
WT, weight

Repositories

Institutional acronyms are those defined by Leviton et al. (1985) and Leviton & Gibbs (1988). Where the acronym is unknown, the full repository name is listed.

AMS, Australian Museum
Australian Museum
The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology. It features collections of vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as mineralogy, palaeontology, and anthropology...

, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
BMNH, The Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...

, Cromwell Road, London, England (formerly British Museum (Natural History))
EI, Essex Institute
Peabody Essex Museum
The Peabody Essex Museum , originally the Peabody Museum of Salem and the Essex Institute, in Salem, Massachusetts is the oldest continuously operating museum in the United States, and holds one of the major collections of Asian art in the US; its total holdings include about 1.3 million pieces, as...

, Salem, Massachusetts, United States
FOSJ, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, frequently referred to as DFO , is the department within the government of Canada that is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Canada's economic, ecological and scientific interests in oceans and inland waters...

, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
ICM, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
MCNOPM, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Puerto Madryn (Museum of Natural Sciences and Oceanography), Puerto Madryn, Argentina
MHNLR, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution...

, La Rochelle, France
MHNN, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution...

(Musee Barla), Nice, France
MMF, Museu Municipal do Funchal, Funchal, Madeira
MNHN, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution...

, Paris, France
MOM, Musee Oceanographique, Monaco
MUDB, Department of Biology, Memorial University
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Memorial University of Newfoundland, is a comprehensive university located primarily in St...

, Newfoundland, Canada
NIWA, National Institute of Water and Atmosphere, Wellington, New Zealand
NMI, National Museum of Ireland
National Museum of Ireland
The National Museum of Ireland is the national museum in Ireland. It has three branches in Dublin and one in County Mayo, with a strong emphasis on Irish art, culture and natural history.-Archaeology:...

, Dublin, Ireland
NMML, National Marine Mammal Laboratory
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
The National Marine Mammal Laboratory is a United States research laboratory that undertakes research into marine mammals under the direction of the National Marine Fisheries Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration....

, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
NMNH, National Museum of Natural History
National Museum of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. Admission is free and the museum is open 364 days a year....

, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
NMNZ, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum and art gallery of New Zealand, located in Wellington. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; "Te Papa Tongarewa" is broadly translatable as "the place of treasures of this land".The museum's principles...

, Wellington, New Zealand (formerly Colonial Museum; Dominion Museum)
NMSZ, National Museum of Scotland
National Museums of Scotland
National Museums Scotland is the organization that runs several national museums of Scotland. It is one of the country's National Collections, and holds internationally important collections of natural sciences, decorative arts, world cultures, science and technology, and Scottish history and...

, Zoology Department, Edinburgh, Scotland (formerly Royal Museum of Scotland; formerly Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh)
NMSJ, Newfoundland Museum
The Rooms
The Rooms is a cultural facility in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The facility opened in 2005 and houses the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Provincial Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador.On a hill overlooking...

, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
NMV, Museum Victoria
Museum Victoria
Museum Victoria is an organisation which operates three major state-owned museums in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; these are: the Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks. It also manages the Royal Exhibition Building and a storage facility in Melbourne's City of Moreland.Museum...

, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (formerly National Museum of Victoria)
NSMC, Nova Scotia Museum
Nova Scotia Museum
Nova Scotia Museum is the corporate name for the most decentralized museum in Canada - 27 museums across Nova Scotia, including over 200 historic buildings, living history sites, vessels, specialized museums and close to a million artifacts and specimens...

, Halifax, Canada
PASS, Peabody Academy of Science
Peabody Academy of Science
The Peabody Academy of Science in Salem, Massachusetts, "was organized in 1868, having received funds ... from George Peabody of London ... for the 'promotion of science and useful knowledge in the county of Essex.'" It was incorporated by "Asa Gray, of Cambridge, William C. Endicott, of Salem,...

, Salem, Massachusetts, United States (now in Peabody Museum of Salem?)
RSMAS, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is a college and research institute for the study of oceanography and the atmospheric sciences within the University of Miami . It is located on a 16 acre campus on Virginia Key in Miami, Florida, USA...

, Miami, Florida, United States
SAM, Iziko South African Museum
Iziko South African Museum
The Iziko SA Museum is a South African national museum located in Cape Town. The museum was founded in 1825, the first in the country. It has been on its present site in the Company's Garden since 1897...

, Cape Town, South Africa
SAMA, South Australian Museum
South Australian Museum
The South Australian Museum is a museum in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856. It occupies a complex of buildings on North Terrace in the cultural precinct of the Adelaide Parklands.-History:...

, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia
SBMNH, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is the oldest museum in Santa Barbara, California, founded in 1916. The museum is located in Mission Canyon, immediately behind the Santa Barbara Mission. Set in a traditional southern California environment, the museum campus occupies of oak woodland...

, Santa Barbara, California, United States
VSM, Det Kgl. Norske Videnskabers Selskab Museet, Trondheim, Norway
YPM, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
ZMB, Zoologisches Museum, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt University of Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...

, Berlin, Germany
ZMMGU, Zoological Museum, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
ZMUB, Universitetet i Bergen
University of Bergen
The University of Bergen is located in Bergen, Norway. Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at Bergen Museum as far back as 1825. The university today serves more than 14,500 students...

, Bergen, Norway
ZMUC, Kobenhavns Universitet
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...

, Zoologisk Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark

Images

The number directly below each image corresponds to the specimen or sighting, in the List of giant squid, that the image depicts. The date on which the specimen was first captured, found, or observed is also given. More detailed information for each image is available in the form of a mouseover

Mouseover

In computing a mouseover, mouse hover or hover box refers to a GUI event that is raised when the user moves or "hovers" the cursor over a particular area of the GUI. The technique is particularly common in web browsers where the URL of a hyperlink can be viewed in the status bar...


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#29 (25/11?/1873)	#33 (2/11/1874)	#34 (?/12/1874)	#43 (24/9/1877)

#43 (24/9/1877)	#43 (24/9/1877)	#68 (10/4/1896)	#92 (?/2/1920)?

#225 (?/2/1980)	?	20 February 1999	3 January 2002

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