floating on surface off shore, Florida, United States, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
20 Oct 2000
Common name:
Cephalopods
Taxonomy:
Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda Teuthida Architeuthidae
Published Name:
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
USNM Number:
1111097
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Pieces of specimen include mantle, pieces of head (gladius, beak and radula) only. Mantle length 3.4 feet, actual length 7.5 feet, estimated length 14 feet