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Bigfin squids are a group of rarely seen cephalopods with a distinctive morphology.They are placed in the genus Magnapinna and family Magnapinnidae. [2] Although the family was described only from larval, paralarval, and juvenile specimens, numerous video observations of much larger squid with similar morphology are assumed to be adult specimens of the same family.
A bigfin reef squid among corals in the Red Sea of Egypt. The bigfin reef squid is a neritic warm water-dwelling squid. [citation needed] They are usually found 0 to 100 m (0 to 328 ft) below the water's surface. [25] They tend to remain close to the shoreline, near rocks and reefs.
Articles relating to the bigfin squid (genus Magnapinna), a group of rarely seen cephalopods with a distinctive morphology.Although the family was described only from larval, paralarval, and juvenile specimens, numerous video observations of much larger squid with similar morphology are assumed to be adult specimens of the same family.
Magnapinna pacifica is a species of bigfin squid known only from three immature specimens; two caught at a depth of less than 300 m (980 ft) and one from a fish stomach. M. pacifica is the type species of the genus Magnapinna. It is characterised primarily by its proximal tentacles, which are wider than adjacent arms and bear numerous suckers.
Magnapinna talismani is a species of bigfin squid known only from a single damaged specimen. It is characterised by small white nodules present on the ventral surface of its fins. It is characterised by small white nodules present on the ventral surface of its fins.
Magnapinna atlantica, previously known as "Magnapinna sp. A", is a species of bigfin squid known from only two specimens collected in the northern Atlantic Ocean.It is characterised by several unique morphological features: the tentacle bases are narrower than adjacent arm bases, the proximal tentacle lacks suckers but possesses glandular structures, and the animal's pigment is contained ...
During the day the strawberry squid swims around in the twilight zone of the Atlantic Ocean in a range of about 660 to 3,300 feet below the surface. It can be found in tropical and subtropical waters.
Magnapinna sp. B is an undescribed species of bigfin squid known only from a single immature specimen ... as opposed to the chromatophoral pigmentation found in other ...