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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.
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.
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.
Adult specimens of magnapinna have not been collected but at this date it is generally assumed that video observations of larger, similar squid are adult individuals of magnapinna. Multiple papers have been published on video observations predicated on this assumption, and one of the scientists who described the family, Michael Vecchione ...
Magnapinna sp. C is an undescribed species of bigfin squid known only from a single specimen of 79-millimetre (3.1 in) mantle length (ML) collected in the southern Atlantic Ocean and held in the Natural History Museum.
Magnapinna pacifica; Mastigoteuthis agassizii; N. Neon flying squid; O. Opisthoteuthis borealis This page was last edited on 1 September 2023, at 21:58 ...
Magnapinna pacifica: 491: 16 Unknown: Unknown: 182 Nautilus macromphalus: 484: 16 Unknown: ... List of giant squid specimens and sightings (2015–present) 267: 8 ...
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 the first described species of Magnapinna, although it was not recognized as a member of the genus until over a century later.