Moroteuthopsis longimana
| Moroteuthopsis longimana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Onychoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Moroteuthopsis |
| Species: | M. longimana |
| Binomial name | |
| Moroteuthopsis longimana (Filippova, 1972) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Moroteuthopsis longimana, previously Kondakovia longimana, the giant warty squid or longarm octopus squid (though it is not a true octopus squid), is a large species of hooked squid. It attains a mantle length of at least 85 cm (33 in) and probably over 1.15 m (3 ft 9 in). The largest complete specimen of this species, measuring 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) in total length, was found in Antarctica in 2000.
The previous generic name was in honor of N. N. Kondakov, a "noted Russian malacologist".