Moroteuthopsis longimana

Moroteuthopsis longimana
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
  • Kondakovia longimana Filippova, 1972
  • Kondakovia nigmatullini Laptikhovsky, Arkhipkin & Bolstad, 2009

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".