colossal squid
Giant Antarctic mollusk
The colossal squid is a massive deep-sea cephalopod found in Antarctic waters, distinct from the giant squid.
It has the largest eyes in the animal kingdom and rotating hooks on its tentacles.
Reaching lengths over 12 meters, it's among the largest known invertebrates: A colossal squid was hauled up by fishermen off Antarctica.
- giantBeing of huge size
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- ocean depthsUnderwater zones beyond light
- cephalopodTentacled marine mollusk class
- mantleCovering or wrap
Antarctic waters · beak · sea · tentacles · animal · deep sea · marine predator · marine biology · bioluminescence · chromatophores · ink sac · siphon · jet propulsion · hooks · predatory behavior · camouflage · sperm whale · marine invertebrate
- AntarcticaSouth Pole, Amundsen, Scott, penguins, ice sheet
- aquatic predatorsshark, great white shark, great white, tiger shark, bull shark
- largest organismsblue whale, giant sequoia, redwood, African elephant, whale shark
- deep seaabyss, seabed, ocean floor, ocean depths, seafloor
- Antarctic wildlifeemperor penguin, leopard seal, king penguin, killer whale, humpback whale
- cephalopodscephalopod, octopus, nautilus, cuttlefish, common octopus