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List of giant squid specimens and sightings

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List of giant squid specimens and sightings

This list of giant squid specimens and sightings is a comprehensive timeline of recorded human encounters with members of the genus Architeuthis, popularly known as giant squid. It includes animals that were caught by fishermen, found washed ashore, recovered (in whole or in part) from sperm whales and other predatory species, as well as those reliably sighted at sea. The list also covers specimens incorrectly assigned to the genus Architeuthis in original descriptions or later publications.

Tables

Records of giant squid specimens sorted by region and method of capture (from Guerra et al., 2011) · Background › Total number of specimens
NE Atlantic
NE Atlantic
Region
NE Atlantic
Number of specimens
152
% of total
22
Found stranded or floating (%)
49
From fishing (%)
31
From predators (%)
15
Method of capture unknown (%)
5
NW Atlantic
NW Atlantic
Region
NW Atlantic
Number of specimens
148
% of total
21
Found stranded or floating (%)
61
From fishing (%)
30
From predators (%)
1
Method of capture unknown (%)
8
SE Atlantic
SE Atlantic
Region
SE Atlantic
Number of specimens
60*
% of total
8
Found stranded or floating (%)
10
From fishing (%)
60
From predators (%)
17
Method of capture unknown (%)
13
SW Atlantic
SW Atlantic
Region
SW Atlantic
Number of specimens
6
% of total
0
Found stranded or floating (%)
50
From fishing (%)
16
From predators (%)
1
Method of capture unknown (%)
33
NE Pacific
NE Pacific
Region
NE Pacific
Number of specimens
43
% of total
6
Found stranded or floating (%)
7
From fishing (%)
56
From predators (%)
30
Method of capture unknown (%)
7
NW Pacific
NW Pacific
Region
NW Pacific
Number of specimens
30*
% of total
4
Found stranded or floating (%)
30
From fishing (%)
35
From predators (%)
30
Method of capture unknown (%)
5
SE Pacific
SE Pacific
Region
SE Pacific
Number of specimens
10
% of total
1
Found stranded or floating (%)
90
From fishing (%)
10
From predators (%)
0
Method of capture unknown (%)
0
SW Pacific
SW Pacific
Region
SW Pacific
Number of specimens
183
% of total
27
Found stranded or floating (%)
12
From fishing (%)
41
From predators (%)
42
Method of capture unknown (%)
5
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
Region
Indian Ocean
Number of specimens
33**
% of total
4
Found stranded or floating (%)
6
From fishing (%)
94
From predators (%)
0
Method of capture unknown (%)
0
W Mediterranean
W Mediterranean
Region
W Mediterranean
Number of specimens
3
% of total
0
Found stranded or floating (%)
100
From fishing (%)
0
From predators (%)
0
Method of capture unknown (%)
0
Equatorial/tropical
Equatorial/tropical
Region
Equatorial/tropical
Number of specimens
9
% of total
1
Found stranded or floating (%)
11
From fishing (%)
44
From predators (%)
45
Method of capture unknown (%)
0
All regions
All regions
Region
All regions
Number of specimens
677
% of total
100
Region
Number of specimens
% of total
Found stranded or floating (%)
From fishing (%)
From predators (%)
Method of capture unknown (%)
NE Atlantic
152
22
49
31
15
5
NW Atlantic
148
21
61
30
1
8
SE Atlantic
60*
8
10
60
17
13
SW Atlantic
6
0
50
16
1
33
NE Pacific
43
6
7
56
30
7
NW Pacific
30*
4
30
35
30
5
SE Pacific
10
1
90
10
0
0
SW Pacific
183
27
12
41
42
5
Indian Ocean
33**
4
6
94
0
0
W Mediterranean
3
0
100
0
0
0
Equatorial/tropical
9
1
11
44
45
0
All regions
677
100
Partial list of giant squid specimens on public display as of 2014 (from Guerra & Segonzac, 2014:118–119) · Background › Procurement, preservation, and display
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
Institution
American Museum of Natural History
Location
New York City, New York
Country
United States
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland University of Technology
Institution
Auckland University of Technology
Location
Auckland, North Island
Country
New Zealand
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female (200 kg)
Aula del Mar Málaga / Museo Alborania
Aula del Mar Málaga / Museo Alborania
Institution
Aula del Mar Málaga / Museo Alborania
Location
Málaga, Andalusia
Country
Spain
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
Centro de Gestión del Medio Marino del Estrecho (Regional Government of Andalusia)
Centro de Gestión del Medio Marino del Estrecho (Regional Government of Andalusia)
Institution
Centro de Gestión del Medio Marino del Estrecho (Regional Government of Andalusia)
Location
Algeciras, Andalusia
Country
Spain
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female (90 kg)
Deep Sea World
Deep Sea World
Institution
Deep Sea World
Location
North Queensferry, Scotland
Country
United Kingdom
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female
Florida Museum of Natural History
Florida Museum of Natural History
Institution
Florida Museum of Natural History
Location
Gainesville, Florida
Country
United States
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
Georgia Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium
Institution
Georgia Aquarium
Location
Atlanta, Georgia
Country
United States
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
Iziko South African Museum
Iziko South African Museum
Institution
Iziko South African Museum
Location
Cape Town, Western Cape
Country
South Africa
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 female (1 m ML)
Kaikoura Marine Centre and Aquarium
Kaikoura Marine Centre and Aquarium
Institution
Kaikoura Marine Centre and Aquarium
Location
Kaikōura, South Island
Country
New Zealand
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium
Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium
Institution
Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium
Location
Auckland, North Island
Country
New Zealand
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female
Melbourne Museum
Melbourne Museum
Institution
Melbourne Museum
Location
Melbourne, Victoria
Country
Australia
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 female (12 m TL; 170 kg)
Mote Aquarium
Mote Aquarium
Institution
Mote Aquarium
Location
Sarasota, Florida
Country
United States
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
Museo de Historia Natural (Sociedade Galega de Historia Natural)
Museo de Historia Natural (Sociedade Galega de Historia Natural)
Institution
Museo de Historia Natural (Sociedade Galega de Historia Natural)
Location
Ferrol, Galicia
Country
Spain
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 female (90 kg)
Museo del Calamar Gigante
Museo del Calamar Gigante
Institution
Museo del Calamar Gigante
Location
Luarca, Asturias
Country
Spain
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
4 females; 1 male
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Institution
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Location
Madrid, Community of Madrid
Country
Spain
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Institution
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Location
Paris, Île-de-France
Country
France
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Institution
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Location
Wellington, North Island
Country
New Zealand
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 female
Museu Oceanográfico do Portinho da Arrábida
Museu Oceanográfico do Portinho da Arrábida
Institution
Museu Oceanográfico do Portinho da Arrábida
Location
Setúbal, Lisboa Region
Country
Portugal
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 male (mature; 2 m TL; 60 kg)
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Institution
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Location
Auckland, North Island
Country
New Zealand
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female
National Marine Aquarium
National Marine Aquarium
Institution
National Marine Aquarium
Location
Plymouth, England
Country
United Kingdom
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
National Museum of Natural History
National Museum of Natural History
Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Location
Washington, D .
Country
United States
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 female (13 m TL); 1 male (6 m TL)
National Museum of Nature and Science
National Museum of Nature and Science
Institution
National Museum of Nature and Science
Location
Taito City, Tokyo
Country
Japan
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
National Museum of Scotland
National Museum of Scotland
Institution
National Museum of Scotland
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland
Country
United Kingdom
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 female
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
Institution
Natural History Museum
Location
London, England
Country
United Kingdom
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Institution
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Location
Leiden, South Holland
Country
Netherlands
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 male ( )
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
Institution
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
Location
Motobu, Okinawa Prefecture
Country
Japan
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
Queensland Museum (ex Melbourne Aquarium)
Queensland Museum (ex Melbourne Aquarium)
Institution
Queensland Museum (ex Melbourne Aquarium)
Location
Melbourne, Victoria
Country
Australia
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Institution
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Location
Hobart, Tasmania
Country
Australia
Type
national museum
Specimen(s)
2 females ( and 514)
The Rooms (ex Memorial University of Newfoundland)
The Rooms (ex Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Institution
The Rooms (ex Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Location
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Country
Canada
Type
private
Specimen(s)
1 female ( )
Institution
Location
Country
Type
Specimen(s)
American Museum of Natural History
New York City, New York
United States
national museum
1 female ( )
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, North Island
New Zealand
private
1 female (200 kg)
Aula del Mar Málaga / Museo Alborania
Málaga, Andalusia
Spain
private
1 female ( )
Centro de Gestión del Medio Marino del Estrecho (Regional Government of Andalusia)
Algeciras, Andalusia
Spain
private
1 female (90 kg)
Deep Sea World
North Queensferry, Scotland
United Kingdom
private
1 female
Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, Florida
United States
national museum
1 female ( )
Georgia Aquarium
Atlanta, Georgia
United States
private
1 female ( )
Iziko South African Museum
Cape Town, Western Cape
South Africa
national museum
1 female (1 m ML)
Kaikoura Marine Centre and Aquarium
Kaikōura, South Island
New Zealand
private
1 female ( )
Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium
Auckland, North Island
New Zealand
private
1 female
Melbourne Museum
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
national museum
1 female (12 m TL; 170 kg)
Mote Aquarium
Sarasota, Florida
United States
private
1 female ( )
Museo de Historia Natural (Sociedade Galega de Historia Natural)
Ferrol, Galicia
Spain
national museum
1 female (90 kg)
Museo del Calamar Gigante
Luarca, Asturias
Spain
national museum
4 females; 1 male
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Madrid, Community of Madrid
Spain
national museum
1 female ( )
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Paris, Île-de-France
France
national museum
1 female ( )
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Wellington, North Island
New Zealand
national museum
1 female
Museu Oceanográfico do Portinho da Arrábida
Setúbal, Lisboa Region
Portugal
national museum
1 male (mature; 2 m TL; 60 kg)
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Auckland, North Island
New Zealand
private
1 female
National Marine Aquarium
Plymouth, England
United Kingdom
private
1 female ( )
National Museum of Natural History
Washington, D .
United States
national museum
1 female (13 m TL); 1 male (6 m TL)
National Museum of Nature and Science
Taito City, Tokyo
Japan
national museum
1 female ( )
National Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland
United Kingdom
national museum
1 female
Natural History Museum
London, England
United Kingdom
national museum
1 female ( )
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Leiden, South Holland
Netherlands
private
1 male ( )
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
Motobu, Okinawa Prefecture
Japan
private
1 female ( )
Queensland Museum (ex Melbourne Aquarium)
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
private
1 female ( )
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Hobart, Tasmania
Australia
national museum
2 females ( and 514)
The Rooms (ex Memorial University of Newfoundland)
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada
private
1 female ( )
· List of giant squid › List of specimens
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1 (📷)
#
1 (📷)
Date
c. 1546
Location
Øresund, near Malmö, Denmark–Norway [since 1658 Malmö has been part of Sweden] {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore; "caught live"
Identification
"sea monk"; Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup in Harting, 1860; Jenny Haniver made from a skate; Squatina squatina (angelshark)
Material cited
Entire?
Material saved
Undetermined
Size and measurements
?WL: ≈3 m
Main references
Hamer (1546:, fig.); Belon (1553:38, fig.); Rondelet (1554:492, fig.); Belon (1555:32, fig.); Lycosthenes (1557:609, fig.); Gessner (1558:519, fig.); Rondelet (1558:361, fig.); Sluperius (1572:"89", 105, fig.); Vedel (1575); Huitfeldt (:1545); Gessner (1604:438, fig.); Stephanius ([c. 1650]:344); Steenstrup (1855a:63, 3 figs.); Roeleveld & Knudsen
Additional references
records of Björn Jónsson á Skarðsá; Scheuchzer (1716:153); Holberg (1733:379); Lönnberg (1891:36); Nordgård (1928:71); Tambs-Lyche (1946:288); Carrington (1957:58, fig.); Muus (1959:170); Russell & Russell (1975:94); Strauss (1975:393, fig.); Aldrich (1980:55); Roeleveld (N .)
2
2
#
2
Date
autumn 1639
Location
Thingøre Sand, Nordresyssel (or Thingøresand, Hunevandsyssel), Iceland {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis sp.
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
One arm
Size and measurements
BL+HL: ≈6 ft (1 m); AL: ≈3 ft (0 m); TL: ≈16–18 ft (4 –5 m); BC: ≈3–4 ft (0 –1 m)
Repository
Thingøre monastery; "museum at Copenhagen" (ZMUC?)
Main references
Jónsson ([c. 1645]:238); Ólafsson (1772:716); Steenstrup (1849:950/); Steenstrup (1898:425/); Ellis (1998a:65)
Additional references
Packard (1873:87); Verrill (1875b:84); Robson (1933:691); Muus (1959:170); Berger (2009:260)
3 (📷)
3 (📷)
#
3 (📷)
Date
c. 15 October 1673
Location
Dingle-I-cosh, Kerry, Ireland {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found floating at surface, in process of washing ashore, alive
Identification
Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875; Architeuthis monachus; Ommastrephes (Architeuthis) monachus
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Two arms, buccal mass, and suckers taken to Dublin
Size and measurements
TL: ≈11 ft (3 m) + 9 ft (2 m); AL: ≈6–8 ft (1 –2 m); "liver": 30 lb (14 kg)
Repository
Undetermined [NMI?]; holotype of Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875
Main references
[Anon.] (c. 1673); Hooke et al. (c. 1674:, fig.); More (1875a:4526); Verrill (1875c:214); Tryon (1879b:185); Ellis (1998a:66); Sueur-Hermel (2017:64)
Additional references
More (1875b:4571); Massy (1909:30); Ritchie (1918:137); Robson (1933:692); Rees (1950:40); Hardy (1956:285); Collins (1998:489)
4
4
#
4
Date
1680
Location
Ulvangen Fjord, Alstadhoug parish, Norway {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Not stated
Material cited
Entire?
Main references
Pontoppidan (1753:344)
Additional references
Steenstrup (1857:184/); Grieg (1933:19)
5
5
#
5
Date
1770
Location
Jutland, Denmark {NEA}
Size and measurements
Unknown
Main references
Muss (1959)
Additional references
Ellis (1998a:257)
6
6
#
6
Date
27 May 1785
Location
Grand Banks, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found floating at surface, dead
Identification
Architeuthis sp.
Size and measurements
BL: 7 ft (2 m)
Main references
Cartwright (1792:44); Thomas (:183); Aldrich (1991:457)
7
7
#
7
Date
November or December 1790
Location
Arnarnaesvik, Modruvalle, Iceland {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
None; used for cod bait
Size and measurements
"longest tentacula": >3 fathoms (5 m); "body right from the head": 3 fathoms (6 m); "so thick that a fullgrown man could hardly embrace it with his arms"
Main references
Steenstrup (1849:952/); Steenstrup (1898:429/); Ellis (1998a:68)
Additional references
February 1792 diary of Sveinn Pálsson (in library of Icelandic Literary Society, in Copenhagen); Verrill (1875b:84); Robson (1933:691)
8
8
#
8
Date
1700s (reported 1795)
Location
Freshwater Bay, near mouth of St. John's harbour, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Unknown
Identification
Architeuthis sp.
Main references
Thomas (:183); Aldrich (1991:457)
9
9
#
9
Date
1700s
Location
Grand Banks, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Unknown
Identification
Architeuthis sp.
Main references
Aldrich (1991:457)
10
10
#
10
Date
1798
Location
north coast of Denmark {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Not stated
Identification
"gigantic squid"
Size and measurements
Unknown
Repository
"museum at Copenhagen" (ZMUC?)
Main references
Packard (1873:87)
Additional references
Ellis (1998a:257)
11
11
#
11
Date
9 January 1802
Location
off Tasmania, Australia {SWP}
Nature of encounter
Found at surface, alive
Identification
?Loligo ["vraisemblablement du genre Calmar [Loligo, Lamarck]"]
Size and measurements
"size of a barrel" ["grosseur d'un tonneau"]; AL: 1 –2 m; AD: 18–21 cm
Main references
Péron (1807:216)
Additional references
Quoy & Gaimard (1824:411); Ellis (1998a:257)
12
12
#
12
Date
between 1817 and 1820
Location
Atlantic Ocean, near equator {?}
Nature of encounter
Found floating at surface
Identification
"énorme calmar"
Material cited
Partial remains; "tentacles" ("tentacules") missing
Size and measurements
WT: 100 "livres" [estimate]; WT: 200 "livres" [estimate; if complete]
Main references
Quoy & Gaimard (1824:411)
Additional references
Packard (1873:88); Ellis (1998a:257)
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13 (📷)
#
13 (📷)
Date
December 1853
Location
Raabjerg beach, North Jutland, coast of Skagerack, Denmark {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis monachus
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Jaws only; radula discarded after poor preservation; jaws cut out; portion used for bait; remainder buried after 2 days
Size and measurements
WT: 80–85 kg; jaw measurements Steenstrup (1898:423/)
Repository
ZMUC catalog no. CEP-133; holotype of Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup, 1857
Main references
Steenstrup (1855b:); Harting (1860:11); Steenstrup (1898:415/, pl. 1 figs. 1–2); Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222)
Additional references
Steenstrup (1857:); Packard (1873:87); Gervais (1875:91); Verrill (1875b:84); Verrill (1880a:238, pl. 25 fig. 3); Verrill (1882c:51, pl. 12 fig. 3); Posselt (1890:144); Nordgård (1928:71)
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14 (📷)
#
14 (📷)
Date
5 November 1855
Location
western Atlantic Ocean, near Bahamas (31°N 76°W / 31°N 76°W / 31; -76 (Giant squid specimen, 5 November 1855)) {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Not stated; presumably found floating at surface
Identification
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857; Architeuthis titan
Material cited
Various parts
Material saved
Gladius, mouthparts, part of arm, several suckers, and what may be hectocotylus
Sex
Male
Size and measurements
WL: 377 cm; AL: 1/2 whole length; beak measurements; GL: 6 ft (1 m)
Repository
ZMUC catalog no. CEP-97 (or CEP-000097) and NHMD-77320 (multiple parts, each in its own glass vessel: gladius, mouthparts, part of arm, several suckers, and what may be hectocotylus); holotype of Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857; ZMB Moll. 34798 (single sucker); piece of limb in Bergen Museum
Main references
Steenstrup (1857:); Steenstrup (1882:); Steenstrup (1898:413, 450/[260, 298], pls. 3–4); Tryon (1879b:186, pl. 86 fig. 388); Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222); Glaubrecht & Salcedo-Vargas (2000:273); [NHMD] (2019)
Additional references
Packard (1873:87); Verrill (1875b:84); Posselt (1890:144); Toll & Hess (1981:753)
15
15
#
15
Date
December 1855
Location
Aalbaekbugten, Denmark {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis sp.
Material cited
Entire?
Material saved
Undetermined
Size and measurements
None
Main references
Muus (1959:170)
Additional references
Posselt (1890:144)
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16 (📷)
#
16 (📷)
Date
Unknown (reported 1860)
Location
Unknown {?}
Nature of encounter
Not stated
Identification
Architeuthis dux;?Ommastrephes hartingii; Architeuthis hartingii (Verrill, 1875); nomen nudum
Material cited
Jaws, buccal mass, detached arm suckers
Material saved
Jaws, buccal mass, detached arm suckers
Size and measurements
ASD: 1 in (2 cm)
Repository
Utrecht University Natural History Museum; holotype of Loligo hartingii Verrill, 1875. Harting specimen No. 1
Main references
Harting (1860:2, pl. 1); Kent (1874d:491); Verrill (1875b:85, fig. 28); Tryon (1879b:149, 184, pl. 60 figs. 194–195); Verrill (1880a:240, pl. 16 fig. 8, pl. 25 fig. 1); Verrill (1882c:52, pl. 12 figs. 1–1c); Pfeffer (1912:37)
Additional references
Dell (1970:27)
17
17
#
17
Date
1860 or 1861
Location
between Hillswick and Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup, 1857; Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
Material saved
Undetermined
Size and measurements
TL: 16 ft (4 m); AL: ≈8 ft (2 m); BL: ≈7 ft (2 m)
Main references
Jeffreys (1869:124); Stephen (1944:263)
Additional references
More (1875b:4571); Pfeffer (1912:26); Rees (1950:40); Collins (1998:489)
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18 (📷)
#
18 (📷)
Date
30 November ?1861 [=1860 Rees & Maul]
Location
about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Teneriffe, Canary Islands {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found floating at surface
Identification
Loligo bouyeri;?Ommastrephes bouyeri
Material cited
Entire, decomposed
Material saved
None
Size and measurements
BL: 15–18 ft (4 –5 m)
Repository
None
Main references
Bouyer (1861:1263); Crosse & Fischer (1862:135); Bouyer (1866:275, fig.); Kent (1874a:180); Verrill (1875b:86); Tryon (1879b:149, 184, pl. 59); Bourée (1912:113, fig. 108); Aldrich (1978:2); Ellis (1998a:5, 78); Heuvelmans (2003:185, figs. 95–96, 100)
Additional references
Frédol (1865:314, pl. 13); Figuier (1866:464, fig. 362); Frédol (1866:362); Mangin (1868:321); Meunier (1871:245); Kent (1874d:491); Gervais (1875:93); Lee (1883:38, fig. 8); Rees & Maul (1956:266); Carrington (1957:53, pl. 3b); Muntz (1995:19, fig. 11); Lagrange (2009:19)
19
19
#
19
Date
1862
Location
North Atlantic {NEA/NWA}
Size and measurements
Unknown
Main references
Crosse & Fischer (1862)
Additional references
Ellis (1998a:258)
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#
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Date
Unknown; 1870?
Location
Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, Canada {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878 [=Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855)]
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Entire
Size and measurements
BL: 14 in (36 cm); BL+HL: 19 in (48 cm); EL: 43 in (110 cm); TL: 22–24 in (56–61 cm); AL: 6 –8 in (17–22 cm); FW: 13 in (34 cm); FL: 6 in (15 cm); extensive additional measurements
Repository
NSMC catalog no. 1870-Z-2; YPM catalog nos. IZ 017932 Archived 3 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine (sucker) & IZ 017713; holotype of Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878; Verrill specimen No. 21 ("Cape Sable specimen")
Main references
Verrill (1878:207); Tryon (1879b:187); Verrill (1880a:193, pl. 21); Verrill (1882c:17, pl. 16 figs. 1–9)
20
20
#
20
Date
September 1870
Location
Waimarama, east coast of Wellington, New Zealand {SWP}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Beak
Size and measurements
BL+HL: 10 ft 5 in (3 m); BC: 6 ft (1 m); AL: 5 ft 6 in (1 m)
Repository
In Kirk's possession; Kirk specimen No. 1
Main references
Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881b:398)
Additional references
Meinertzhagen letter 27 June 1879 to Kirk; Pfeffer (1912:32); Dell (1952:98)
21
21
#
21
Date
1870 (winter)
Location
Lamaline, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis monachus of Steenstrup
Material cited
Two specimens; entire?
Material saved
None?; used as fish bait
Size and measurements
Two; EL: 40 ft (12 m) and EL: 47 ft (14 m)
Repository
None?; Verrill specimen Nos. 8 & 9 ("Lamaline specimens")
Main references
Murray (1874a:162); Verrill (1875a:36); Verrill (1880a:187); Verrill (1882c:11)
Additional references
Boston Traveller, November 1873; Harvey (1874a:69); Kent (1874a:182); Frost (1934:101); Earle (1977:52)
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22 (📷)
#
22 (📷)
Date
October 1871
Location
Grand Banks, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found floating at surface
Identification
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875
Material cited
Entire; part used as bait
Material saved
Jaws obtained from Baird for examination by Verrill
Size and measurements
BL: ≈15 ft (4 m); BD: 19 in (48 cm); AL: ≈10 ft (3 m) [mutilated]; AD: 7 in (18 cm); AC: 22 in (56 cm); beak; BC: 4 ft 8 in (1 m); WT: 2,000 lb (910 kg)
Repository
Jaws at NMNH (no longer extant?); lower jaw is syntype of Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875b; Verrill specimen No. 1 ("Grand Banks specimen" [1st])
Main references
Packard (1873:91); Verrill (1874a:158); Verrill (1874b:167); Verrill (1875b:79, fig. 27); Verrill (1880a:181, 210, pl. 18 fig. 3); Verrill (1882c:5, pl. 11 figs. 3–3a)
Additional references
Pfeffer (1912:20); Frost (1934:100)
23
23
#
23
Date
1871
Location
Wellington, New Zealand {SWP}
Size and measurements
?EL: 16 ft (4 m)
Main references
Dell (1952)
Additional references
Ellis (1998a:258)
24
24
#
24
Date
1872 (autumn or winter)
Location
Coomb's Cove, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found alive in shallow water, having been driven ashore in heavy sea
Material cited
Entire; "one long arm missing" (later changed to both present)
Size and measurements
BL: 10 ft (3 m); BD: 3–4 ft (0 –1 m); TL: 42 ft (13 m); AL: ≈6 ft (1 m); AD: 9 in (23 cm); skin + flesh: 2 in (5 cm) thick; EL: 52 ft (16 m)
Repository
Unknown; Verrill specimen No. 3 ("Coombs' Cove specimen")
Main references
Verrill (1874a:159); Verrill (1874b:167); Verrill (1875a:35); Verrill (1880a:183); Verrill (1882c:7)
Additional references
Owen (1881:163); Frost (1934:101)
25 (📷)
25 (📷)
#
25 (📷)
Date
December 1872
Location
Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
?Architeuthis dux;?Architeuthis harveyi
Material cited
Entire (damaged arms)
Material saved
Pair of jaws and two suckers
Size and measurements
TL: 32 ft (9 m); AL: ≈10 ft (3 m); BL: ≈14 ft (4 m) [estimate]; BC: 6 ft (1 m)
Repository
NMNH; YPM catalog no. IZ 034835. Verrill specimen No. 4 ("Bonavista Bay specimen") (1875a:33); and possibly also Verrill specimen No. 11 ("Second Bonavista Bay specimen") (1875b:79)
Main references
Verrill (1874a:160); Verrill (1874b:167); Verrill (1875a:33, fig. 11); Verrill (1875b:79); Verrill (1880a:184, 187, pl. 16 figs. 5–6, pl. 25 fig. 5); Verrill (1882c:8, 11, pl. 3 figs. 4–4a, pl. 4 figs. 1–1a)
Additional references
Pfeffer (1912:19); Frost (1934:101)
26 (📷)
26 (📷)
#
26 (📷)
Date
Unknown (reported 1873)
Location
North Atlantic Ocean {NWA}
Nature of encounter
From sperm whale stomach
Identification
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875; Ommastrephes (Architeuthis) princeps
Material cited
Upper and lower jaws
Material saved
Upper and lower jaws
Size and measurements
Beak measurements
Repository
Presented by Capt. N . Atwood of Provincetown, Massachusetts to EI; PASS; syntype of Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875b; Verrill specimen No. 10 ("Sperm-whale specimen")
Main references
Packard (1873:91, fig. 10); Verrill (1875a:22); Verrill (1875b:79, figs. 25–26); Tryon (1879b:185, pl. 85); Verrill (1880a:187, 210, pl. 18 figs. 1–2); Verrill (1882c:11, pl. 11 figs. 1–2)
Additional references
Frost (1934:101)
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27 (📷)
#
27 (📷)
Date
Unknown (reported 1873)
Location
Unknown; possibly east coast of South America {SWA}?
Nature of encounter
Not stated
Identification
Architeuthis monachus; Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881; Architeuthis sp.? (grandis); nomen nudum
Material cited
Sessile arm
Material saved
Arm
Size and measurements
AL: 9 ft (2 m); AC: 11 in (28 cm); ASD: ≤0 in (1 cm); total size and size of various missing parts estimated by Lee (1875:114)
Repository
BMNH; holotype of Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881
Main references
Kent (1874a:179); Kent (1874d:493); Lee (1875:113); Verrill (1875b:86); Owen (1881:156, pls. 34–35); Verrill (1881b:400); Verrill (1882b:72); Steenstrup (1882:); Pfeffer (1912:37)
Additional references
Dell (1970:27)
28
28
#
28
Date
1873
Location
Yedo [Tokyo] fishmarket, Japan {NWP}
Nature of encounter
Purchased
Identification
Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880; Nomen spurium
Material cited
'Entire', missing head, "abdominal sac", ends of tentacles and arms
Material saved
Not specified
Size and measurements
ML: 186 cm; WL: 414 cm; HL: 41 cm; AL: 197 cm [longest]; ASD: 1 cm (with 37 cusps); EyD: 200 mm
Repository
ZMB Moll. 34716 + 38980; holotype of Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880 [34716a: eyeball, 200 mm diameter, dry; 34716b: pieces of arm and gladius, suckers; 34716c: larger piece of arm with suckers; 38980: four suckers from holotype arm piece]
Main references
Hilgendorf (1880:67); Pfeffer (1912:31); Sasaki (1929:227); Glaubrecht & Salcedo-Vargas (2000:276)
Additional references
Owen (1881:163); Sasaki (1916:90)
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29 (📷)
#
29 (📷)
Date
26 October 1873
Location
off Portugal Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found floating at surface, alive
Identification
Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874; Architeuthis monachus of Steenstrup;?Architeuthis harveyi
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
One tentacle; one arm discarded
Size and measurements
(see Verrill, 1880a:220) TL: 19 ft (5 m) [incomplete; total estimated at 35 ft (11 m) with ≈10 ft (3 m) left attached to body and 6 ft (1 m) subsequently destroyed]; TC: 3 in (8 cm) [stalk; club 6 in (15 cm)]; TSD: 1 in (3 cm); additional measurements based on photograph; additional club measurement from Harvey letter; BL: ≈10 ft (3.
Repository
YPM?; holotype of Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874; Verrill specimen No. 2 ("Conception Bay specimen")
Main references
Harvey (1873a); Harvey (1873b); Harvey (1873c); Harvey (1874a:67, fig.); Murray (1874a:161); Murray (1874b:120); Verrill (1874a:159); Verrill (1874b:167); Kent (1874a:178, 182); Agassiz (1874:226); Kent (1874d:32); Buckland (1875:211); Verrill (1875a:34); Verrill (1875b:78); Verrill (1880a:181); Verrill (1881b:pl. 26 fig. 5); Verrill (1882b:74); Ve
Additional references
"13 December Field"; [Anon.] (1873:2); Harvey (1873d:2); [Anon.] (1874:333); de La Blanchère (1874:197, fig.); Rathbun (1881:266, fig.); Owen (1881:161, pl. 33 fig. 2); Lee (1883:42, fig. 9); [Anon.] (1902b:6, fig.); Pfeffer (1912:19); Frost (1934:100); Aldrich (1991:457); Packham (1998); Dery (2013)
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30 (📷)
#
30 (📷)
Date
25 November? 1873
Location
Logy Bay (≈3 miles from St. John's), Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
In herring net
Identification
?Architeuthis monachus of Steenstrup; Ommastrephes (Architeuthis) monachus; Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874)
Material cited
Entire (badly mutilated, head severed, eyes missing, etc.)
Material saved
Miscellaneous parts obtained from Rev. M. Harvey (gladius and ?)
Size and measurements
(see Verrill, 1880a:220; Buckland, 1875:214) BL: ≈7 ft (2 m); BC: 5–6 ft (1 –1 m); HC: 9 ft (2 m) [at junction with arms]; caudal fin: 22 in (56 cm) broad; TL: 24 ft (7 m); TC: 2 in (6 cm); TSD: 1 in (3 cm); AL: 6 ft (1 m) [all 8]; AC: 10 in (25 cm), 9 in (23 cm), 8 in (20 cm), 7 in (18 cm) [all basal measurements]; ASC: ≈100; C
Repository
YPM catalog nos. IZ 009634 (beak and limbs), IZ 017924 (radula), IZ 017925, IZ 017926 & IZ 034968. Verrill specimen No. 5 ("Logie Bay specimen")
Main references
Harvey (1873d:2); Verrill (1874a:160); Verrill (1874b:167); Kent (1874a:181); Kent (1874d:32); Buckland (1875:212, 214); Verrill (1875a:22, figs. 1–6, 10); Verrill (1876:236); Tryon (1879b:184, pls. 83–84); Verrill (1880a:184, 197, pls. 13–15, pl. 16 figs. 1–4, pl. 16a); Verrill (1880b:295, pl. 13); Verrill (1882c:8, pls. 1–2, pl. 3 figs. 1–3, pl.
Additional references
Harvey in Morning Chronicle (newspaper) of St. John's; Maritime Monthly Magazine of St. John's, March 1874; several other newspapers; [Anon.] (1874:332); Lee (1883:43, fig. 10); [Anon.] (1902b:6, fig.); Frost (1934:101)
31
31
#
31
Date
1874
Location
Buøy, Foldenfjord, Norway {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis dux
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
None
Size and measurements
WL: ≈4 m
Main references
Grieg (1933:19)
Additional references
Nordgård (1928:71)
32
32
#
32
Date
10 May 1874
Location
off Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (8°50′N 84°05′E / 8 °N 84 °E / 8 ; 84 (Supposed sinking of ship by giant squid, 10 May 1874)) {NIO}
Nature of encounter
Reportedly seen sinking ship
Size and measurements
Unknown
Main references
The Times, 4 July 1874; Mystic Press, 31 July 1874; Lane (1957:205); Flynn & Weigall (1980); Ellis (1998a:198); Boyle (1999); Uragoda (2005:97)
Additional references
Welfare & Fairley (1980:74); Aldrich (1990a:5); Clarke (1992:72); Ellis (1998a:258)
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33 (📷)
#
33 (📷)
Date
2 November 1874
Location
on beach, St. Paul Island, Indian Ocean (38°43′S 77°32′E / 38 °S 77 °E / -38 ; 77 (Giant squid specimen, 2 November 1874)) {SIO}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis mouchezi Vélain (1875:1002) [nomen nudum]; Mouchezis sancti-pauli Vélain (1877:81); Ommastrephes mouchezi
Material cited
Entire; found in advanced state of decay
Material saved
Tentacle(s?) and buccal mass
Size and measurements
EL: 7 m
Repository
MNHN catalog nos. 3-2-658 & 3-2-659 (tentacular clubs); holotype of Mouchezis sancti-pauli Vélain, 1877
Main references
Vélain (1875:1002); Vélain (1877:81 & 83, fig. 8); Vélain (1878:81 & 83, fig. 8); Tryon (1879b:184, pl. 82 fig. 378); Owen (1881:159); Pfeffer (1912:32)
Additional references
Gervais (1875:88); Verrill (1875c:213); Wright (1878:329)
34 (📷)
34 (📷)
#
34 (📷)
Date
December 1874
Location
Grand Bank, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis princeps
Material cited
Entire, except for tail (cut up for dog food)
Material saved
Jaws, one tentacular sucker
Size and measurements
EL: 42–43 ft (12 –13 m); HL+BL: 12–13 ft (3 –4 m); ?TL: 30 ft (9 m); TL: 26 ft (7 m); TC: 16 in (41 cm); BL: 10 ft (3 m); jaws
Repository
YPM catalog nos. IZ 010272 (beak) & IZ 034836. Verrill specimen No. 6 and Verrill specimen No. 13 ("Fortune Bay specimen")
Main references
Verrill (1875a:35); Verrill (1875c:213); Verrill (1880a:186, 188, 217, pl. 17 fig. 11); Verrill (1881b:445, pl. 54 fig. 1); Verrill (1882c:10, 12, pl. 7 fig. 1, pl. 9 fig. 11)
Additional references
Simms letter 27/X/1875 to Verrill; Frost (1934:102)
35
35
#
35
Date
winter of 1874–1875
Location
near Harbor Grace, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Material saved
Destroyed
Size and measurements
None taken
Repository
None; Verrill specimen No. 12 ("Harbor Grace specimen")
Main references
Verrill (1875b:79); Verrill (1880a:188); Verrill (1882c:12)
Additional references
Frost (1934:102)
36
36
#
36
Date
Unknown (reported 1875)
Location
west St. Modent (on Labrador side), Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found alive
Identification
Architeuthis princeps or Architeuthis monachus of Steenstrup
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
None; cut up, salted, and barrelled for dog meat
Size and measurements
?TL: 37 ft (11 m); BL+HL: 15 ft (4 m); EL: 52 ft (16 m); SD: ≈2 in (5 cm)
Repository
None; Verrill specimen No. 7 ("Labrador specimen")
Main references
Verrill (1875a:36); Verrill (1880a:186); Verrill (1882c:10)
Additional references
Dr. Honeyman article in Halifax newspaper; Frost (1934:101)
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37 (📷)
#
37 (📷)
Date
25 April 1875 (or 26 April)
Location
north-west of Boffin Island, Connemara, Ireland {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found immobile at surface; attacked and chased by fishermen; arms successively hacked off and eventually killed
Identification
Architeuthis monachus; Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Beak and buccal mass, one arm ("much mutilated and decayed", missing horny rings), portions of both tentacles ("shrunk and distorted", missing horny rings on large central club suckers); head, eyes and second arm initially saved, but soon lost/destroyed
Size and measurements
TL: 30 ft (9 m) [fresh]; TL: 14/17 ft (4 /5 m) [pickled]; CL: 2 ft 9 in (0 m) [shrunken]; CSD: nearly 1 in (2 cm); SSD: 3⁄20 in (0 cm); AL: 8 ft (2 m) [fresh]; AC: 15 in (38 cm) [fresh]; beak: ≈5+1⁄4 in (13 cm) × 3+1⁄2 in (8 cm); "trunk": "fully as long as the canoe"; EyD: ≈15 in (38 cm); WT: ≈6 st (38 kg) [head only]; additional s
Repository
NMI catalog no. 1995 (beak in spirit)
Main references
O'Connor (1875:4502); More (1875b:4569); More (1875c:123); Verrill (1875c:214); Massy (1909:30); Nunn & Holmes (2008)
Additional references
Galway Express 1875; Ritchie (1918:137); Massy (1928:32); Taylor (1932:3); Robson (1933:692); Rees (1950:40); Hardy (1956:285); Collins (1998:489)
38
38
#
38
Date
October 1875
Location
Grand Banks [of Newfoundland], Atlantic Ocean (chiefly 44°–44°30'N 49°30'–49°50'W) {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found floating at surface; "mostly entirely dead" but small minority "not quite dead, but entirely disabled"
Identification
Architeuthis
Material cited
Multiple; mutilated by birds and fishes to varying degrees, especially limbs; No. 25 missing parts of arms; No. 26 with intact arms and tentacles
Material saved
None; cut up for cod bait
Size and measurements
No. 25: Filled ≈75 US gal (280 L) tub; WT: nearly 1,000 lb (450 kg) [estimate, complete]; No. 26: TL: 36 ft (11 m); Howard specimens: BL+HL?: mostly 10–15 ft (3 –4 m) [excluding "arms"]; BD: ≈18 in (46 cm) [average]; AL: usually 3–4 ft (0 –1 m) [incomplete]; AD: "about as large as a man's thigh" [at base]; Tragabigzanda specimens: BL+HL?: 8
Repository
None; included Verrill specimen No. 25 and Verrill specimen No. 26
Main references
Verrill (1881a:251); Verrill (1881b:396); Verrill (1882c:19)
Additional references
Frost (1934:103)
39
39
#
39
Date
c. 1876
Location
Clifford Bay, Cape Campbell, New Zealand {SWP}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Jaws
Size and measurements
BL: 7 ft (2 m) [estimate]; EL: ≈20 ft (6 m) [estimate]
Repository
Colonial Museum [NMNZ]
Main references
Robson (1887:156); Kirk (1880)
Additional references
Pfeffer (1912:32); Dell (1952:98)
40
40
#
40
Date
20 November 1876
Location
Hammer Cove, southwest arm of Green Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Material cited
Partial specimen; devoured by foxes and seabirds
Material saved
Piece of pen 16 in (41 cm) long
Size and measurements
WH: 18 in (46 cm); FW: 18 in (46 cm)
Repository
In Harvey's possession; Verrill specimen No. 15 ("Hammer Cove specimen")
Main references
Verrill (1880a:190); Verrill (1880b:284); Verrill (1882c:14)
Additional references
M. Harvey letter 25 August 1877 to Verrill; Frost (1934:102)
41
41
#
41
Date
1877?
Location
Norway {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Not stated
Material cited
Map location only
Main references
Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
42 (📷)
42 (📷)
#
42 (📷)
Date
24 September 1877
Location
Catalina, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore, alive
Identification
Architeuthis princeps; Ommastrephes (Architeuthis) princeps
Material cited
Entire; "nearly perfect specimen"
Material saved
Loose suckers
Size and measurements
(see Verrill, 1880a:220) HL+BL: 9 ft (2 m); BC: 7 ft (2 m); TL: 30 ft (9 m); AL: 11 ft (3 m) [longest, ventral]; AC: 17 in (43 cm) [ventral]; beak; FW: 2 ft 9 in (0 m)
Repository
YPM catalog nos. IZ 017927, IZ 017928, IZ 017929 & IZ 017930. Verrill specimen No. 14 ("Catalina specimen")
Main references
Harvey (1877); [Anon.] (1877a:266, 269, fig.); [Anon.] (1877b:867, fig.); [Anon.] (1877c:305, fig.); Verrill (1877:425); Tryon (1879b:185); Verrill (1880a:189, pl. 17 figs. 1–10, pls. 19–20); Verrill (1880b:295, pl. 12); Verrill (1882c:13, pl. 8, pl. 9 figs. 1–10, pl. 10)
Additional references
Owen (1881:163); Hatton & Harvey (1883:242); Pfeffer (1912:21); Frost (1934:102); Miner (1935:187, fig., 201); Ellis (1997a:31)
43
43
#
43
Date
October 1877
Location
Trinity Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Not stated
Material cited
"big squid"
Material saved
None
Size and measurements
None taken
Repository
None; Verrill specimen No. 17 ("Trinity Bay specimen")
Main references
Verrill (1880a:191); Verrill (1880b:285); Verrill (1882c:15)
Additional references
M. Harvey letter 17 November 1877 to Verrill citing reference to specimen by John Duffet; Frost (1934:102)
44 (📷)
44 (📷)
#
44 (📷)
Date
21 November 1877
Location
Smith's Sound, Lance Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore, alive
Identification
?Architeuthis princeps
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
None; carried off by tide
Size and measurements
BL(+HL?): 11 ft (3 m); TL: 33 ft (10 m); AL: 13 ft (4 m) [estimate]
Repository
None; Verrill specimen No. 16 ("Lance Cove specimen")
Main references
Verrill (1880a:190); Verrill (1880b:285); Verrill (1882c:14)
Additional references
M. Harvey letter 27 November 1877 to Verrill citing measurements taken by John Duffet; Frost (1934:102)
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#
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Date
1878 (accessioned)
Location
Catlins, New Zealand {SWP}
Nature of encounter
Not stated
Identification
Architeuthis sp.
Material cited
Entire?
Material saved
Beak
Size and measurements
BL: 7 ft (2 m); ML: 1 m [estimate]; EL: ≈10 m [estimate]
Repository
Otago Museum catalog no. IV119151
Main references
Lau (2021); [OM] (2021)
Additional references
Copedo (2022)
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45 (📷)
#
45 (📷)
Date
2 November 1878
Location
Thimble Tickle, near Little Bay Copper Mine, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found aground offshore, alive; secured to tree with grapnel and rope; died as tide receded
Identification
?Architeuthis princeps
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
None; cut up for dog food
Size and measurements
BL+HL: 20 ft (6 m); TL: 35 ft (11 m)
Repository
None; Verrill specimen No. 18 ("Thimble Tickle specimen")
Main references
Verrill (1880a:191); Verrill (1880b:285); Verrill (1882c:15); Ellis (1998a:6, 89, 107)
Additional references
M. Harvey letter 30 January 1879 to Boston Traveller; Hatton & Harvey (1883:242); Holder (1885:165, pl. 25); Frost (1934:102); Carberry (2001); Harvey (2004); Hickey (2009); Paxton (2016a:83)
46
46
#
46
Date
2 December 1878
Location
Three Arms, South Arm of Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
?Architeuthis princeps
Material cited
Entire, mutilated and with arms missing (only one arm "perfect")
Material saved
None; cut up for dog food
Size and measurements
BL+HL: 15 ft (4 m); BC: 12 ft (3 m); AL: 16 ft (4 m); AD: "thicker than a man's thigh"
Repository
None; Verrill specimen No. 19 ("Three Arms specimen")
Main references
Verrill (1880a:192); Verrill (1880b:286); Verrill (1882c:16)
Additional references
M. Harvey letter 30 January 1879 to Boston Traveller; Hatton & Harvey (1883:242); Frost (1934:102); Paxton (2016a:83)
47 (📷)
47 (📷)
#
47 (📷)
Date
23 May 1879
Location
Lyall Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand {SWP}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882 [=Architeuthis sp.?]
Material cited
Entire, but somewhat mutilated; missing ends of tentacles
Material saved
Pen, beak, tongue, some suckers
Size and measurements
ML: 9 ft 2 in (2 m); BC: 7 ft 3 in (2 m); HL: 1 ft 11 in (0 m); BL+HL: 11 ft 1 in (3 m); HC: 4 ft (1 m); AL: 4 ft 3 in (1 m); AC: 11 in (28 cm); ASC: 36; TL: 6 ft 2 in (1 m) [incomplete]; FL: 24 in (61 cm); FW: 13 in (33 cm) (single); GL: 6 ft 3 in (1 m); GW: 11 in (28 cm); other measurements
Repository
NMNZ catalog nos. M & M ; holotype of Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882. Kirk specimen No. 3
Main references
Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881b:398); Kirk (1882:286, pl. 36 figs. 2–4)
Additional references
Verrill (1882d:477); Kirk (1888:34); Pfeffer (1912:34); Suter (1913:1051); Dell (1952:98); Dell (1970:27); Stevens (1980:213, fig. 12 ); Stevens (1988:149, fig. 2); Judd (1996); Paxton (2016a:83); Greshko (2016)
48
48
#
48
Date
1879
Location
off Nova Scotia, Canada (42°49′N 62°57′W / 42 °N 62 °W / 42 ; -62 (Giant squid specimen from lancetfish stomach, 1879)) {NWA}
Nature of encounter
From fish stomach, Alepidosaurus [sic] ferox
Identification
?Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878; ?Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874)
Material cited
Terminal part of tentacular arm
Material saved
Portion of arm
Size and measurements
18 in (46 cm) long
Repository
NMNH catalog no. 576962. Verrill specimen No. 20 ("Banquereau specimen" [after Banquereau Bank, a bank off Nova Scotia])
Main references
Verrill (1880a:193); Verrill (1880b:287); Verrill (1882c:16)
Additional references
Frost (1934:103)
49 (📷)
49 (📷)
#
49 (📷)
Date
September 1879
Location
Olafsfjord, Iceland {NEA}
Identification
Architeuthis
Material saved
Left tentacle
Size and measurements
TL: 7680+ mm; CL: 1010 mm; CSC: 268; TSC: 290; additional indices and counts
Repository
ZMUC [specimen NA-7 of Roeleveld (2002)]
Main references
Roeleveld (2002:727)
50
50
#
50
Date
October 1879
Location
near Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Material cited
Two arms with other mutilated parts
Material saved
Undetermined
Size and measurements
AL: 8 ft (2 m)
Repository
None?; Verrill specimen No. 22 ("Brigus specimen")
Main references
Verrill (1880a:194); Verrill (1880b:287); Verrill (1882c:17)
Additional references
Frost (1934:103)
51
51
#
51
Date
1 November 1879
Location
James's Cove, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found at surface, alive
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
None; cut up by fishermen
Size and measurements
EL: 38 ft (12 m); BL: 9 ft (2 m); BC: ≈6 ft (1 m); TL: 29 ft (8 m)
Repository
None; Verrill specimen No. 23 ("James's Cove specimen")
Main references
Verrill (1880a:194); Verrill (1880b:287); Verrill (1882c:17)
Additional references
Morning Chronicle of St. John's 9 December 1879; Frost (1934:103)
52
52
#
52
Date
Unknown (reported 1880)
Location
near Boulder Bank, Nelson, New Zealand {SWP}
Nature of encounter
Not stated; hook and line?
Material cited
Not indicated
Material saved
Undetermined
Size and measurements
8 ft (2 m) long
Repository
None?; Kirk specimen No. 4
Main references
Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881b:398)
Additional references
Newspaper article
53
53
#
53
Date
Unknown (reported 1880)
Location
near Flat Point, east coast, New Zealand {SWP}
Nature of encounter
Not stated
Material cited
Not indicated
Material saved
Undetermined
Size and measurements
None
Repository
None?; Kirk specimen No. 5
Main references
Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881b:398)
Additional references
Description sent to Mr. Beetham, M ., by Mr. Moore
54 (📷)
54 (📷)
#
54 (📷)
Date
April 1880
Location
Grand Banks, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found dead at surface
Identification
Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874)
Material cited
Head, tentacles, and arms only
Material saved
Head, tentacles, and arms
Size and measurements
TL: 66 in (170 cm); ASC: 330; extensive measurements and counts
Repository
YPM catalog no. 12600y. Verrill specimen No. 24 ("Grand Banks specimen" [2nd])
Main references
Verrill (1881b:259, pl. 26 figs. 1–4, pl. 38 figs. 3–7); Verrill (1882c:18, pl. 4 figs. 2–2a, pl. 5 figs. 6–8, pl. 6)
Additional references
Pfeffer (1912:19); Frost (1934:103)
55 (📷)
55 (📷)
#
55 (📷)
Date
6 June 1880
Location
Island Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand {SWP}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis verrilli Kirk, 1882
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Not specified
Size and measurements
ML: 7 ft 6 in (2 m); BC: 9 ft 2 in (2 m); TL: 25 ft (7 m); AL(I, II, IV): 9 ft (2 m); AC(I, II, IV): 15 in (38 cm); AL(III): 10 ft 5 in (3 m); AC(III): 21 in (53 cm); ASC(III): 71; HC: 4 ft 3 in (1 m); HL: 19 in (48 cm); FL: 30 in (76 cm); FW: 28 in (71 cm); EyD: 5 in (13 cm) by 4 in (10 cm)
Repository
NMNZ; holotype of Architeuthis verrilli Kirk, 1882; specimen no longer extant
Main references
Kirk (1882:284, pl. 36 fig. 1)
Additional references
Verrill (1882d:477); Kirk (1888:35); Pfeffer (1912:33); Suter (1913:1052); Dell (1952:98); Dell (1970:27)
56
56
#
56
Date
c. 1880
Location
Kvænangen fjord, Norway {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
None
Size and measurements
None
Main references
Grieg (1933:19)
Additional references
Sivertsen (1955:11)
57
57
#
57
Date
c. 1880
Location
Tønsvik, Tromsøysundet, Norway {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
None
Size and measurements
None
Main references
Grieg (1933:19)
58
58
#
58
Date
October 1880
Location
Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
"octopus"; Architeuthis sp.
Main references
O'Brien (1880:585); Ritchie (1918:137)
Additional references
Rees (1950:40); Collins (1998:489)
59
59
#
59
Date
first week of November 1881
Location
on beach, Hennesey's Cove, Long Island, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis princeps?
Material cited
Entire; "much mutilated by crows and other birds"
Material saved
Not stated
Size and measurements
"very large"; BL+HL: 26 ft (7 m) [estimate]
Repository
Verrill specimen No. 28
Main references
Verrill (1882c:221)
Additional references
M. Harvey letter 19 December 1881 to Verrill
60 (📷)
60 (📷)
#
60 (📷)
Date
10 November 1881
Location
Portugal Cove, near St. John's, Newfoundland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Found floating dead near shore
Identification
Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874)
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Entire (somewhat mutilated and poorly preserved)
Size and measurements
a) BL: 5 ft (1 m); HL: 1 ft (0 m); EL: 28 ft (8 m); BC: 4 ft (1 m) b) ML: 4 ft (1 m); BC: 4 ft (1 m); FL: 1 ft (0 m); FW: 8 in (20 cm) [single]; TL: 15 ft (4 m); CL: 2 ft (0 m); AL: 4 ft (1 m) [ventral, minus tip]; TC: 8 in (22 cm) [at base]; additional measurements
Repository
E . Worth Museum (101 Bowery, NY, NY). Verrill specimen No. 27
Main references
[Anon.] (1881:821, fig.); Verrill (1881b:422); Verrill (1882a:71); Verrill (1882c:201, 219)
Additional references
Morris article in 25 November 1881 New York Herald; Hatton & Harvey (1883:242); Pfeffer (1912:19); Ellis (1997a:34)
61
61
#
61
Date
30 June 1886
Location
Cape Campbell, New Zealand {SWP}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Beak and club
Size and measurements
ML: 8 ft 3 in (2 m); HL: 1 ft 9 in (0 m); AL: 6 ft 6 in (1 m); TL: 18 ft 10 in (5 m); EL: 28 ft 10 in (8 m); BC: ≈8 ft (2 m) [estimate]
Repository
NMNZ catalog nos. M & ?M ; holotype of Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887. Kirk specimen No. 2
Main references
Kirk (1879:310); Verrill (1881b:398); Robson (1887:156)
Additional references
C .[W.] Robson letter 19 June 1879 to T . Kirk; Pfeffer (1912:35); Suter (1913:1048); Dell (1952:98); Dell (1970:27)
62 (📷)
62 (📷)
#
62 (📷)
Date
"early" October 1887
Location
Lyall Bay, New Zealand {SWP}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis longimanus Kirk, 1888
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Beak and buccal-mass
Sex
Female
Size and measurements
EL: 55 ft 2 in (16 m); ML: 71 in (180 cm); BC: 63 in (160 cm); extensive additional measurements and description
Repository
Dominion Museum [NMNZ]; holotype of Architeuthis longimanus Kirk, 1888. Specimen not found
Main references
Kirk (1888:35, pls. 7–9); Pfeffer (1912:36)
Additional references
Suter (1913:1049); Dell (1952:98); Dell (1970:27); Wood (1982:191); Ellis (1998a:7, 92); O'Shea & Bolstad (2008); Dery (2013); Paxton (2016a:83)
63
63
#
63
Date
27 August 1888
Location
between Pico and St. George, Azores Islands (38°33′57″N 30°39′30″W / 38 °N 30 °W / 38 ; -30 (Giant squid specimen, 27 August 1888)) at 1266 m depth {NEA}
Nature of encounter
By benthic trawl
Identification
Architeuthis? sp.?
Material cited
Large beak
Material saved
Undetermined
Size and measurements
None
Main references
Joubin (1895:34)
64
64
#
64
Date
September 1889
Location
Løkberg farm, Mo i Rana, Norway {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
None
Size and measurements
BL: ≈5 ells (3 m); TL: 10–12 ells (6 –7 m)
Main references
[Anon.] (1890:190)
Additional references
Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
65
65
#
65
Date
Unknown (reported 1892)
Location
Sao Miguel Island, Azores Islands {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis princeps
Material cited
Entire?
Material saved
Jaws and tentacle club
Size and measurements
Beak measurements
Repository
Museum in Lisbon
Main references
Girard (1892:214, pls. 1–2)
Additional references
Pfeffer (1912:27); Robson (1933:692)
66
66
#
66
Date
1892
Location
Greenland {NWA}
Nature of encounter
Not stated
Identification
Architeuthis monachus
Main references
Posselt (1898:279)
67 (📷)
67 (📷)
#
67 (📷)
Date
4 February 1895
Location
Bay of Tateyama [Tokyo Bay], Province of Awa, Japan {NWP}
Nature of encounter
In net
Identification
Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Undetermined
Sex
Female
Size and measurements
ML: 720 mm; MW: 235 mm; GL: 640 mm; FL: 280 mm; FW: 200 mm; TL: 2910 mm; extensive additional measurements and description
Repository
Undetermined; ?Zoological Institute, Science College, Tokyo; holotype of Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912
Main references
Mitsukuri & Ikeda (1895:39, pl. 10); Pfeffer (1912:27)
Additional references
Sasaki (1916:89)
68 (📷)
68 (📷)
#
68 (📷)
Date
18 July 1895
Location
near Angra, Azores Islands (38°34'45"N, 29°37'W) {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Caught at surface (from sperm whale vomit) using shrimp net
Identification
Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900 [=Architeuthis physeteris (Joubin, 1900)]
Material cited
Mantle only
Material saved
Mantle
Sex
Male
Size and measurements
ML: 460 mm; BD: 115 mm; FL: 220 mm; FW: 110 mm; GL: 390 mm
Repository
MOM [station 588]; holotype of Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900
Main references
Joubin (1900:102, pl. 15 figs. 8–10); Pfeffer (1912:24)
Additional references
Hardy (1956:288); Roper & Young (1972:220); Toll & Hess (1981:753)
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#
(📷)
Date
18 July 1895
Location
near Angra, Azores Islands (38°34'45"N, 29°37'W) {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Caught at surface (from sperm whale vomit) with shrimp net
Identification
Architeuthis sp.?; non-architeuthid
Material cited
Several jaws
Material saved
Undetermined
Size and measurements
None
Main references
Joubin (1900:46, pl. 14 figs. 1–2)
Additional references
Pfeffer (1912:27); Clarke (1956:257)
69 (📷)
69 (📷)
#
69 (📷)
Date
10 April 1896
Location
Kirkseteroren, Hevnefjorden, Norway {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Entire
Sex
Female
Size and measurements
BL: 2 m; AL: 2 m; TL: 7 m
Repository
VSM
Main references
Storm (1897:99); Grieg (1933:19)
Additional references
Brinkmann (1916:178); Nordgård (1923:11); Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11)
70 (📷)
70 (📷)
#
70 (📷)
Date
27 September 1896 [or 28 September]
Location
Kirkseteroren, Hevnefjorden, Norway {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Found washed ashore
Identification
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
Material cited
Entire
Material saved
Entire, posterior part missing
Sex
Male
Size and measurements
TL: 1030+ mm; CL: 900 mm; CSC: 294; TSC: >298; LRL: 17 mm; URL: 16 mm; additional beak measurements, indices, and counts
Repository
VSM; VSM 110a [specimen NA-18 of Roeleveld (2000) and Roeleveld (2002)]
Main references
Storm (1897:99, fig. 20); Grieg (1933:19); Roeleveld (2000:185); Roeleveld (2002:727)
Additional references
Brinkmann (1916:178, fig. 2); Nordgård (1923:11); Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11); Toll & Hess (1981:753)
71
71
#
71
Date
Unknown (reported 1898)
Location
Iceland {NEA}
Nature of encounter
Not stated
Identification
Architeuthis monachus
Material cited
Not specified
Material saved
Undetermined
Size and measurements
None
Main references
Posselt (1898:279)
Additional references
Bardarson (1920:134)
#
Date
Location
Nature of encounter
Identification
Material cited
Material saved
Sex
Size and measurements
Repository
Main references
Additional references
1 (📷)
c. 1546
Øresund, near Malmö, Denmark–Norway [since 1658 Malmö has been part of Sweden] {NEA}
Found washed ashore; "caught live"
"sea monk"; Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup in Harting, 1860; Jenny Haniver made from a skate; Squatina squatina (angelshark)
Entire?
Undetermined
?WL: ≈3 m
Hamer (1546:, fig.); Belon (1553:38, fig.); Rondelet (1554:492, fig.); Belon (1555:32, fig.); Lycosthenes (1557:609, fig.); Gessner (1558:519, fig.); Rondelet (1558:361, fig.); Sluperius (1572:"89", 105, fig.); Vedel (1575); Huitfeldt (:1545); Gessner (1604:438, fig.); Stephanius ([c. 1650]:344); Steenstrup (1855a:63, 3 figs.); Roeleveld & Knudsen
records of Björn Jónsson á Skarðsá; Scheuchzer (1716:153); Holberg (1733:379); Lönnberg (1891:36); Nordgård (1928:71); Tambs-Lyche (1946:288); Carrington (1957:58, fig.); Muus (1959:170); Russell & Russell (1975:94); Strauss (1975:393, fig.); Aldrich (1980:55); Roeleveld (N .)
2
autumn 1639
Thingøre Sand, Nordresyssel (or Thingøresand, Hunevandsyssel),
Found washed ashore
Architeuthis sp.
Entire
One arm
BL+HL: ≈6 ft (1 m); AL: ≈3 ft (0 m); TL: ≈16–18 ft (4 –5 m); BC: ≈3–4 ft (0 –1 m)
Thingøre monastery; "museum at Copenhagen" (ZMUC?)
Jónsson ([c. 1645]:238); Ólafsson (1772:716); Steenstrup (1849:950/); Steenstrup (1898:425/); Ellis (1998a:65)
Packard (1873:87); Verrill (1875b:84); Robson (1933:691); Muus (1959:170); Berger (2009:260)
3 (📷)
c. 15 October 1673
Found floating at surface, in process of washing ashore, alive
Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875; Architeuthis monachus; Ommastrephes (Architeuthis) monachus
Entire
Two arms, buccal mass, and suckers taken to Dublin
TL: ≈11 ft (3 m) + 9 ft (2 m); AL: ≈6–8 ft (1 –2 m); "liver": 30 lb (14 kg)
Undetermined [NMI?]; holotype of Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875
[Anon.] (c. 1673); Hooke et al. (c. 1674:, fig.); More (1875a:4526); Verrill (1875c:214); Tryon (1879b:185); Ellis (1998a:66); Sueur-Hermel (2017:64)
More (1875b:4571); Massy (1909:30); Ritchie (1918:137); Robson (1933:692); Rees (1950:40); Hardy (1956:285); Collins (1998:489)
4
1680
Not stated
Entire?
Pontoppidan (1753:344)
Steenstrup (1857:184/); Grieg (1933:19)
5
1770
Unknown
Muss (1959)
Ellis (1998a:257)
6
27 May 1785
Found floating at surface, dead
Architeuthis sp.
BL: 7 ft (2 m)
Cartwright (1792:44); Thomas (:183); Aldrich (1991:457)
7
November or December 1790
Found washed ashore
Entire
None; used for cod bait
"longest tentacula": >3 fathoms (5 m); "body right from the head": 3 fathoms (6 m); "so thick that a fullgrown man could hardly embrace it with his arms"
Steenstrup (1849:952/); Steenstrup (1898:429/); Ellis (1998a:68)
February 1792 diary of Sveinn Pálsson (in library of Icelandic Literary Society, in Copenhagen); Verrill (1875b:84); Robson (1933:691)
8
1700s (reported 1795)
Freshwater Bay, near mouth of St. John's
Unknown
Architeuthis sp.
Thomas (:183); Aldrich (1991:457)
9
1700s
Unknown
Architeuthis sp.
Aldrich (1991:457)
10
1798
Not stated
"gigantic squid"
Unknown
"museum at Copenhagen" (ZMUC?)
Packard (1873:87)
Ellis (1998a:257)
11
9 January 1802
Found at surface, alive
?Loligo ["vraisemblablement du genre Calmar [Loligo, Lamarck]"]
"size of a barrel" ["grosseur d'un tonneau"]; AL: 1 –2 m; AD: 18–21 cm
Péron (1807:216)
Quoy & Gaimard (1824:411); Ellis (1998a:257)
12
between 1817 and 1820
Found floating at surface
"énorme calmar"
Partial remains; "tentacles" ("tentacules") missing
WT: 100 "livres" [estimate]; WT: 200 "livres" [estimate; if complete]
Quoy & Gaimard (1824:411)
Packard (1873:88); Ellis (1998a:257)
13 (📷)
December 1853
Found washed ashore
Architeuthis monachus
Entire
Jaws only; radula discarded after poor preservation; jaws cut out; portion used for bait; remainder buried after 2 days
WT: 80–85 kg; jaw measurements Steenstrup (1898:423/)
ZMUC catalog no. CEP-133; holotype of Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup, 1857
Steenstrup (1855b:); Harting (1860:11); Steenstrup (1898:415/, pl. 1 figs. 1–2); Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222)
Steenstrup (1857:); Packard (1873:87); Gervais (1875:91); Verrill (1875b:84); Verrill (1880a:238, pl. 25 fig. 3); Verrill (1882c:51, pl. 12 fig. 3); Posselt (1890:144); Nordgård (1928:71)
14 (📷)
5 November 1855
western Atlantic Ocean, near Bahamas (31°N 76°W / 31°N 76°W / 31; -76 (Giant squid specimen, 5 November 1855)) {NWA}
Not stated; presumably found floating at surface
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857; Architeuthis titan
Various parts
Gladius, mouthparts, part of arm, several suckers, and what may be hectocotylus
Male
WL: 377 cm; AL: 1/2 whole length; beak measurements; GL: 6 ft (1 m)
ZMUC catalog no. CEP-97 (or CEP-000097) and NHMD-77320 (multiple parts, each in its own glass vessel: gladius, mouthparts, part of arm, several suckers, and what may be hectocotylus); holotype of Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857; ZMB Moll. 34798 (single sucker); piece of limb in Bergen Museum
Steenstrup (1857:); Steenstrup (1882:); Steenstrup (1898:413, 450/[260, 298], pls. 3–4); Tryon (1879b:186, pl. 86 fig. 388); Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222); Glaubrecht & Salcedo-Vargas (2000:273); [NHMD] (2019)
Packard (1873:87); Verrill (1875b:84); Posselt (1890:144); Toll & Hess (1981:753)
15
December 1855
Found washed ashore
Architeuthis sp.
Entire?
Undetermined
None
Muus (1959:170)
Posselt (1890:144)
16 (📷)
Unknown (reported 1860)
Not stated
Architeuthis dux;?Ommastrephes hartingii; Architeuthis hartingii (Verrill, 1875); nomen nudum
Jaws, buccal mass, detached arm suckers
Jaws, buccal mass, detached arm suckers
ASD: 1 in (2 cm)
Utrecht University Natural History Museum; holotype of Loligo hartingii Verrill, 1875. Harting specimen No. 1
Harting (1860:2, pl. 1); Kent (1874d:491); Verrill (1875b:85, fig. 28); Tryon (1879b:149, 184, pl. 60 figs. 194–195); Verrill (1880a:240, pl. 16 fig. 8, pl. 25 fig. 1); Verrill (1882c:52, pl. 12 figs. 1–1c); Pfeffer (1912:37)
Dell (1970:27)
17
1860 or 1861
Found washed ashore
Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup, 1857; Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
Undetermined
TL: 16 ft (4 m); AL: ≈8 ft (2 m); BL: ≈7 ft (2 m)
Jeffreys (1869:124); Stephen (1944:263)
More (1875b:4571); Pfeffer (1912:26); Rees (1950:40); Collins (1998:489)
18 (📷)
30 November ?1861 [=1860 Rees & Maul]
about 20 miles (32 km)
Found floating at surface
Loligo bouyeri;?Ommastrephes bouyeri
Entire, decomposed
None
BL: 15–18 ft (4 –5 m)
None
Bouyer (1861:1263); Crosse & Fischer (1862:135); Bouyer (1866:275, fig.); Kent (1874a:180); Verrill (1875b:86); Tryon (1879b:149, 184, pl. 59); Bourée (1912:113, fig. 108); Aldrich (1978:2); Ellis (1998a:5, 78); Heuvelmans (2003:185, figs. 95–96, 100)
Frédol (1865:314, pl. 13); Figuier (1866:464, fig. 362); Frédol (1866:362); Mangin (1868:321); Meunier (1871:245); Kent (1874d:491); Gervais (1875:93); Lee (1883:38, fig. 8); Rees & Maul (1956:266); Carrington (1957:53, pl. 3b); Muntz (1995:19, fig. 11); Lagrange (2009:19)
19
1862
Unknown
Crosse & Fischer (1862)
Ellis (1998a:258)
(📷)
Unknown; 1870?
Found washed ashore
Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878 [=Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855)]
Entire
Entire
BL: 14 in (36 cm); BL+HL: 19 in (48 cm); EL: 43 in (110 cm); TL: 22–24 in (56–61 cm); AL: 6 –8 in (17–22 cm); FW: 13 in (34 cm); FL: 6 in (15 cm); extensive additional measurements
NSMC catalog no. 1870-Z-2; YPM catalog nos. IZ 017932 Archived 3 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine (sucker) & IZ 017713; holotype of Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878; Verrill specimen No. 21 ("Cape Sable specimen")
Verrill (1878:207); Tryon (1879b:187); Verrill (1880a:193, pl. 21); Verrill (1882c:17, pl. 16 figs. 1–9)
20
September 1870
Found washed ashore
Entire
Beak
BL+HL: 10 ft 5 in (3 m); BC: 6 ft (1 m); AL: 5 ft 6 in (1 m)
In Kirk's possession; Kirk specimen No. 1
Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881b:398)
Meinertzhagen letter 27 June 1879 to Kirk; Pfeffer (1912:32); Dell (1952:98)
21
1870 (winter)
Found washed ashore
Architeuthis monachus of Steenstrup
Two specimens; entire?
None?; used as fish bait
Two; EL: 40 ft (12 m) and EL: 47 ft (14 m)
None?; Verrill specimen Nos. 8 & 9 ("Lamaline specimens")
Murray (1874a:162); Verrill (1875a:36); Verrill (1880a:187); Verrill (1882c:11)
Boston Traveller, November 1873; Harvey (1874a:69); Kent (1874a:182); Frost (1934:101); Earle (1977:52)
22 (📷)
October 1871
Found floating at surface
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875
Entire; part used as bait
Jaws obtained from Baird for examination by Verrill
BL: ≈15 ft (4 m); BD: 19 in (48 cm); AL: ≈10 ft (3 m) [mutilated]; AD: 7 in (18 cm); AC: 22 in (56 cm); beak; BC: 4 ft 8 in (1 m); WT: 2,000 lb (910 kg)
Jaws at NMNH (no longer extant?); lower jaw is syntype of Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875b; Verrill specimen No. 1 ("Grand Banks specimen" [1st])
Packard (1873:91); Verrill (1874a:158); Verrill (1874b:167); Verrill (1875b:79, fig. 27); Verrill (1880a:181, 210, pl. 18 fig. 3); Verrill (1882c:5, pl. 11 figs. 3–3a)
Pfeffer (1912:20); Frost (1934:100)
23
1871
?EL: 16 ft (4 m)
Dell (1952)
Ellis (1998a:258)
24
1872 (autumn or winter)
Coomb's
Found alive in shallow water, having been driven ashore in heavy sea
Entire; "one long arm missing" (later changed to both present)
BL: 10 ft (3 m); BD: 3–4 ft (0 –1 m); TL: 42 ft (13 m); AL: ≈6 ft (1 m); AD: 9 in (23 cm); skin + flesh: 2 in (5 cm) thick; EL: 52 ft (16 m)
Unknown; Verrill specimen No. 3 ("Coombs' Cove specimen")
Verrill (1874a:159); Verrill (1874b:167); Verrill (1875a:35); Verrill (1880a:183); Verrill (1882c:7)
Owen (1881:163); Frost (1934:101)
25 (📷)
December 1872
Found washed ashore
?Architeuthis dux;?Architeuthis harveyi
Entire (damaged arms)
Pair of jaws and two suckers
TL: 32 ft (9 m); AL: ≈10 ft (3 m); BL: ≈14 ft (4 m) [estimate]; BC: 6 ft (1 m)
NMNH; YPM catalog no. IZ 034835. Verrill specimen No. 4 ("Bonavista Bay specimen") (1875a:33); and possibly also Verrill specimen No. 11 ("Second Bonavista Bay specimen") (1875b:79)
Verrill (1874a:160); Verrill (1874b:167); Verrill (1875a:33, fig. 11); Verrill (1875b:79); Verrill (1880a:184, 187, pl. 16 figs. 5–6, pl. 25 fig. 5); Verrill (1882c:8, 11, pl. 3 figs. 4–4a, pl. 4 figs. 1–1a)
Pfeffer (1912:19); Frost (1934:101)
26 (📷)
Unknown (reported 1873)
From sperm whale stomach
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875; Ommastrephes (Architeuthis) princeps
Upper and lower jaws
Upper and lower jaws
Beak measurements
Presented by Capt. N . Atwood of Provincetown, Massachusetts to EI; PASS; syntype of Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875b; Verrill specimen No. 10 ("Sperm-whale specimen")
Packard (1873:91, fig. 10); Verrill (1875a:22); Verrill (1875b:79, figs. 25–26); Tryon (1879b:185, pl. 85); Verrill (1880a:187, 210, pl. 18 figs. 1–2); Verrill (1882c:11, pl. 11 figs. 1–2)
Frost (1934:101)
27 (📷)
Unknown (reported 1873)
Unknown; ?
Not stated
Architeuthis monachus; Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881; Architeuthis sp.? (grandis); nomen nudum
Sessile arm
Arm
AL: 9 ft (2 m); AC: 11 in (28 cm); ASD: ≤0 in (1 cm); total size and size of various missing parts estimated by Lee (1875:114)
BMNH; holotype of Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881
Kent (1874a:179); Kent (1874d:493); Lee (1875:113); Verrill (1875b:86); Owen (1881:156, pls. 34–35); Verrill (1881b:400); Verrill (1882b:72); Steenstrup (1882:); Pfeffer (1912:37)
Dell (1970:27)
28
1873
Yedo [Tokyo]
Purchased
Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880; Nomen spurium
'Entire', missing head, "abdominal sac", ends of tentacles and arms
Not specified
ML: 186 cm; WL: 414 cm; HL: 41 cm; AL: 197 cm [longest]; ASD: 1 cm (with 37 cusps); EyD: 200 mm
ZMB Moll. 34716 + 38980; holotype of Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880 [34716a: eyeball, 200 mm diameter, dry; 34716b: pieces of arm and gladius, suckers; 34716c: larger piece of arm with suckers; 38980: four suckers from holotype arm piece]
Hilgendorf (1880:67); Pfeffer (1912:31); Sasaki (1929:227); Glaubrecht & Salcedo-Vargas (2000:276)
Owen (1881:163); Sasaki (1916:90)
29 (📷)
26 October 1873
Found floating at surface, alive
Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874; Architeuthis monachus of Steenstrup;?Architeuthis harveyi
Entire
One tentacle; one arm discarded
(see Verrill, 1880a:220) TL: 19 ft (5 m) [incomplete; total estimated at 35 ft (11 m) with ≈10 ft (3 m) left attached to body and 6 ft (1 m) subsequently destroyed]; TC: 3 in (8 cm) [stalk; club 6 in (15 cm)]; TSD: 1 in (3 cm); additional measurements based on photograph; additional club measurement from Harvey letter; BL: ≈10 ft (3.
YPM?; holotype of Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874; Verrill specimen No. 2 ("Conception Bay specimen")
Harvey (1873a); Harvey (1873b); Harvey (1873c); Harvey (1874a:67, fig.); Murray (1874a:161); Murray (1874b:120); Verrill (1874a:159); Verrill (1874b:167); Kent (1874a:178, 182); Agassiz (1874:226); Kent (1874d:32); Buckland (1875:211); Verrill (1875a:34); Verrill (1875b:78); Verrill (1880a:181); Verrill (1881b:pl. 26 fig. 5); Verrill (1882b:74); Ve
"13 December Field"; [Anon.] (1873:2); Harvey (1873d:2); [Anon.] (1874:333); de La Blanchère (1874:197, fig.); Rathbun (1881:266, fig.); Owen (1881:161, pl. 33 fig. 2); Lee (1883:42, fig. 9); [Anon.] (1902b:6, fig.); Pfeffer (1912:19); Frost (1934:100); Aldrich (1991:457); Packham (1998); Dery (2013)
30 (📷)
25 November? 1873
Logy Bay (≈3 miles from St. John's),
In herring net
?Architeuthis monachus of Steenstrup; Ommastrephes (Architeuthis) monachus; Architeuthis harveyi (Kent, 1874)
Entire (badly mutilated, head severed, eyes missing, etc.)
Miscellaneous parts obtained from Rev. M. Harvey (gladius and ?)
(see Verrill, 1880a:220; Buckland, 1875:214) BL: ≈7 ft (2 m); BC: 5–6 ft (1 –1 m); HC: 9 ft (2 m) [at junction with arms]; caudal fin: 22 in (56 cm) broad; TL: 24 ft (7 m); TC: 2 in (6 cm); TSD: 1 in (3 cm); AL: 6 ft (1 m) [all 8]; AC: 10 in (25 cm), 9 in (23 cm), 8 in (20 cm), 7 in (18 cm) [all basal measurements]; ASC: ≈100; C
YPM catalog nos. IZ 009634 (beak and limbs), IZ 017924 (radula), IZ 017925, IZ 017926 & IZ 034968. Verrill specimen No. 5 ("Logie Bay specimen")
Harvey (1873d:2); Verrill (1874a:160); Verrill (1874b:167); Kent (1874a:181); Kent (1874d:32); Buckland (1875:212, 214); Verrill (1875a:22, figs. 1–6, 10); Verrill (1876:236); Tryon (1879b:184, pls. 83–84); Verrill (1880a:184, 197, pls. 13–15, pl. 16 figs. 1–4, pl. 16a); Verrill (1880b:295, pl. 13); Verrill (1882c:8, pls. 1–2, pl. 3 figs. 1–3, pl.
Harvey in Morning Chronicle (newspaper) of St. John's; Maritime Monthly Magazine of St. John's, March 1874; several other newspapers; [Anon.] (1874:332); Lee (1883:43, fig. 10); [Anon.] (1902b:6, fig.); Frost (1934:101)
31
1874
Buøy,
Found washed ashore
Architeuthis dux
Entire
None
WL: ≈4 m
Grieg (1933:19)
Nordgård (1928:71)
32
10 May 1874
off Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (8°50′N 84°05′E / 8 °N 84 °E / 8 ; 84 (Supposed sinking of ship by giant squid, 10 May 1874)) {NIO}
Reportedly seen sinking ship
Unknown
The Times, 4 July 1874; Mystic Press, 31 July 1874; Lane (1957:205); Flynn & Weigall (1980); Ellis (1998a:198); Boyle (1999); Uragoda (2005:97)
Welfare & Fairley (1980:74); Aldrich (1990a:5); Clarke (1992:72); Ellis (1998a:258)
33 (📷)
2 November 1874
on beach, St. Paul Island, Indian Ocean (38°43′S 77°32′E / 38 °S 77 °E / -38 ; 77 (Giant squid specimen, 2 November 1874)) {SIO}
Found washed ashore
Architeuthis mouchezi Vélain (1875:1002) [nomen nudum]; Mouchezis sancti-pauli Vélain (1877:81); Ommastrephes mouchezi
Entire; found in advanced state of decay
Tentacle(s?) and buccal mass
EL: 7 m
MNHN catalog nos. 3-2-658 & 3-2-659 (tentacular clubs); holotype of Mouchezis sancti-pauli Vélain, 1877
Vélain (1875:1002); Vélain (1877:81 & 83, fig. 8); Vélain (1878:81 & 83, fig. 8); Tryon (1879b:184, pl. 82 fig. 378); Owen (1881:159); Pfeffer (1912:32)
Gervais (1875:88); Verrill (1875c:213); Wright (1878:329)
34 (📷)
December 1874
Found washed ashore
Architeuthis princeps
Entire, except for tail (cut up for dog food)
Jaws, one tentacular sucker
EL: 42–43 ft (12 –13 m); HL+BL: 12–13 ft (3 –4 m); ?TL: 30 ft (9 m); TL: 26 ft (7 m); TC: 16 in (41 cm); BL: 10 ft (3 m); jaws
YPM catalog nos. IZ 010272 (beak) & IZ 034836. Verrill specimen No. 6 and Verrill specimen No. 13 ("Fortune Bay specimen")
Verrill (1875a:35); Verrill (1875c:213); Verrill (1880a:186, 188, 217, pl. 17 fig. 11); Verrill (1881b:445, pl. 54 fig. 1); Verrill (1882c:10, 12, pl. 7 fig. 1, pl. 9 fig. 11)
Simms letter 27/X/1875 to Verrill; Frost (1934:102)
35
winter of 1874–1875
Found washed ashore
Destroyed
None taken
None; Verrill specimen No. 12 ("Harbor Grace specimen")
Verrill (1875b:79); Verrill (1880a:188); Verrill (1882c:12)
Frost (1934:102)
36
Unknown (reported 1875)
west St. Modent (on Labrador side),
Found alive
Architeuthis princeps or Architeuthis monachus of Steenstrup
Entire
None; cut up, salted, and barrelled for dog meat
?TL: 37 ft (11 m); BL+HL: 15 ft (4 m); EL: 52 ft (16 m); SD: ≈2 in (5 cm)
None; Verrill specimen No. 7 ("Labrador specimen")
Verrill (1875a:36); Verrill (1880a:186); Verrill (1882c:10)
Dr. Honeyman article in Halifax newspaper; Frost (1934:101)
37 (📷)
25 April 1875 (or 26 April)
Found immobile at surface; attacked and chased by fishermen; arms successively hacked off and eventually killed
Architeuthis monachus; Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
Entire
Beak and buccal mass, one arm ("much mutilated and decayed", missing horny rings), portions of both tentacles ("shrunk and distorted", missing horny rings on large central club suckers); head, eyes and second arm initially saved, but soon lost/destroyed
TL: 30 ft (9 m) [fresh]; TL: 14/17 ft (4 /5 m) [pickled]; CL: 2 ft 9 in (0 m) [shrunken]; CSD: nearly 1 in (2 cm); SSD: 3⁄20 in (0 cm); AL: 8 ft (2 m) [fresh]; AC: 15 in (38 cm) [fresh]; beak: ≈5+1⁄4 in (13 cm) × 3+1⁄2 in (8 cm); "trunk": "fully as long as the canoe"; EyD: ≈15 in (38 cm); WT: ≈6 st (38 kg) [head only]; additional s
NMI catalog no. 1995 (beak in spirit)
O'Connor (1875:4502); More (1875b:4569); More (1875c:123); Verrill (1875c:214); Massy (1909:30); Nunn & Holmes (2008)
Galway Express 1875; Ritchie (1918:137); Massy (1928:32); Taylor (1932:3); Robson (1933:692); Rees (1950:40); Hardy (1956:285); Collins (1998:489)
38
October 1875
Grand Banks [of Newfoundland], Atlantic Ocean (chiefly 44°–44°30'N 49°30'–49°50'W) {NWA}
Found floating at surface; "mostly entirely dead" but small minority "not quite dead, but entirely disabled"
Architeuthis
Multiple; mutilated by birds and fishes to varying degrees, especially limbs; No. 25 missing parts of arms; No. 26 with intact arms and tentacles
None; cut up for cod bait
No. 25: Filled ≈75 US gal (280 L) tub; WT: nearly 1,000 lb (450 kg) [estimate, complete]; No. 26: TL: 36 ft (11 m); Howard specimens: BL+HL?: mostly 10–15 ft (3 –4 m) [excluding "arms"]; BD: ≈18 in (46 cm) [average]; AL: usually 3–4 ft (0 –1 m) [incomplete]; AD: "about as large as a man's thigh" [at base]; Tragabigzanda specimens: BL+HL?: 8
None; included Verrill specimen No. 25 and Verrill specimen No. 26
Verrill (1881a:251); Verrill (1881b:396); Verrill (1882c:19)
Frost (1934:103)
39
c. 1876
Found washed ashore
Entire
Jaws
BL: 7 ft (2 m) [estimate]; EL: ≈20 ft (6 m) [estimate]
Colonial Museum [NMNZ]
Robson (1887:156); Kirk (1880)
Pfeffer (1912:32); Dell (1952:98)
40
20 November 1876
Found washed ashore
Partial specimen; devoured by foxes and seabirds
Piece of pen 16 in (41 cm) long
WH: 18 in (46 cm); FW: 18 in (46 cm)
In Harvey's possession; Verrill specimen No. 15 ("Hammer Cove specimen")
Verrill (1880a:190); Verrill (1880b:284); Verrill (1882c:14)
M. Harvey letter 25 August 1877 to Verrill; Frost (1934:102)
41
1877?
Not stated
Map location only
Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
42 (📷)
24 September 1877
Found washed ashore, alive
Architeuthis princeps; Ommastrephes (Architeuthis) princeps
Entire; "nearly perfect specimen"
Loose suckers
(see Verrill, 1880a:220) HL+BL: 9 ft (2 m); BC: 7 ft (2 m); TL: 30 ft (9 m); AL: 11 ft (3 m) [longest, ventral]; AC: 17 in (43 cm) [ventral]; beak; FW: 2 ft 9 in (0 m)
YPM catalog nos. IZ 017927, IZ 017928, IZ 017929 & IZ 017930. Verrill specimen No. 14 ("Catalina specimen")
Harvey (1877); [Anon.] (1877a:266, 269, fig.); [Anon.] (1877b:867, fig.); [Anon.] (1877c:305, fig.); Verrill (1877:425); Tryon (1879b:185); Verrill (1880a:189, pl. 17 figs. 1–10, pls. 19–20); Verrill (1880b:295, pl. 12); Verrill (1882c:13, pl. 8, pl. 9 figs. 1–10, pl. 10)
Owen (1881:163); Hatton & Harvey (1883:242); Pfeffer (1912:21); Frost (1934:102); Miner (1935:187, fig., 201); Ellis (1997a:31)
43
October 1877
Not stated
"big squid"
None
None taken
None; Verrill specimen No. 17 ("Trinity Bay specimen")
Verrill (1880a:191); Verrill (1880b:285); Verrill (1882c:15)
M. Harvey letter 17 November 1877 to Verrill citing reference to specimen by John Duffet; Frost (1934:102)
44 (📷)
21 November 1877
Smith's
Found washed ashore, alive
?Architeuthis princeps
Entire
None; carried off by tide
BL(+HL?): 11 ft (3 m); TL: 33 ft (10 m); AL: 13 ft (4 m) [estimate]
None; Verrill specimen No. 16 ("Lance Cove specimen")
Verrill (1880a:190); Verrill (1880b:285); Verrill (1882c:14)
M. Harvey letter 27 November 1877 to Verrill citing measurements taken by John Duffet; Frost (1934:102)
(📷)
1878 (accessioned)
Not stated
Architeuthis sp.
Entire?
Beak
BL: 7 ft (2 m); ML: 1 m [estimate]; EL: ≈10 m [estimate]
Otago Museum catalog no. IV119151
Lau (2021); [OM] (2021)
Copedo (2022)
45 (📷)
2 November 1878
Found aground offshore, alive; secured to tree with grapnel and rope; died as tide receded
?Architeuthis princeps
Entire
None; cut up for dog food
BL+HL: 20 ft (6 m); TL: 35 ft (11 m)
None; Verrill specimen No. 18 ("Thimble Tickle specimen")
Verrill (1880a:191); Verrill (1880b:285); Verrill (1882c:15); Ellis (1998a:6, 89, 107)
M. Harvey letter 30 January 1879 to Boston Traveller; Hatton & Harvey (1883:242); Holder (1885:165, pl. 25); Frost (1934:102); Carberry (2001); Harvey (2004); Hickey (2009); Paxton (2016a:83)
46
2 December 1878
Found washed ashore
?Architeuthis princeps
Entire, mutilated and with arms missing (only one arm "perfect")
None; cut up for dog food
BL+HL: 15 ft (4 m); BC: 12 ft (3 m); AL: 16 ft (4 m); AD: "thicker than a man's thigh"
None; Verrill specimen No. 19 ("Three Arms specimen")
Verrill (1880a:192); Verrill (1880b:286); Verrill (1882c:16)
M. Harvey letter 30 January 1879 to Boston Traveller; Hatton & Harvey (1883:242); Frost (1934:102); Paxton (2016a:83)
47 (📷)
23 May 1879
Found washed ashore
Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882 [=Architeuthis sp.?]
Entire, but somewhat mutilated; missing ends of tentacles
Pen, beak, tongue, some suckers
ML: 9 ft 2 in (2 m); BC: 7 ft 3 in (2 m); HL: 1 ft 11 in (0 m); BL+HL: 11 ft 1 in (3 m); HC: 4 ft (1 m); AL: 4 ft 3 in (1 m); AC: 11 in (28 cm); ASC: 36; TL: 6 ft 2 in (1 m) [incomplete]; FL: 24 in (61 cm); FW: 13 in (33 cm) (single); GL: 6 ft 3 in (1 m); GW: 11 in (28 cm); other measurements
NMNZ catalog nos. M & M ; holotype of Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882. Kirk specimen No. 3
Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881b:398); Kirk (1882:286, pl. 36 figs. 2–4)
Verrill (1882d:477); Kirk (1888:34); Pfeffer (1912:34); Suter (1913:1051); Dell (1952:98); Dell (1970:27); Stevens (1980:213, fig. 12 ); Stevens (1988:149, fig. 2); Judd (1996); Paxton (2016a:83); Greshko (2016)
· List of giant squid › Type specimens
Loligo bouyeri Crosse & Fischer, 1862:138
Loligo bouyeri Crosse & Fischer, 1862:138
Binomial name and author citation
Loligo bouyeri Crosse & Fischer, 1862:138
Systematic status
Architeuthid?
Type locality
Canary Islands?
Type specimen and type repository
( ) Unresolved
Architeuthis clarkei Robson, 1933:682, text-figs. 1–7, pl. 1
Architeuthis clarkei Robson, 1933:682, text-figs. 1–7, pl. 1
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis clarkei Robson, 1933:682, text-figs. 1–7, pl. 1
Systematic status
Undetermined
Type locality
Scarborough Beach, Yorkshire, England
Type specimen and type repository
( ) BMNH Holotype 1933 + 1926 (radula and beak)
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857:183
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857:183
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857:183
Systematic status
Nomen tantum
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup in Harting, 1860:11, pl. 1 fig. 1A
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup in Harting, 1860:11, pl. 1 fig. 1A
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup in Harting, 1860:11, pl. 1 fig. 1A
Systematic status
Valid species
Type locality
31°N 76°W / 31°N 76°W / 31; -76 (Giant squid specimen, 5 November 1855) (Atlantic Ocean)
Type specimen and type repository
( ) ZMUC Holotype
Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881:156, pls. 34–35
Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881:156, pls. 34–35
Binomial name and author citation
Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881:156, pls. 34–35
Systematic status
Architeuthis sp.
Type locality
Not indicated
Type specimen and type repository
( ) BMNH Holotype [not traced by Lipiński et al. (2000)]
Architeuthis halpertius Aldrich, 1980:59
Architeuthis halpertius Aldrich, 1980:59
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis halpertius Aldrich, 1980:59
Systematic status
Nomen nudum
Loligo hartingii Verrill, 1875b:86, fig. 28
Loligo hartingii Verrill, 1875b:86, fig. 28
Binomial name and author citation
Loligo hartingii Verrill, 1875b:86, fig. 28
Systematic status
Valid species; Architeuthis hartingii
Type locality
Not indicated
Type specimen and type repository
( ) University of Utrecht as Architeuthis dux, identification by Harting
Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874a:181
Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874a:181
Binomial name and author citation
Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874a:181
Systematic status
Architeuthis sp.
Type locality
Conception Bay, Newfoundland
Type specimen and type repository
( ) YPM Type 12600y
Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912:27
Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912:27
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912:27
Systematic status
Undetermined
Type locality
Tokyo Bay, Japan
Type specimen and type repository
( ) Undetermined; Holotype [=Mitsukuri & Ikeda (1895:39–50, pl. 10)]
Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887:155
Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887:155
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887:155
Systematic status
Architeuthis stockii (Kirk, 1882)
Type locality
Cape Campbell, New Zealand
Type specimen and type repository
( ) NMNZ Holotype M + ?M
Architeuthis longimanus Kirk, 1888:34, pls. 7–9
Architeuthis longimanus Kirk, 1888:34, pls. 7–9
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis longimanus Kirk, 1888:34, pls. 7–9
Systematic status
Architeuthis stockii (Kirk, 1882)
Type locality
Lyall Bay, New Zealand
Type specimen and type repository
( ) NMNZ Holotype; specimen not located
Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880:67
Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880:67
Binomial name and author citation
Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880:67
Systematic status
Valid species; Architeuthis martensii
Type locality
Yedo Japan fish market, Japan
Type specimen and type repository
( ) ZMB Moll. 34716 + 38980
Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878:207
Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878:207
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878:207
Systematic status
Non-architeuthid; Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855)
Type locality
Nova Scotia, Canada
Type specimen and type repository
(#) NSMC 1870–Z-2
Architeuthis? monachus Steenstrup, 1857:184
Architeuthis? monachus Steenstrup, 1857:184
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis? monachus Steenstrup, 1857:184
Systematic status
Nomen tantum
Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup in Harting, 1860:11
Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup in Harting, 1860:11
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup in Harting, 1860:11
Systematic status
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
Type locality
Raabjerg Strand; Northwest coast of Jutland, Denmark
Type specimen and type repository
( ) ZMUC Holotype
Architeuthis mouchezi Vélain, 1875:1002
Architeuthis mouchezi Vélain, 1875:1002
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis mouchezi Vélain, 1875:1002
Systematic status
Nomen nudum; see Mouchezis sancti-pauli
Architeuthis nawaji Cadenat, 1935:513
Architeuthis nawaji Cadenat, 1935:513
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis nawaji Cadenat, 1935:513
Systematic status
Undetermined
Type locality
Île d'Yeu, Bay of Biscay, France
Type specimen and type repository
( ) Unresolved
Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900:102, pl. 15
Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900:102, pl. 15
Binomial name and author citation
Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900:102, pl. 15
Systematic status
Valid species; Architeuthis physeteris
Type locality
Azores (38°34'45"N 29°37'W); from sperm whale stomach
Type specimen and type repository
( ) MOM Holotype [station 588]
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875a:22
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875a:22
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875a:22
Systematic status
Nomen nudum
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875b:79, figs. 25–27
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875b:79, figs. 25–27
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875b:79, figs. 25–27
Systematic status
Undetermined
Type locality
a) Grand Banks, Newfoundland; b) North Atlantic (sperm whale stomach)
Type specimen and type repository
( and 26) NMNH? [not found in collections to date]; Syntypes (a) Verrill specimen No. 1, lower beak; b) Verrill specimen No. 10, upper and lower beak)
Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875a:4527
Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875a:4527
Binomial name and author citation
Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875a:4527
Systematic status
Architeuthis sp.
Type locality
Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland
Type specimen and type repository
( ) Unresolved
Mouchezis sancti-pauli Vélain, 1877:81, text-fig. 8
Mouchezis sancti-pauli Vélain, 1877:81, text-fig. 8
Binomial name and author citation
Mouchezis sancti-pauli Vélain, 1877:81, text-fig. 8
Systematic status
Valid species; Architeuthis sanctipauli
Type locality
on beach, St. Paul Island (38°43′S 77°32′E / 38 °S 77 °E / -38 ; 77 (Giant squid specimen, 2 November 1874)), South Indian Ocean
Type specimen and type repository
( ) MNHN Holotype 3-2-658 and 3-2-659 (tentacular clubs only)
Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882:286, pl. 36 figs. 2–4
Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882:286, pl. 36 figs. 2–4
Binomial name and author citation
Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882:286, pl. 36 figs. 2–4
Systematic status
Valid species; Architeuthis stockii [Architeuthid per Pfeffer (1912:2)]
Type locality
Cook Strait, New Zealand
Type specimen and type repository
( ) NMNZ Holotype M + M
Architeuthis titan Steenstrup in Verrill, 1875b:84 [in Verrill (1881b:238, footnote)]
Architeuthis titan Steenstrup in Verrill, 1875b:84 [in Verrill (1881b:238, footnote)]
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis titan Steenstrup in Verrill, 1875b:84 [in Verrill (1881b:238, footnote)]
Systematic status
Nomen nudum
Architeuthis verrilli Kirk, 1882:284, pl. 36 fig. 1
Architeuthis verrilli Kirk, 1882:284, pl. 36 fig. 1
Binomial name and author citation
Architeuthis verrilli Kirk, 1882:284, pl. 36 fig. 1
Systematic status
Species dubium
Type locality
Island Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand
Type specimen and type repository
( ) NMNZ Holotype; [see Förch (1998:89)]
Binomial name and author citation
Systematic status
Type locality
Type specimen and type repository
Loligo bouyeri Crosse & Fischer, 1862:138
Architeuthid?
Canary Islands?
( ) Unresolved
Architeuthis clarkei Robson, 1933:682, text-figs. 1–7, pl. 1
Undetermined
Scarborough Beach, Yorkshire, England
( ) BMNH Holotype 1933 + 1926 (radula and beak)
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857:183
Nomen tantum
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup in Harting, 1860:11, pl. 1 fig. 1A
Valid species
31°N 76°W / 31°N 76°W / 31; -76 (Giant squid specimen, 5 November 1855) (Atlantic Ocean)
( ) ZMUC Holotype
Plectoteuthis grandis Owen, 1881:156, pls. 34–35
Architeuthis sp.
Not indicated
( ) BMNH Holotype [not traced by Lipiński et al. (2000)]
Architeuthis halpertius Aldrich, 1980:59
Nomen nudum
Loligo hartingii Verrill, 1875b:86, fig. 28
Valid species; Architeuthis hartingii
Not indicated
( ) University of Utrecht as Architeuthis dux, identification by Harting
Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874a:181
Architeuthis sp.
Conception Bay, Newfoundland
( ) YPM Type 12600y
Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912:27
Undetermined
Tokyo Bay, Japan
( ) Undetermined; Holotype [=Mitsukuri & Ikeda (1895:39–50, pl. 10)]
Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887:155
Architeuthis stockii (Kirk, 1882)
Cape Campbell, New Zealand
( ) NMNZ Holotype M + ?M
Architeuthis longimanus Kirk, 1888:34, pls. 7–9
Architeuthis stockii (Kirk, 1882)
Lyall Bay, New Zealand
( ) NMNZ Holotype; specimen not located
Megateuthis martensii Hilgendorf, 1880:67
Valid species; Architeuthis martensii
Yedo Japan fish market, Japan
( ) ZMB Moll. 34716 + 38980
Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, 1878:207
Non-architeuthid; Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855)
Nova Scotia, Canada
(#) NSMC 1870–Z-2
Architeuthis? monachus Steenstrup, 1857:184
Nomen tantum
Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup in Harting, 1860:11
Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
Raabjerg Strand; Northwest coast of Jutland, Denmark
( ) ZMUC Holotype
Architeuthis mouchezi Vélain, 1875:1002
Nomen nudum; see Mouchezis sancti-pauli
Architeuthis nawaji Cadenat, 1935:513
Undetermined
Île d'Yeu, Bay of Biscay, France
( ) Unresolved
Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900:102, pl. 15
Valid species; Architeuthis physeteris
Azores (38°34'45"N 29°37'W); from sperm whale stomach
( ) MOM Holotype [station 588]
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875a:22
Nomen nudum
Architeuthis princeps Verrill, 1875b:79, figs. 25–27
Undetermined
a) Grand Banks, Newfoundland; b) North Atlantic (sperm whale stomach)
( and 26) NMNH? [not found in collections to date]; Syntypes (a) Verrill specimen No. 1, lower beak; b) Verrill specimen No. 10, upper and lower beak)
Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875a:4527
Architeuthis sp.
Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland
( ) Unresolved
Mouchezis sancti-pauli Vélain, 1877:81, text-fig. 8
Valid species; Architeuthis sanctipauli
on beach, St. Paul Island (38°43′S 77°32′E / 38 °S 77 °E / -38 ; 77 (Giant squid specimen, 2 November 1874)), South Indian Ocean
( ) MNHN Holotype 3-2-658 and 3-2-659 (tentacular clubs only)
Steenstrupia stockii Kirk, 1882:286, pl. 36 figs. 2–4
Valid species; Architeuthis stockii [Architeuthid per Pfeffer (1912:2)]
Cook Strait, New Zealand
( ) NMNZ Holotype M + M
Architeuthis titan Steenstrup in Verrill, 1875b:84 [in Verrill (1881b:238, footnote)]
Nomen nudum
Architeuthis verrilli Kirk, 1882:284, pl. 36 fig. 1
Species dubium
Island Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand
( ) NMNZ Holotype; [see Förch (1998:89)]
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