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	Giant Squid and Colossal Squid Fact Sheet
		Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni is reputed to attain a greater size than the giant squid (Architeuthis dux).
		The lower beak standard measurement of rostrum length (LRL) 22.0 mm reported for 1.05 m specimen (Rodhouse & Clarke 1985) is considerably shorter than the greatest LRL described for this species, 48.0 mm (a measure taken from the largest beak known from the stomach of sperm whales).
		Mesonychoteuthis lacks a hectocotylus – a specially modified arm used to transfer spermatophores to the female.
	www.tonmo.com /science/public/giantsquidfacts.php (1693 words)

	Colossal Squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni at MarineBio.org
		The colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni (Robson, 1925), aka Antarctic cranch squid, is one of the largest and most elusive and mysterious of the cephalopods.
		The colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, is a deep-water species, living usually deeper than 1,000 m which makes it difficult for scientists to gather data on it (though juveniles have been found above 1,000 m to the surface).
		The sperm whale is a known predator of colossal squid in the Southern Ocean.
	www.marinebio.com /species.asp?id=247 (946 words)

	Steve Quayle News Alerts
		Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni was first identified in 1925 after two arms were recovered from a sperm whale's stomach.
		There have only ever been six specimens of this squid recovered: five have come from the stomachs of sperm whales and the sixth was caught in a trawl net at a depth of 2,000 to 2,200 metres.
		The squid researchers are calling Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni the "colossal squid".
	www.stevequayle.com /News.alert/03_Unexplained/030708.super.squid.html (493 words)

	Cryptozoology.com
		By the way, it is almost certainly not a "new" squid as was reported, it was known on film since at least the mid 90's.
		There so called "other" giant squid, Mesonychoteuthis, is quite different from the "normal" kind Architeuthis.
		Mesonychoteuthis has arms with swiveling hooks in the middle, which is what the name translates to from latin.
	www.cryptozoology.com /forum/topic_view_thread.php?tid=8&pid=25662 (120 words)

	Cephalopod News: Special Report: Colossal Squid Caught!
		Fishermen near Antarctica have caught a rare, virtually intact specimen of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni (or as it is now being called, the "colossal squid") -- a very large, very aggressive squid with scores of razor-sharp hooks on its tentacles.
		The specimen (Mesonychoteuthis) is the largest thus far known of this species, but was extensively damaged (it was in 3 pieces and has been reassembled in the picture).
		When examining it we expected it to be fully mature, we expected the beaks to be as large as those (or very close to in terms of size) those reported from stomach contents of sperm whales.
	zapatopi.net /cephnews/colossalsquidcaught.html (717 words)

	squidblog.net » Blog Archive » Superb Mesonychoteuthis Carcass
		These incredible pics of a Mesonychoteuthis (Colossal Squid) carcass were posted in this thread on the tonmo.com forums.
		The eyes must have been destroyed during retrieval (they had been torn off/out); given the treatment of the specimen at the time it was caught this doesn’t surprise me in the least.
		Given the number of sightings of Mesonychoteuthis of late (given our ever-expanding encroachment [fisheries] into Antarctic waters) it is only a matter of time before the animal is either caught live (on film), or a good-quality specimen is captured.
	www.squidblog.net /2005/06/07/superb-mesonychoteuthis-carcass (315 words)

	Colossal squid
		The Colossal Squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is the largest known type of squid.
		It hunts in the dark ocean via bioluminescence.
		While little is known about the life of this creature, many whales carry scars believed to be caused by the hooks of colossal squid on their backs.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Colossal_squid.html (176 words)

	NewTiburon.com Forums - Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni
		The Colossal Squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni), sometimes called the Antarctic or Giant Cranch Squid, is believed to be the largest squid species, and the only member of the genus Mesonychoteuthis.
		The beak of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni is the largest known of any squid, exceeding that of Architeuthis in size and robustness.
		In 2003, a complete specimen was found near the surface with a total length of 6 m (20 feet) and a mantle length of 2.5 m (8 feet).
	www.newtiburon.com /forums/showthread.php?p=1163556 (915 words)

	New Giant Squid Predator Found (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The sleeper sharks were caught in the Southern Ocean in waters off the Kerguelen island archipelago.
		Giant squid (Architeuthis dux) and their even bigger relatives colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) are amongst the most mysterious and fascinating creatures in the ocean.
		Virtually nothing is known of their behaviour, because they have never been observed in their natural habitat.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /FISH/SHARKS/InNews/squidpred2004.html (524 words)

	Bigger than a Giant Squid by Sally (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We found a new reason to carry on yesterday upon reading reports that an enormous squid, representing a larger genus of squid than even the giant squid (Architeuthis dux), was caught in the Ross Sea off the coast of Antarctica.
		First identified in 1925, mostly in such circumstantial or fragmentary forms as oversized sucker marks on whales, preposterously large tentacle fragments, and the like, this represents only the sixth whole example of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, a species that could have come out of a Lovecraft novel.
		Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni fun facts from the Tree of Life project:
	www.dailymonitor.org /A55967/dailymonitorhome.nsf/d72e024f16b1aab888256c1d00795dda/620ce9dc2ab6634f86256cfd0068a873!OpenDocument (163 words)

	Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni
		Mesonychoteuthis Robson, 1925 Version 26 September 2006 (under construction)
		Mesonychoteuthis Robson, 1925 Version 01 January 1999 (under construction)
		Each ToL leaf page provides a synopsis of the characteristics of a group of organisms representing a leaf at the tip of the Tree of Life.
	tolweb.org /onlinecontributors/app?page=ViewAllPageRevisions&service=external&sp=l2376 (135 words)

	[TML] Request for Aquatic Predator Name (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Regina News Service A colossal aquatic predator has been caught in abyssal waters, the first example of Mesonychoteuthis alectoni retrieved virtually intact from the surface of the ocean.
		"Now we know that it is moving right through the water column, right up to the very surface and it grows to a spectacular size." Mesonychoteuthis alectoni was first identified in 1094, after two arms were recovered from the side of a research submersible that was destroyed while viewing the predator.
		There have only ever been six specimens of this predator recovered: five have been found floating on the surface and the sixth was caught in a trawl net at a depth of 2,000 to 2,200 meters.
	lists.travellerrpg.com /pipermail/tml2003/2003-July/006030.html (592 words)

	Heraclitean Fire » Top ten animals - #1, Giant Squid
		Teuthologists (isn’t that a great word) used to think that the Giant Squid was at least longer, but the discovery of a huge but still not fully-grown specimen of Mesonychoteuthis means even that probably isn’t true.
		Giant Squid are pretty hard to find, but at least you can get partially digested specimens out of the stomachs of sperm whales.
		Mesonychoteuthis – which they’re now calling the Colossal Squid – live in the Antarctic oceans, futher south than the whales normally travel, and specimens are considerably rarer than mere gold-dust.
	heracliteanfire.net /archives/487 (617 words)

	Squid - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The majority of squid are no more than 60 cm in length, but the giant squid is reportedly up to 20 m in length, which made it the largest invertebrate in the world, and it has the largest eyes of all.
		Recently, however, an even larger specimen of a poorly understood species, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni (the Colossal Squid) has been discovered.
		Giant squids are featured in literature and folklore, with a strongly frightening connotation.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Squid (625 words)

	Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, Colossal Squid at MarineBio.org
		The Colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni (Robson, 1925), aka Antarctic cranch squid, is one of the largest, if not the largest, and most elusive and mysterious of the cephalopods.
		The Colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, is a deep-water species, living usually deeper than 1,000 m which makes it difficult for scientists to gather data on it (though juveniles have been found above 1,000 m to the surface).
		The Sperm whale is a major predator of Colossal squid in the Southern Ocean.
	marinebio.org /species.asp?id=247 (705 words)

	Juza Nature Photography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nonetheless, the specimen may had been a juvenile and some observations (beaks recovered from sperm-whale's stomachs) seem to indicate that it can reach a mantle length of 4 meters and a total length of 13-14 meters; so far adult specimens had never been found.
		A very interesting characteristic of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni is that it has both suckers and hooks on its arms; the tentacle clubs have an impressive series of swiveling hooks.
		It has a mantle length of near 1 meters and a total length of near 2 meters.
	www.juzaphoto.com /eng/articles/nature/architeuthis_giant_squid_other_giants.htm (285 words)

	"Colossal Squid" Revives Legends of Sea Monsters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This confirmed the encounter as the first live sighting of a colossal squid.
		Usually called Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, scientists who examined the Ross Sea specimen coined the term "colossal squid" to distinguish it from giant squid (Architeuthis).
		They say the species is the biggest and most fearsome squid known to science and could grow to 40 feet (12 meters) in length—longer than a whale.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/04/0423_030423_seamonsters.html (585 words)

	A Geographical Information System (GIS) atlas of squid distribution in the Southern Ocean.
		McSweeney, E. Description of the juvenile form of the Antarctic squid Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson, 1925.
		Rodhouse, P. and Clarke, M. Growth and distribution of young Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson (Mollusca: cephalopoda): an Antarctic squid.
		Rodhouse, P. and Clarke, M. Distribution of the early-life phase of the Antarctic squid Galiteuthis glacialis in relation to the hidrology of the Southern Ocean in the sector 15deg.
	www.nerc-bas.ac.uk /public/mlsd/squid-atlas (1547 words)

	Mesonychoteuthis Hamiltoni
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	www.ne-quid-nimis.info /194/mesonychoteuthis-hamiltoni.html (416 words)

	Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni
		Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni is the largest of all cranchiid species with adults reaching over 2 m in mantle length (Nesis, 1982).
		McSweeny, E. Description of the juvenile form of the Antarctic squid Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson.
		Young, Richard E. and Mangold (1922-2003), Katharina M. Mesonychoteuthis Robson, 1925.
	www.tolweb.org /Mesonychoteuthis_hamiltoni/19556 (496 words)

	Antarctic Facts 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		They are major prey for higher predators, including toothed whales, seals and seabirds.
		Squid range in size from the small Brachioteuthis (c.15 cm) to the enormous Mesonychoteuthis (4m), which has large hooks as well as suckers, on its arm and tentacles for capturing prey.
		The octopus species are less well known and despite the fact that they are very common, there are undoubtedly many species in Antarctic benthic ecosystems that are currently unknown to science.
	www.2041.com /ant_facts/ant_facts7.htm (455 words)

	Pharyngula::Colossal squid!
		Giant squid aren't big enough…now we have to consider the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni.
		Yeah, and what's really cool is colossal squid have hooks in the middle of at least some of their suckers, as well as the ring of "teeth" around them.
		I wouldn't be completely surprised if there's still 60 foot sharks hiding down there...
	pharyngula.org /index/weblog/comments/colossal_squid (667 words)

	Beware the giant squid \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		April 3, 2003 12:52 AM 'A colossal squid has been caught in Antarctic waters, the first example of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni retrieved virtually intact from the surface of the ocean.
		Colossal squid, or Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, is an extremely aggressive squid that chases large prey such as Patagonian toothfish.
		It has razor-sharp hooks on the inside of its tentacles that can swivel, so when it catches something it twists and shreds it to pieces.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/24828 (1153 words)

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		The giant squid isn't just a big ol' version of a regular squid—it has its own genus, called Architeuthis.
		(There may be several species of giant squid, but no one knows for sure.) The lesser-known "colossal squid," of the genus Mesonychoteuthis, may be even bigger and nastier than the giant squid.
		It has a larger beak than the giant squid and has hooks on its tentacles.
	www.slate.com /toolbar.aspx?action=read&id=2125914 (563 words)

	The Cryptid Zoo: Kraken
		Now, scientists think that the Antarctic species of squid called Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni actually grows much bigger than the giant squid.
		They don't have proof of this yet, as the only complete specimens of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni have been juveniles, but the size of these babies suggests that really big adults are out there.
		In recognition of this, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni has recently been given the common name of "colossal squid."
	www.newanimal.org /kraken.htm (661 words)

	[CINC] Rare Colossal Squid Found Near Antarctica - Reuters
		The hooks not only hold fish for the squid's two parrot-like beaks, but also are used to fend off attacks from hungry sperm whales, O'Shea said.
		The species, whose scientific name is mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, was previously thought to have lurked at least half a mile down in the freezing waters near Antarctica, but the specimen found a fortnight ago was near the surface.
		O'Shea said the discovery raised questions about what else was down deep in the ocean.
	www.rain.org /pipermail/sanctuary-naturalist-corps/2003-April/001340.html (576 words)

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