IUCN threat status:

Not evaluated

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Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni is the largest of all cranchiid species with adults reaching over 2 m in mantle length (Nesis, 1982). It is a circumpolar Antarctic species with young found north to the subtropical convergence (Nesis, 1982).

Brief diagnosis:

A taoniin ...

  • with hooks on the arms and tentacle clubs.

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