New records of the giant squid Architeuthis dux in the southern Indian Ocean

• Main Author: Yves Cherel
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Curl; Indian; Kerguelen; New Zealand; Roper; Saint-Paul; Union Island; Amsterdam Island; Newfoundland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.566.890; http://www.cebc.cnrs.fr/publipdf/2003/CJMBAUK.pdf

Only one specimen of Architeuthis dux was previously reported from the southern Indian Ocean. The present work adds ten new records of giant squid in the area. Two remains of fresh specimens have been collected from La Re ¤ union Island (218S) and Amsterdam Island (388S) in tropical and subtropical...