First record of an adult Taningia danae (Cefalopoda: Octopoteuthidae) in the Canary Islands (Central-east Atlantic)

• Main Authors: Escánez, Alejandro, Perales-Raya, Catalina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Pesquerías; Hooked squid; Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias; Taningia danae; Canary Islands; Atlantic Ocean; Fishing Ground; Joubin; New Zealand; Pacific; Roper; DML; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/11242; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/324687

The deep-sea hooked squid, Taningia danae Joubin, 1931 (Octopoteuthidae) is one of the largest oceanic squids, reaching dorsal mantle lengths (DML) of 1700 mm (Nesis 1982; 1987), and has been reported to weigh up to at least 161.4 kg (Roper & Vecchione 1993). This species is characterised by a c...