Data from: Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna

• Main Authors: McClain, Craig R., Balk, Meghan A., Benfield, Mark C., Branch, Trevor A., Chen, Catherine, Cosgrove, James, Dove, Alistair D. M., Gaskins, Leo C., Helm, Rebecca, Hochberg, Frederick G., Lee, Frank B., Marshall, Andrea, McMurray, Steven E., Schanche, Caroline, Stone, Shane N., Thaler, Andrew D., Helm, Rebecca R.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Cetorhinus maximus; Mirounga leonina; Hexanchus griseus; Architeuthis dux; Dermochelys coriacea; Manta birostris; Marine; Modern; Physeter macrocephalus; Mola mola; megafauna; Tridacna gigas; Regalecus glesne; Odobenus rosmarus; Balaenoptera musculus; Bathynomus giganteus; Carcharodon carcharias; Xestospongia muta; Somniosus microcephalus; Syrinx aruanus; Enteroctopus dofleini; Giganteus
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4531448; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.411mv

What are the greatest sizes that the largest marine megafauna obtain? This is a simple question with a difficult and complex answer. Many of the largest-sized species occur in the world's oceans. For many of these, rarity, remoteness, and quite simply the logistics of measuring these giants has...