Magnapinna is the sister group to Joubiniteuthis, another little-known deep-sea squid with an unusual body plan and long arms. Both Magnapinna and Joubiniteuthis are monotypic genera within their own families, Magnapinnidae and Joubiniteuthidae respectively.

On November 9, 2021, during Dive 10 of Windows to the Deep 2021, NOAA Ocean Exploration captured remarkable footage of an adult bigfin squid, genus Magnapinna. While we did not get a length estimate on this squid, the largest bigfin reported was about 6.4 meters (21 feet) in total length (including the arms and tentacles).

3 天之前 · Rare footage of a bigfin squid captured by a ROV deployed 11,000 feet deep in the Tonga Trench. Credit: Deep Sea Research Center, University of Western Australia. Search. ... Bigfin Squid: Magnapinna, Spotted In Tonga Trench. Live Science. 52:08. Deep Ocean: Lost World Of The Pacific Part 2 - David Attenborough Documentary HD. Seeker Land.

2021年11月15日 · It’s not every dive that deep-sea explorers encounter a bigfin squid (Magnapinna sp.). It’s actually pretty unusual; roughly a dozen sightings have been confirmed worldwide.

2024年3月18日 · Footage of an adult bigfin squid, genus Magnapinna, captured by the NOAA Ocean Exploration in November 2021. With their extraordinarily long tentacles and elusive behavior, bigfin squids...

2024年2月22日 · What are bigfin squid? Bigfin squid are in the genus Magnapinna, which means “great fin” in Latin. They get their name from the fact that their fins stretch to about 90% of the length of the mantle, or the main body of the squid. The largest bigfin squid on record stretched to more than 20 feet long, and it’s possible they can grow even ...

Bigfin squid are a group of cephalopods in the genus Magnapinna and family Magnapinnidae. Little is known about the big fin squid as no adult specimens have ever been captured or sampled. Nonetheless, these animals are notable for their arms and tentacles that are extremely long and thought to be 4 to 8 m (13 to 26 ft) in length.

2024年9月26日 · Bigfin squid (Magnapinna) are an extremely elusive type of cephalopod — a group that also includes octopus and cuttlefish — with only around a dozen sightings on record. They are the...

2020年11月11日 · Multiple observations of Bigfin Squid (Magnapinna sp.) in the Great Australian Bight reveal distribution patterns, morphological characteristics, and rarely seen behaviour. Deborah Osterhage, Hugh MacIntosh, Franziska Althaus, Andrew Ross

2021年6月10日 · An introduction to bigfin squid (Magnapinna squid, Magnapinnidae), an elusive deep sea squid. This post includes video of Magnapinna in their natural habitat.