2006-09-30 10:37:30 · 5 answers · asked by barbara m 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Architeuthis, the Giant Squid
2006-09-30 10:39:05 · answer #1 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Largest Invertebrate
Giant squid, reaching lengths of 43 feet, are the largest invertebrates. They also have the largest eyes (about the size of a human head). The largest giant squid ever measured was 59 feet long.
Edit.. Both the largest mollusk and the largest of all invertebrates is the Giant Squid (Architeuthis dux), measuring up to 13 m (43 ft) or more from tenacle tip to tail tip. The largest specimen known measured 17.6 m (58 ft) long and is thought to have weighed at least 2 tonnes (2.2 tons). Interestingly, the Giant Squid also has the second largest eyes for any animal in the world measuring 50 cm (20 in). However, the newly-discovered Colossal Squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni), which is known from a juvenile specimen, may equal or exceed the Giant Squid in mass, if not in length.
Largest Invertebrate (land)
The coconut crab has a legspan of up to two and a half feet and weighs about 6.6 pounds. Native to tropical Indo-Pacific islands, this hermit crab species has muscular claws capable of punching holes into coconuts so that it can scoop out the flesh.
PS there is no such creature as a "giant madagascar jellyfish" the largest jellyfish is the lion's mane jellyfish... The largest specimens of this giant can attain a bell diameter of 2.5 m (8 feet), a weight of 150 kg (330 lbs.) and can possess tentacles as long as 30 m (100 feet) or more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion%27s_mane_jellyfish
2006-09-30 10:39:27 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The arctic Lion's Mane Jellyfish can have tentacles hanging down over 100 feet and weigh over 2,000 pounds, or one US ton. If you scroll down to figure 7 on my second link it says giant squid only attain a length of 37 feet and a weight of about 600 pounds and that anyone who says they get to 60 feet and 2,000 pounds is doing a disservice to science.
2006-10-01 16:05:18 · answer #3 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the Colossal Squid , the males may get to 46 feet in length!
2006-09-30 10:42:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i believe this is the giant madagasgar jellyfish, which is approx 85 feet circumfrence and has a density of 34 tonne's. It is capable of travelling at 80 kph to attack prey, and kills its prey by hypnosis, thereafter fluid extration.
2006-09-30 10:45:49 · answer #5 · answered by johnboy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋