. The colossal cephalopods of the North Atlantic [microform]. Cephalopoda; Squids; Octopuses; Céphalopodes; Calmars; Poulpe. COLOSSAL CEPHALOPODS. 25 to be the ArcJdteiitJus monachus of Steenstnip, is well shown by- fig. 1. From great size of the large suckers on Hie long arms, I judge it to be a male. The body was relatively stout, and ac- cording to the statement of Mr. Harvey, it was, when fresh, about seven feet long and five and one-half feet in circumference. The portion of the body shown in the photogiaph appears to have been Fig. 2. only about five and one-half feet lona:, and is
. The colossal cephalopods of the North Atlantic [microform]. Cephalopoda; Squids; Octopuses; Céphalopodes; Calmars; Poulpe. COLOSSAL CEPHALOPODS. 25 to be the ArcJdteiitJus monachus of Steenstnip, is well shown by- fig. 1. From great size of the large suckers on Hie long arms, I judge it to be a male. The body was relatively stout, and ac- cording to the statement of Mr. Harvey, it was, when fresh, about seven feet long and five and one-half feet in circumference. The portion of the body shown in the photogiaph appears to have been Fig. 2. only about five and one-half feet lona:, and is badly muElated anteriorly, so that it is i)ossible iluit Mr. Harvey has allowed too much for the missing parts. In restoring the figure here presented, the length of the !)ody was reckoned at seven feet, and reduced twenty-two times. The "tail" or caudal fin (lig. 2) is said by Mr. Harvey to have been twenty-two inches across, but the pre- served specimen is considerably small- er, owing, undoubtedly, to shrinkage in the brine and alcohol. Jt is reuiark- able for its peculiar spear-shaped or broad sagittate form. Tiie posterior termination is unusually acute and the lateral lobes oxteiifl forward consider- ably beyond their insertion. In the preserved specimen the total length, from the anterior end of the laterlil lobes to the ti a twenty-three inches ; from tiie lateral insertions to tht n inches; from the dorsal insertion thirteen and flve-tenths ..... j; total l)readth about fifteen inches; width of lateral lobes six- inches. The body, as seen in the photograph, is badly collapsed and It must be a .natter of great difHculty to obtain the true diameter of the body in any of these large squids, owing to the. Tail of \o. f, nn St, te tl Mt tlu. 'H, pans of the nnns, the slu-U or pen pre r.;'; .; o" ' "'"" ""â " "'""â¢"' "â¢^' '''â¢â¢"â¢â¢ «'-'-'â¢â¢Â«'
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