The world's largest squid king, Physalis alkekengi, also known as the giant small head squid, is a typical deep-sea giant squid and the largest of the same family. It is also the largest invertebrate in the world.
morphological character
Their body length is about ten meters. Compared with king squid, there are still many differences. Their wrists are shorter than their bodies. From 1980 to 20 10, it was found that the largest squid was 1 1 m. However, their ears have some smaller otoliths to tell the direction. The color of blood is blue.
habitat
They mainly live in the Antarctic continental waters with a depth of 300 to 4 thousand meters, and occasionally they are distributed northward in the deep sea off South Africa.
Main value
They are a kind of squid with great research value for us humans. However, they have no edible value. Although they are relatively large in size, the king squid with sour sauce is a regular food for sperm whales in Antarctic waters. Their biggest natural enemy is the Antarctic sleeping shark.
Related reports
In New Zealand, an official announced at that time on February 22, 2007 that a New Zealand fishing boat had salvaged a squid with king's sour sauce in Antarctic waters, which was the first intact living sample captured by us.
On April 30, 2008, a large group of scientists thawed the squid, which had been frozen for more than a year. And the endoscope is studied without destroying the body. Moreover, this specimen made of squid with king's sour pulp is kept in a museum in Wellington.