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Choose one of the browsed Magnapinna Squid lyrics, get the lyrics and watch the video. The last known species has yet to receive a scientific name. Browse for Magnapinna Squid song lyrics by entered search phrase. Both these species have been found in the Atlantic. talismani, was described in 2006 and the year after a third species M. Although the family is known only from larval. They are placed in the genus Magnapinna and family Magnapinnidae. C Bigfin squids are a group of rarely seen cephalopods with a distinctive morphology. Michael Vecchione and Richard Young later released a report that showed that Magnapinna squids are common in deep sea areas around the world. Species Magnapinna atlantica Vecchione & Young, 2006. Like a creature from an alien planet or the war machines from HG Wells’ War of the Worlds, the bizarrely proportioned cephalopod is like nothing else on Earth. Unusually for squid, the fins are almost the same length as the mantle, which is where their name comes from. Two specimens were observed by Remote Operated Vehicles. It also has extremely long arms and tentacles, which are believed to get to a length of 4 to 8 m (1326 ft). Herein, first observations are reported of Magnapinna squids in the Colombian Southern Caribbean. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and University of Hawaii biologist Richard Young based on juvenile squids. These appendages are held perpendicular to the body, creating 'elbows'. The Magnapinna Squid, like other squid, has a body with two fins on either side. Magnapinna pacifica was the first species to be described and was described in 1998 by Michael Vecchione of the U.S. The bigfin squids are a group of rarely seen cephalopods with a distinctive morphology. Little is known about these enigmatic squids that can grow to be between 5 to 23 feet (1.5 to 7 meters) long.Ī total of four species of these squids have been found so far but there are likely more species still waiting to be discovered. The squid known as a Magnapinna squid has a unique look due to the fact that it has “elbows” on its arms. A ROV (remote operated vehicle) owned and operated by the oil company Shell have caught video of a very rare squid while filming a mile and a half (two and a half kilometers) underwater on the drilling site known as Perdido in the gulf of Mexico.