LIST OF GIANT SQUID SPECIMENS AND SIGHTINGS

Giant squid, ''Architeuthis'' sp., modified from an illustration by A.E. Verrill, 1880.

This 'list of giant squid specimens and sightings' is a comprehensive listing of all recorded human encounters with members of the genus ''Architeuthis'', popularly known as giant squid. It includes animals caught by fishermen, found stranded ashore, recovered (in whole or in part) from Sperm Whales and other predatory species, as well as confirmed giant squid sightings at sea. The list also covers specimens incorrectly assigned to the genus ''Architeuthis'' in original descriptions or later publications.
The list generally follows "Records of ''Architeuthis'' Specimens from Published Reports" compiled by Michael J. Sweeney, with additional information taken from other sources (see References).
For a list of unconfirmed giant squid sightings, see the list of dubious and uncertain giant squid sightings.

Number of specimens

Note on size

List of giant squid

Taxa associated with ''Architeuthis''

Number of specimens

According to Guerra ''et al.'' (2006), 592 confirmed giant squid specimens were known as of the end of 2004. Of these, 306 came from the Atlantic Ocean, 264 from the Pacific Ocean, 20 from the Indian Ocean, and 2 from the Mediterranean Sea.
The figures for specimens collected in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans further break down as follows: 126 in the northwestern Atlantic, 148 in the northeastern Atlantic, 6 in the southwestern Atlantic, 26 in the southeastern Atlantic, 28 in the northwestern Pacific, 43 in the northeastern Pacific, 183 in the southwestern Pacific, and 10 in the southeastern Pacific.

Note on size

Giant squid size, and particularly total length, has often been misreported and exaggerated. Reports of specimens reaching or even exceeding 18 metres (59 feet) in length are widespread, but no animals approaching this size have been scientifically documented. Such lengths were likely achieved by great lengthening of the two long feeding tentacles, analogous to stretching elastic bands (O'Shea, 2003).
Based on the examination of 105 specimens as well as beaks recovered from Sperm Whales, the giant squid is not known to attain a mantle length (ML) in excess of 2.25 m (7.4 ft) (O'Shea, 2003). Including the head and arms, but excluding the tentacles, ''Architeuthis'' very rarely exceeds 5 m (16 ft) in length (O'Shea, 2003). Maximum total length, when measured relaxed ''post mortem'', is estimated at 13 m (43 ft) for females and 10 m (33 ft) for males from caudal fin to the tip of the two long tentacles (O'Shea, 2003).
Giant squid exhibit sexual dimorphism. Maximum weight is estimated at 275 kg for females and 150 kg for males (O'Shea, 2003).

List of giant squid

Records are listed chronologically in descending order and numbered accordingly. Specimens incorrectly assigned to the genus ''Architeuthis'' are not counted and are instead denoted with an asterisk (
★ ) and highlighted in pink. Records that cover multiple giant squid specimens, or remains of more than a single animal (e.g. two lower beaks), are highlighted in grey.

★ 'Date' – Date on which the specimen was first captured, found, or observed. In cases where this is unknown, the date the specimen was first reported is listed instead and noted as such.

★ 'Location' – Area where the specimen was found. Given as it appears in the cited references, except where additional information is provided in brackets.

★ 'Oceanic sector' – The quadrant of a major ocean in which the specimen was found (see Oceanic sectors).

★ 'Method of capture' – Method by which the specimen was recovered or observed. Given as it appears in the cited references, although "washed ashore" encompasses all stranded animals.

★ 'Identification' – Species or genus level taxon to which the specimen was originally assigned. Given as it appears in the cited references. Listed chronologically if specimen was re-identified.

★ 'Material cited' – Original specimen material that was recovered or observed.

★ 'Material saved' – Material that was kept after examination and not discarded (if any).

★ 'Sex' – Sex and sexual maturity of the specimen.

★ 'Size and measurements' – Data relating to measurements and counts. Abbreviations used are based on standardised acronyms in teuthology (see Measurements), with the exception of several found in older references. Measurements are given as they appear in the cited references (original units are preserved).

★ 'Repository' – Institution in which the specimen material is deposited. The acronyms used are those defined by Leviton ''et al.'' (1985) and Leviton & Gibbs (1988) (see Repositories). Where the acronym is unknown, the full repository name is listed.

★ 'Cited references' – Sources that provide specific data on a particular specimen.

★ 'Additional references' – Sources which merely refer to the specimen.

★ 'Notes' – Miscellaneous information.
Note: Names of anatomical features are retained from original sources (e.g. ''jaws'' may be given instead of the preferred ''beak'').

#	Date	Location	Oceanic sector	Method of capture	Identification	Material cited	Material saved	Sex	Size and measurements	Repository	Cited references	Additional references	Notes
1	1545	near Malmö, Denmark [since 1658 Malmö has belonged to Sweden]	NEA	Found washed ashore; "caught live" [''fide'' Muus (1959:170)]	"Japetus Steenstrup delivered a lecture in 1854 with a strong suggestion that the 'soemunk' was an ''Architeuthis''." [''fide'' Muus (1959)]; ''Architeuthis monachus'' Steenstrup ''in'' Harting, 1860	Entire?	Undetermined		WL?: ~3 m		transcript of Steenstrup's 1854 lecture; Lonnberg (1891:36)	Nordgård (1928:71); Muus (1959:170)	Muus (1959) writes: "From contemporary descriptions with accompanying woodcuts it appears that the animal was regarded as a 'soemunk'."
2	Autumn, 1639	Thingøresand, Nordresyssel, Iceland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	One arm		BL+HL: ~6 ft; AL: ~3 ft; TL: ~16-18 ft; BC: ~3-4 ft	Thingore monastery	Steenstrup (1849:[9]); Steenstrup (1898:[272])	''Eggert Olafsen's & Bjarne Povelsen's journey to Iceland'', vol. II, p. 716 and ''Annales Bjornonis de skardsa'', 1639 [''fide'' Steenstrup (1898:[272]); Verrill (1875b:84); Robson (1933:691); Muus (1959:170)
3	~15 October, 1673	Dingle-I-cosh, Kerry, Ireland	NEA	Found floating at surface, in process of washing ashore, alive	''Dinoteuthis proboscideus'' More, 1875; ''Architeuthis monachus'' [''fide'' Verrill]	Entire	Two arms, buccal mass, and suckers taken to Dublin		TL: ~11 ft + 9 ft; AL: ~6-8 ft; "liver": 30 lb	Undetermined [NMI?]; 'holotype' of ''Dinoteuthis proboscideus'' More, 1875	More (1875a:4526); Verrill (1875c:214)	Massy (1909:30); Ritchie (1918:137); Robson (1933:692); Hardy (1956:285); Collins (1998:489)	Found by James Steward.
4	1680	Ulvangen Fjord, Alstadhoug parish, Norway	NEA	Not stated		Entire?					Pontoppidan (1752:34?/344?)	Steenstrup (1857:[18]); Grieg (1933:19)
5	1770	Jutland, Denmark	NEA						Unknown		Muss (1959)	Ellis (1998:257)
6	27 May, 1785	Grand Banks, Newfoundland	NWA	Found floating dead	''Architeuthis'' sp.				BL: 7 ft		Thomas (1795:xx); Aldrich (1992:457)		Data from Capt. G. Cartwright.
7	November or December, 1790	Arnarnaesvik, Modruvalle, Iceland	NEA	Found washed ashore		Entire	None; used for cod bait		"longest tentacula": 3 fathoms (~5.6 m); "body right from the head": 3½ fathoms (~6.6 m); "so thick that a fullgrown man could hardly embrace it with his arms"		Steenstrup 1849:[11]); Steenstrup (1898:[276])	1792 diary of Svein Paulsson (in library of Literature Society of Iceland, in Copenhagen); Verrill (1875b:84); Robson (1933:691)	Called ''Kolkrabbe'' ('coal-crab') by local people.
8	17-- (reported in 1795)	near St. John's harbour, Newfoundland	NWA	Unknown	''Architeuthis'' sp.						Thomas (1795:xx); Aldrich (1992:457)
9	17--	Grand Banks, Newfoundland	NWA	Unknown	''Architeuthis'' sp.						Aldrich (1992:457)
10	1798	Denmark	NEA						Unknown		Packard (1873)	Ellis (1998:257)
11	1802	off Tasmania	SWP						EL?: 6-7 ft		Peron (1807)	Ellis (1998:257)
12	1817	Atlantic Ocean	?						WT: 400 lb		Quoy & Gaimard (1824)	Ellis (1998:257)
13	December, 1853	Raabjerg beach, North Jutland, coast of Skagerack, Denmark	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis monachus''	Entire	Jaws only; radula discarded after poor preservation; jaws cut out; portion used for bait; remainder buried after 2 days		80-85 kg; jaw measurements Steenstrup (1898:[270])	ZMUC; 'holotype' of ''Architeuthis monachus'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222)]	Steenstrup (1855:[14]); arting (1860:11); Steenstrup (1898:[258], pl.); Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222)	Steenstrup (1857:[18]); Gervais (1875:91); Verrill (1875b:84); Posselt (1890:144); Nordgård (1928:71)	"''Architeuthis monachus''" Steenstrup = ''nomen nudum'' [''fide'' Robson (1933:690)].
14	5 November, 1855	western part of the Atlantic Ocean (31°N, 76°W); Bahamas (Captain Hygom) [''fide'' Ellis (1998:258)]	NWA	Not stated; presumably found floating at surface	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857; ''Architeuthis titan'' [''fide'' Verrill (1875)]	Arm, suckers, and gladius	Arm, suckers, and gladius	Male	WL: 377 cm; AL: 1/2 whole length [''fide'' Steenstrup]; beak measurements; GL: 6ft [''fide'' Verrill citing Harting]	ZMUC; 'holotype' of ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222)]	Steenstrup (1857:[18]); Steenstrup (1882:[160]); Steenstrup (1898:[260, 298]); Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222)	Verrill (1875b:84); Posselt (1890:144); Toll & Hess (1981:753)	Obtained by Capt. V. Hygom.
15	December, 1855	Aalbaekbugten, Denmark	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire?	Undetermined		None		Muus (1959:170)	Posselt (1890:144)
16	Unknown (reported in 1860)	Unknown	?	Not stated	''Architeuthis dux'' [''fide'' Harting (1860)]; ''Architeuthis hartingii'' (Verrill, 1875) [''fide'' Verrill (1880)]; ''nomen nudum'' [''fide'' Dell (1970:27)]	Jaws, buccal mass, detached arm suckers	Jaws, buccal mass, detached arm suckers		ASD: 1.05 in	University of Utrecht Natural History Museum; 'holotype' of ''Loligo hartingii'' Verrill, 1875. Harting specimen No. 1	Harting (1860:2, figs. 1-8); Verrill (1875b:85); Kent (1875:491); Verrill (1880:240); Pfeffer (1912:37)	Dell (1970:27)
17	1860	between Hillswick and Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis monachus'' Steenstrup, 1857; ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Stephen (1962:154)]		Undetermined		TL: 16 ft; AL: ~8 ft; BL: ~7ft		Jeffreys (1869:124); Stephen (1944:263)	Pfeffer (1912:26); Collins (1998:489)
18	30 November, ?1861 [=1860 Rees & Maul]	about 20 miles northeast of Teneriffe, Canary Islands	NEA	Found on surface	''Loligo bouyeri'' [''fide'' Crosse & Fischer]	Entire, decomposed	None		BL: 15-18 ft	None	Bouyer (1861); Crosse & Fischer (1862); Kent (1874:180); Verrill (1875b:86)	Kent (1875:491); Gervais (1875:93); Rees & Maul (1956:266)	Observed only by officers of the French gunboat ''Alecton''; sketch made.
19	1862	North Atlantic	?						Unknown		Crosse & Fischer (1862)	Ellis (1998:258)
★	Unknown; 1870?	Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, Canada	NWA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis megaptera'' Verrill, 1878 [= ''Sthenoteuthis pteropus'' (Steenstrup, 1855) ''fide'' Dunning (1998:428)]	Entire	Entire		BL: 14 in; WL: 43 in; extensive additional measurements	NSMC; catalog no. 1870-Z-2; 'holotype' of ''Architeuthis megaptera'' Verrill, 1878 [''fide'' Macalaster (1977:14). Verrill specimen No. 21	Verrill (1878:207); Verrill (1880a:193)		'Non-architeuthid.' Collected by J.M. Jones.
20	September, 1870	Waimarama, east coast of Wellington, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore		Entire	Beak		BL+HL: 10 ft 5 in; BC: 6 ft; AL: 5 ft 6 in	In Kirk's possession; Kirk specimen No. 1	Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881:398)	Meinertzhagen letter 27 June, 1879 to Kirk; Pfeffer (1912:32); Dell (1952:98)	Mr. Meinertzhagen sent beak, saved by third party (unidentified), to Kirk. Natives called specimen a "taniwha".
21	1870 (winter)	Lamaline, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis monachus'' of Steenstrup	Entire?			Two; WL: 40ft and WL: 47ft	Unknown; Verrill specimens No. 8 & 9	Murray (1874a:162); Verrill (1875a:36); Verrill (1880a:187)	Harvey (1874:69); Kent (1874:182)	Data from Mr. Harvey letter citing Rev. M. Gabriel's statement to Harvey.
22	October, 1871	Grand Banks, Newfoundland	NWA	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis princeps'' Verrill, 1875	Entire; part used as bait	Jaws obtained from Baird for examination by Verrill; lower jaw is syntype of ''Architeuthis princeps'' Verrill, 1875b		BL: ~15 ft; BD: 19 in; AL (mutilated): ~10 ft; AD: 7 in; AC: 22 in; beak; BC: 4 ft 8in; WT: 2000 lb	Jaws at NMNH [''fide'' Verrill (1874a:158)][no longer extant?]. Verrill specimen No. 1	Packard (1873:91); Verrill (1874a:158); Verrill (1874b:167); Verrill (1875b:79, fig. 27); Verrill (1880a:181, 210, pl. 18 fig. 3)	Verrill (1880a:178); Pfeffer (1912:20)	Taken by Capt. Campbell, Schooner ''B.D. Haskins''.
23	1871	Wellington, New Zealand	SWP						EL?: 16 ft		Dell (1952)	Ellis (1998:258)
24	1872 (autumn or winter)	Coomb's Cove, Newfoundland	NWA	Found alive in shallow water, having been driven ashore in heavy sea		Entire; "one long arm missing" (later changed to both present)			BL: 10 ft; BD: 3-4 ft; TL: 42 ft; AL: ~6 ft; AD: 9 in; skin + flesh: 2.25 in thick; EL: 52 ft	Unknown; Verrill specimen No. 3	Verrill (1874a:159); Verrill (1874b:167); Verrill (1875a:35); Verrill (1880a:183)	Owen (1881:163)	Specimen had a reddish colour. Verrill's data taken from newspaper accounts and 15/VI/1873 T.R. Bennett letter to Prof. Baird. Verrill (1880a:186) states his No. 6 is same specimen as No. 3. [This cannot be correct, since capture date for No. 6 is clearly stated as December 1874 by Verrill (1875c:213).]
25	December, 1872	Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	?''Architeuthis dux'' [''fide'' Verrill (1874a)]; ?''Architeuthis harveyi'' [''fide'' Verrill (1880a)]	Entire (damaged arms)	Pair of jaws and two suckers		TL: 32 ft; AL: ~10 ft; BL: ~14 ft (estimate); BC: 6 ft	NMNH; Verrill specimen No. 4 (1875a:33); and possibly also Verrill specimen No. 11 (1875b:79)	Verrill (1874a:160); Verrill (1874b:167); Verrill (1875a:33); Verrill (1875b:79); Verrill (1880a:184, 187, pl. 16 figs. 5-6, pl. 25 fig. 5)	Pfeffer (1912:19)	Material from Rev. A. Munn, through Prof. Baird to Verrill.
26	Unknown (reported in 1873)	North Atlantic Ocean	NWA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis princeps'' Verrill, 1875	Upper and lower jaws	Upper and lower jaws		Beaks	Syntype of ''Architeuthis princeps'' Verrill, 1875b; Verrill specimen No. 10. Presented by Capt. N.E. Atwood of Provincetown, Massachusetts to EI [''fide'' Verrill (1875b)]; PASS [''fide'' Verrill (1880a)].	Packard (1873:91, fig.); Verrill (1875a:22); Verrill (1875b:79, figs. 25-26); Verrill (1880a:187, 210, pls. 17-20)		Verrill states Packard's illustration is inaccurate.
27	1873	Yedo fishmarket, Japan	NWP	Purchased	''Megateuthis martensii'' Hilgendorf, 1880; ''Nomen spurium'' [''fide'' Pfeffer (1912:31)]	'Entire', missing head, "abdominal sac", ends of tentacles and arms [''fide'' Owen (1881:163)]	Not specified		ML: 186 cm; AL(longest): 197 cm	ZMB Moll. 34716 + 38980, 'holotype' of ''Megateuthis martensii'' Hilgendorf, 1880	Hilgendorf (1880:67); Pfeffer (1912:31); Sasaki (1929:227)	Owen (1881:163)	Second specimen from Tokyo fishmarket seen by Hilgendorf and used for description of gladius. Model of specimen placed in Exhibition of Fishery in Berlin.
28	26 October, 1873	off Portugal Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found floating at surface	''Megaloteuthis harveyi'' Kent, 1874; ''Architeuthis monachus'' of Steenstrup [''fide'' Verrill (1875a:34)]; ?''Architeuthis harveyi'' [''fide'' Verrill (1880a:181)]	Entire	One tentacle; one arm discarded		(see Verrill, 1880a:220) TL (incomplete): 19 ft; TSD: 1.25 in; TC: 3.5 in; additional measurements based on photo (1875a:34); additional club measurement from Harvey letter (1875b:79); BL: ~10 ft	YPM?; 'holotype' of ''Megaloteuthis harveyi'' Kent, 1874; Verrill specimen No. 2	Harvey (1874:67, pl.); Murray (1874a:161); Murray (1874b:120); Verrill (1874a:159); Verrill (1874b:167); Kent (1874:178, 182); Verrill (1875a:34); Verrill (1875b:78); Kent (1875:32); Verrill (1880a:181); Verrill (1882b:74)	Owen (1881:161); Pfeffer (1912:19); Aldrich (1992:457); "February Naturalist pg. 120"; "13 December Field"; "6 December 1873 American Sportsman"	Found floating at surface, struck by Mr. T. Picot from boat, attacked boat.
29	25 November?, 1873	Logy Bay (~3 miles from St. John's), Newfoundland	NWA	In herring net	?''Architeuthis monachus'' of Steenstrup [''fide'' Verrill (1874a)]; ''Architeuthis harveyi'' (Kent, 1874) [''fide'' Verrill (1880a)]	Entire (badly mutilated, head severed, etc.)	Miscellaneous parts obtained from Rev. M. Harvey (gladius and ?)		(see 1880a:220) BL: ~7 ft; BC: 5-6 ft; caudal fin: 22 in broad; TL: 24 ft; TC: 2.5 in; AL (all 8): 6 ft; AC (base): 10 in, 9 in, 8 in, 7 in; ASC: ~100; CSC: ~160; club description; extensive description of reconstructed parts	In Verrill's possession; Verrill specimen No. 5	Verrill (1874a:160); Verrill (1874b:167); Kent (1874:181); Verrill (1875a:23); Kent (1875:32) Verrill (1876:236); Verrill (1880a:184, 197, pls 13-16a); Pfeffer (1912:18); Aldrich (1992:457, fig 1A,B)	Harvey in ''Morning Chronicle'' (newspaper) of St. John's; ''Maritime Monthly Magazine'' of St. John's, March 1874; several newspapers	Verrill's data from letter to Dr. Dawson from M. Harvey. Photos made of a) entire body, somewhat mutilated anteriorly; b) head and 10 arms. Poorly preserved; first in brine, then in alcohol. Capture date given as December several times, then as November several times and as November 25 by Aldrich (1992:457).
30	Unknown (reported in 1874)	Unknown; South-American coast [''fide'' Kent (1874:179)]	SWA?	Not stated	''Architeuthis monachus'' [''fide'' Kent (1874:178)]; ''Plectoteuthis grandis'' Owen, 1881; ''Architeuthis'' sp.? (''grandis'') [''fide'' Verrill (1881:401)]; ''nomen nudum'' [''fide'' Dell (1970:27)]	Sessile arm	Arm		AL: 9 ft; AC: 11 in	BMNH; 'holotype' of ''Plectoteuthis grandis'' Owen, 1881	Kent (1874:179); Verrill (1875b:86); Kent (1875:493); Owen (1881:156, pls. 33b-35); Verrill (1881:400); Verrill (1882b:72); Steenstrup (1882:[160]); Pfeffer (1912:37)	Dell (1970:27)
31	1874	Buøy, Foldenfjord, Norway	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire	None		WL: ~4 m		Grieg (1933:19)	Nordgård (1928:71)
32	10 May, 1874	Indian Ocean (8°50'N, 84°5'E)	SIO?						Unknown		''The Times'' (July 4, 1874); Lane (1974:205)	Ellis (1998:258)	Seen from the steamers ''Strathowen'' and ''Pearl''.
33	2 November, 1874	on beach, St. Paul Island (38°43'S, 77°32'E), South Indian Ocean	SIO	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis mouchezi'' Velain (1875:1002) [''nomen nudum'']; ''Mouchezis sancti-pauli'' Velain (1877:81)	Entire; found in advanced state of decay	Tentacle(s?) and buccal mass		EL: 7.15 m	MNHN; catalog nos. 3-2-658 + 3-2-659 (tentacular clubs) [''fide'' Lu ''et al.'' (1995)]; 'holotype' of ''Mouchezis sancti-pauli'' Velain, 1877	Velain (1875:1002); Velain (1877:81 & 83, fig. 8); Velain (1878:81 & 83, fig. 8); Owen (1881:159); Pfeffer (1912:32)	Gervais (1875:88); Verrill (1875c:213)
34	December, 1874	Grand Bank, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis princeps''	Entire, except for tail (cut up for dog food)	Jaws, one tentacular sucker		EL: 42-43 ft; HL+BL: 12-13 ft; ?TL: 30 ft; TL: 26 ft; TC: 16 in; BL: 10 ft; jaws	In Verrill's possession; Verrill specimen No. 6 and Verrill specimen No. 13	Verrill (1875a:35); Verrill (1875c:213); Verrill (1880a:186, 188, pl. 17 fig. 11)	Simms letter 27/X/1875 to Verrill	Data from 10/XII/1873 letter from Mr. Harvey to unknown individual citing measurements taken by G. Simms; Pfeffer (1912:21). Measurements are given differently in different papers. Verrill (1880a:186) states his No. 6 is same specimen as No. 3. [This cannot be correct, as capture date for No. 6 is clearly stated as December 1874 by Verrill (1875c:213).] Verrill (1880a:188, pl. 17) repeats record as his No. 13.
35	Unknown (reported in 1875)	west St. Modent (on Labrador side), Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland	NWA	Found alive	''Architeuthis princeps'' or ''Architeuthis monachus'' of Steenstrup	Entire	None; cut up, salted, and barrelled for dog meat		TL?: 37 ft; BL+HL: 15 ft; WL: 52 ft; SD: ~2 in	None; Verrill specimen No. 7	Verrill (1875a:36); Verrill (1880a:186)	Dr. Honeyman article in ''Halifax'' newspaper	Data from unidentified third party cited in abovenewspaper article.
36	Unknown (reported in 1875)	Boffin Island, west coast, Ireland	NEA	Not stated		Beak, tentacles, and arms	Undetermined		TL: 30 ft; CL: 2 ft 9 in; CSD: ~1 in		Uncertain chronology; More (1875b:123); Verrill (1875c:214)
37	1874? 1875? (winter)	near Harbor Grace, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore			Destroyed		None taken	None; Verrill specimen No. 12	Verrill (1875b:79); Verrill (1880a:188)		"destroyed before its value became known, and no measurements are given"
38	25 April, 1875	off Boffin Island, Connemara, Ireland	NEA	"Captured"	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Beak and buccal mass, one arm, portions of both tentacles		TL: ~30 ft; CL: 2 ft 9 in; CSD: 1 in; AL: ~8 ft; AC: 15 in	NMI	More (1875b:123); Massy (1909:30)	Ritchie (1918:137); Massy (1928:32); Robson (1933:692); Hardy (1956:285); Collins (1998:489)	Preserved by Sergeant O'Connor.
39	October, 1875	Grand Banks, Atlantic Ocean (44° - 44°30'N and 49°30'W - 49°50'W)	NWA	Not stated; presumably found floating at surface		Multiple	None; cut up for cod bait		Filled 75 gallon tub; ~1,000 lb (No. 25); TL: 36ft (No. 26)	None; Verrill specimen No. 25 and Verrill specimen No. 26	Verrill (1881:396)		An unusual number (>25-30) of mostly dead giant squid found by Gloucester, Massachusetts fishermen.
40	~1876	Clifford Bay, Cape Campbell, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore		Entire	Jaws [''fide'' Pfeffer (1912:32)]		BL(estimate): 7 ft; EL(estimate): ~20 ft	Colonial Museum [NMNZ] [''fide'' Pfeffer (1912:32)]	Robson (1887:156); Kirk (1880)	Pfeffer (1912:32); Dell (1952:98)
41	20 November, 1876	in Notre Dame Bay, southwest arm of Green Bay, Hammer Cove, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore		Partial specimen; devoured by foxes and sea-birds	Piece of pen 16 in long		WH: 18 in; FW: 18 in	In Harvey's possession; Verrill specimen No. 15	Verrill (1880a:190); Verrill (1880b:284)	M. Harvey letter 25 August 1877 to Verrill
42	1877?	Norway	NEA	Not stated		Map location only					Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
43	24 September, 1877	Catalina, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore, alive	''Architeuthis princeps''	Entire; "nearly perfect specimen"	Loose suckers		(see 1880a:220) HL+BL: 9.5 ft; BC: 7 ft; TL: 30 ft; AL (longest, ventral): 11 ft; AC (ventral): 17 in; beak; FW: 2 ft 9in	In Verrill's possession; Verrill specimen No. 14	''Canadian Illustrated News'', October 27, 1877; Verrill (1877:425); Verrill (1880a:189, pl. 17, figs. 1-10, pls. 19-20)	Owen (1881:163); Pfeffer (1912:21)	Measured fresh by M. Harvey; examined preserved (poorly) by Verrill at New York Aquarium. Later "prepared" for exhibition by taxidermist. Cast made for the AMNH.
44	October, 1877	Trinity Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Not stated		"big squid"	None		None taken	None; Verrill specimen No. 17	Verrill (1880a:191); Verrill (1880b:285)	M. Harvey letter 17 November 1877 to Verrill citing reference to specimen by John Duffet	Specimen cut up and used for manure.
45	21 November, 1877	Smith's Sound, Lance Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	?''Architeuthis princeps''	Entire	None; carried off by tide		BL(+HL?): 11 ft; TL: 33 ft; AL: 13 ft (estimate)	None; Verrill specimen No. 16	Verrill (1880a:190); Verrill (1880b:285)	M. Harvey letter 27 November 1877 to Verrill citing measurements taken by John Duffet	Found still alive, having "ploughed up a trench or furrow about 30 ft long and of considerable depth by the stream of water that it ejected with great force from its siphon. When the tide receded it died."
46	2 November, 1878	near Little Bay Copper Mine, Thimble Tickle, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found aground off shore, alive	?''Architeuthis princeps''	Entire	None; cut up for dog food		BL+HL: 20 ft; TL: 35 ft	None; Verrill specimen No. 18	Verrill (1880a:191); Verrill (1880b:285)	M. Harvey letter 30 January, 1879 to ''Boston Traveller''	Discovered by Stephen Sherring, fisherman. Often cited as the largest recorded giant squid specimen.
47	2 December, 1878	Three Arms, South Arm of Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	?''Architeuthis princeps''	Entire, mutilated and with arms missing	None; cut up for dog food		BL+HL: 15 ft; BC: 12 ft; AL: 16 ft	None; Verrill specimen No. 19	Verrill (1880a:192); Verrill (1880b:286)	M. Harvey letter 30 January 1879 to ''Boston Traveller''	Found dead by William Budgell, fisherman, after heavy gale.
48	23 May, 1879	Lyall Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Steenstrupia stockii'' Kirk, 1882 [ = ''Architeuthis'' sp.? [''fide'' Verrill (1882c:477)]]	Entire, but somewhat mutilated	Pen, beak, tongue, some suckers		ML: 9 ft 2 in; BC: 7 ft 3 in; HL: 1 ft 11 in; BL+HL: 11 ft 1 in; HC: 4 ft; AL: 4 ft 3 in; AC: 11 in; ASC: 36; FL: 24 in; FW: 13 in (single); GL: 6 ft 3 in; GW: 11 in; other measurements	NMNZ; catalog no. M.125405 + M.125403 [''fide'' Marshall (1996:45)]; 'holotype' of ''Steenstrupia stockii'' Kirk, 1882. Kirk specimen No. 3	Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881:398); Kirk (1882:286, figs. 2-4)	Verrill (1882c:477); Kirk (1888:34); Pfeffer (1912:34); Dell (1952:98); Dell (1970:27); Stevens (1988:149, fig. 2)	Measurements taken by T.W. Kirk.
49	1879	off Nova Scotia, Canada (42°49'N, 62°57'W)	NWA	From fish stomach, ''Alepidosaurus'' [''sic''] ''ferox''	?''Architeuthis megaptera'' Verrill, 1878; ?''Architeuthis harveyi'' (Kent, 1874)	Terminal part of tentacular arm	Portion of arm		18 in long	NMNH; catalog no. 576962. Verrill specimen No. 20	Verrill (1880a:193); Verrill (1880b:287)		Lancet fish taken by Capt. J.W. Collins of schooner ''Marion'' on halibut trawl-line.
50	October, 1879	near Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Not stated		Two arms with other mutilated parts	None?		AL: 8 ft	None?; Verrill specimen No. 22	Verrill (1880a:194); Verrill (1880b:287)
51	1 November, 1879	James's Cove, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Not stated		Entire	None; cut up by fishermen		WL: 38 ft; BL: 9 ft; BC: ~6 ft; TL: 29 ft	None; Verrill specimen No. 23	Verrill (1880a:194); Verrill (1880b:287)	''Morning Chronicle'' of St. John's 9 December, 1879	Found alive and driven ashore.
52	Unknown (reported in 1880)	near Boulder Bank, Nelson, New Zealand	SWP	Not stated; hook and line?		Not indicated	Undetermined; Kirk specimen No. 4		8 ft long	None?; Kirk specimen No. 4	Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881:398)	Newspaper article	Caught by fishing party. No other data.
53	Unknown (reported in 1880)	near Flat Point, east coast, New Zealand	SWP	Not stated		Not indicated	Undetermined; Kirk specimen No. 5		None	None?; Kirk specimen No. 5	Kirk (1880:310); Verrill (1881:398)	Description sent to Mr. Beetham, M.H.R., by Mr. Moore	Found by Mr. Moore. No other data.
54	April, 1880	Grand Banks, Newfoundland	NWA	Found dead at surface	''Architeuthis harveyi'' (Kent, 1874)	Head, tentacles, and arms only	Head, tentacles, and arms		TL: 66 in; ASC: 330; extensive measurements and counts	YPM; catalog no. 12600y. Verrill specimen No. 24	Verrill (1881:259, pl. 26, pl. 38 figs. 3-7)	Pfeffer (1912:19)	Found dead by Capt. O.A. Whitten of schooner ''Wm.H. Oakes''.
55	6 June, 1880	Island Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis verrilli'' Kirk, 1882	Entire	Not specified		TL: 25 ft; AL(I,II,IV): 9 ft; AC(I,II,IV): 15 in; AL(III): 10 ft 5 in; AC(III): 21 in; ASC(III): 71; HC: 4 ft 3 in; HL: 19 in; ML: 7 ft 6 in	NMNZ; 'holotype' of ''Architeuthis verrilli'' Kirk, 1882; specimen no longer extant [''fide'' Marshall (1996:46)]	Kirk (1882:285)	Verrill (1882c:477); Kirk (1888:35); Pfeffer (1912:33); Dell (1952:98); Dell (1970:27)	Measurements taken by Kirk, except TL by James McColl. Jaws and gladius taken by fisherman and were not recovered.
56	~1880	Kvænangen, Norway	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None		None		Grieg (1933:19)	Sivertsen (1955:11)
57	~1880	Tønsvik, Tromsøysund, Norway	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None		None		Grieg (1933:19)
58	October, 1880	Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.						Ritchie (1918:137)	''Nature'', 22:585 (1880); Collins (1998:489)	Originally cited as an octopus.
59	10 November, 1881	Portugal Cove, near St. John's, Newfoundland	NWA	Found floating dead near shore	''Architeuthis harveyi'' (Kent, 1874)	Entire	Entire (somewhat mutilated and poorly preserved)		a) BL: 5.5 ft; HL: 1.25 ft; EL: 28 ft; BC: 4.5 ft b) ML: 4.16 ft; BC: 4 ft; FL: 1.75 ft; FW (single): 8 in; TL: 15 ft; CL: 2 ft; AL (ventral, minus tip): 4.66 ft; TC (base): 8.5 in; etc.	E.M. Worth Museum (101 Bowery, NY, NY). Verrill specimen No. 27	Verrill (1881:422); Verrill (1882a:71)	Morris article in 25 November, 1881 ''New York Herald''; Morris article in 10 December, 1881 ''Harper's Weekly''; Pfeffer (1912:19)	Obtained by Mr. Morris, photographed by E. Lyons (St. John's), shipped on ice by steamer ''Catima'' to New York, purchased and preserved by E.M. Worth. Measurements by a) Inspector Murphy (chief Board of Public Works) when iced; b) Verrill of fixed specimen.
60	30 June, 1886	Cape Campbell, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	Beak and club		ML: 8 ft 3 in; HL: 1 ft 9 in; AL: 6 ft 6 in; TL: 18 ft 10 in; EL: 28 ft 10 in; BC(estimate): ~8 ft	NMNZ; catalog no. M.125404 + ?M.125406 [''fide'' Marshall (1996:45)]; 'holotype' of ''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887. Kirk specimen No. 2	Kirk (1879:310); Verrill (1881:398); Robson (1887:156)	C.H.[W.] Robson letter 19 June, 1879 to T.W. Kirk; Pfeffer (1912:35); Dell (1952:98); Dell (1970:27)	Found by Mr. C.H.[W.] Robson; beak given to Mr. A. Hamilton.
61	"early" October, 1887	Lyall Bay, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis longimanus'' Kirk, 1888	Entire	Beak and buccal-mass	Female	EL: 55 ft 2 in; ML: 71 in; BC: 63 in; extensive additional measurements and description	Dominion Museum [NMNZ] (see Dell, 1970:28); 'holotype' of ''Architeuthis longimanus'' Kirk, 1888. Specimen not found [''fide'' Marshall (1996:46)]	Kirk (1888:35, pls. 7-9); Pfeffer (1912:36)	Dell (1952:98[date found listed incorrectly [''fide'' Sweeney (2001:87)]]); Dell (1970:27)	Found by Mr. Smith, local fisherman. Measurements taken by T.W. Kirk.
62	27 August, 1888	between Pico and St. George (38°33'57"N, 30°39'30"W) at depth of 1266 m, Azores Islands	NEA	By benthic trawl	''Architeuthis''? sp.? [''fide'' Joubin (1895:34)]	Large beak	Undetermined		None		Joubin (1895:34)
63	1889	Norway	NEA	Not stated		Map location only					Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
64	Unknown (reported in 1892)	Sao Miguel Island, Azores Islands	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis princeps''	Entire?	Jaws and tentacle club		Beak measurements	Museum at Lisbon [''fide'' Pfeffer (1912:27)]	Girard (1892:214, pls. 1-2)	Pfeffer (1912:27); Robson (1933:692)
65	1892	Greenland	NWA	Not stated	''Architeuthis monachus''	Undetermined; translation of paper needed					Posselt (1898:279)
66	4 February, 1895	Bay of Tateyama, Province of Awa, Japan	NWP	In net	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Entire	Undetermined	Female	ML: 720 mm; MW: 235 mm; GL: 640 mm; FL: 280 mm; FW: 200 mm; TL: 2910 mm; extensive additional measurements and description	Undetermined; ?Zoological Institute, Science College, Tokyo; 'holotype' of ''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Mitsukuri & Ikeda (1895:39, pl. 10); Pfeffer (1912:27)		Caught in net after 2-3 day storm.
★	18 July, 1895	near Angra (38°34'45"N, 29°37'W), Azores Islands	NEA	Caught at surface (from Sperm Whale vomit) with shrimp net	''Architeuthis'' sp.?; Non-architeuthid [''fide'' Pfeffer (1912:27)]	Several jaws	Undetermined		None		Joubin (1900:46, pl. 14 figs. 1-2)	Pfeffer (1912:27); Clarke (1956:257)	'Non-architeuthid.'
67	18 July, 1895	near Angra (38°34'45"N, 29°37'W), Azores Islands	NEA	Caught at surface (from Sperm Whale vomit) using shrimp net	''Dubioteuthis physeteris'' Joubin, 1900 [ = ''Architeuthis physeteris'' (Joubin, 1900) [''fide'' Voss (1956:136)]]	Mantle only	Mantle	Male	ML: 460 mm; BD: 115 mm; FL: 220 mm; FW: 110 mm; GL: 390 mm	MOM; 'holotype' of ''Dubioteuthis physeteris'' Joubin, 1900 [''fide'' Belloc (1950:6); listed incorrectly as station 558]	Joubin (1900:102, pl. 15 figs. 8-10); Pfeffer (1912:24)	Hardy (1956:288); Toll & Hess (1981b:753)
68	10 April, 1896	Kirkseteroren, Hevnefjord, Norway	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire	Female	BL: 2.5 m; AL: 2.5 m; TL: 7.25 m	VSM	Storm (1897:99); Grieg (1933:19)	Brinkmann (1916:178); Nordgård (1923:11); Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11)
69	27 September, 1896	Kirkseteroren, Hevnefjord, Norway	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire	Male	None	VSM	Storm (1897:99, fig. 20); Grieg (1933:19)	Brinkmann (1916:178, fig. 2); Nordgård (1923:11); Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11); Toll & Hess (1981b:753)
70	Unknown (reported in 1898)	Iceland	NEA	Not stated	''Architeuthis monachus''	Not specified	Undetermined		None		Posselt (1898:279)	Bardarson (1920:134)
71	1898	north of Bahamas	NWA						Unknown		Steenstrup (1898)	Ellis (1998:259)
72	1902	north of Faeroes Islands, Atlantic Ocean	NEA	Found floating at surface, dead	?''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire, very bad condition	Entire		BL+HL: 76 cm; ML: 63 cm; MW: 15 cm; FL: 26.7 cm; FW: 8 cm; TL: 214 cm; ASD: 8 mm; TSD: 11 mm	Bergen Museum [=ZMUB?]	Murray & Hjort (1912); Grieg (1933:20)		Young specimen taken by ''Michael Sars''.
73	15 August, 1903	Mjofjord, Iceland	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Tentacle (partial), arm	Tentacle (from mouth of whale)		TD: 17 cm; AL?: 6 m	Bergen Museum [=ZMUB?]	Murray & Hjort (1912); Grieg (1933:21)		Length of arm given by whalers.
74	July, 1906	?, Norway	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Undetermined; translation of paper needed					Collett (1912:635)
75	1907	?, Norway	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Undetermined; translation of paper needed					Collett (1912:635)
76	March, 1909	off Highland Light, Truro, Massachusetts	NWA	Not stated; floating at surface?	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	None		AL: 7 ft 6 in; WL?: ~16-17 ft; AD: 4 in	None	Blake (1909:43)		Found by schooner ''Annie Perry''; attempted to be hoisted aboard but cut in half by rope; tentacle [arm] saved but later discarded.
77	July, 1909	?, Norway	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Undetermined; translation of paper needed					Collett (1912:635)
78	September, 1910	off coast of Mayo, Ireland	NEA	From two Sperm Whale stomachs	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Two upper beaks	Undetermined		None		Massy (1913:2)		From Captain Bruun.
79	1910/1911? (autumn)	Lundenes, Grytøy, Senjen [just north of Harstad], Norway	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None		WL: 1.2 m		Brinkmann (1916:178); Grieg (1933:20)	Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11)
80	June, 1911	Monterey Bay, California, United States	NEP	Floating at surface, dead	Unidentified; ''Architeuthis''?	Entire; "in very bad condition, there was no color left, and the epidermis had all sloughed off"	None		EL: >30 ft		Berry (1912:117)
81	February, 1912	Veiholmen, Smola, Norway	NEA	Found in shallow water	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire		BL: 1.9 m; TL: 6.7 m	Kristiansund Museum	Brinkmann (1916:180, fig. 3); Grieg (1933:20)	Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11)
82	1912	Japan	NWP						Unknown		Pfeffer (1912)	Ellis (1998:260)
83	12 October, 1912	Monterey Bay, California, United States	NEP	Not indicated	Unidentified; ''Architeuthis''?	Entire	None		WT: ~500 lb		Berry (1914:22)		Observed by Mr. K. Hovden (Manager, Booth Canning Company, Monterey). Eaten raw by Italian fishermen who "captured" it. [Highly doubtful considering ammonium chloride present in giant squid tissues.]
84	June-September, 1913	Belmullet whaling station, Ireland	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis harveyi'' (Kent, 1874)	Entire, plus other parts	Tip of tentacle; beak and radula; other dry beaks plus portion of gladius		ML: 6 ft; BC: 4 ft; AL: 6 ft; TL: 21 ft; FL: 1 ft 7 in; FW: 1 ft 9.5 in	Undetermined; University of Liverpool?	Hamilton (1915:137); Hardy (1956:286); Collins (1998:489)		From 57 ft 3 in male Sperm Whale (no. 22) examined by J.E. Hamilton.
85	22 November, 1915	Leroy, Austreim, north of Bergen, Norway	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire	Male	ML+HL: 1550 mm; ML: 1310 mm; BD: 440 mm; HW: 310 mm; FL: 430 mm; FW: 105; ALI: 1780 mm; ALIV: 1640 mm; TL: 5600 mm	Bergen Museum [=ZMUB?]	Brinkmann (1916:175, fig. 1); Grieg (1933:17)	Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11); Toll & Hess (1981b:754)	Plaster cast made of specimen also in Bergen Museum.
86	17 March, 1916	Hellandsjo, west of Hevnefjord, Norway	NEA	Found washed ashore, alive	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	A little of the front part, tentacles and arms; remainder used for bait		TL: 6.2 m	VSM	Brinkmann (1916:180); Grieg (1933:20)	Nordgård (1923:11); Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11)	With sucker response when found by J.F. Vaagan.
87	November, 1916	Oyvag, Djonna, Helgoland, Atlantic Ocean	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire?	None		None		Grieg (1933:20)
88	29 October, 1917	Skateraw (55°58.5'N, 02°25'W), Berwickshire, Scotland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis harveyi'' (Kent, 1874); ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Club and gladius fragment		BL+HL: 5 ft 9 in; FW: 19 in; AL: 4 ft; AC: 9.5 in; TL: 13 ft 10 in; CL: 2 ft 6 in; other measurements and description	NMSZ catalog no. 1917.54.1-2	Ritchie (1918:133); Ritchie (1922:423); Robson (1933:692); Heppell & Smith (1983:35)	Stephen (1944:264); Stephen (1962:154); Collins (1998:489)	Observations by J. Ritchie after earlier mutilation of specimen by local boys. Colour drawing by Ritchie in NMSZ.
89	10 January, 1918	reportedly caught in Awa Province; Tokyo fishmarket, Japan	NWP	Not stated	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Entire	Undetermined	Male	ML: 1100 mm; BC: 800 mm; FL: 400 mm; FW: 320 mm; GL: 1040 mm		Sasaki (1929:224, pl. 20 figs. 1-11); Heuvelmans (1965)	Toll & Hess (1981b:753)
90	1918	Kilkel, County Clare, Ireland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Not specified	Undetermined		None		Hardy (1956:286)	Collins (1998:489)
91	November, 1919	Oyvag of Dønna, off coast of Nordland, Norway	NEA	Not stated	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire?	Undetermined		None		Nordgård (1923:11)	Nordgård (1928:71); Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
92	February, 1920	Vallay, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' or ''Sthenoteuthis'' [''fide'' Ritchie]; ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Stephen]	Entire	None		"Length of squid": 3.5-4 ft; AL: ~1 ft		Ritchie (1920:57)	Stephen (1944:264); Stephen (1962:154); Collins (1998:489)	Information from Mr. G. Beveridge.
93	1921	Wick, Moray Firth, Scotland	NEA	Not stated	''Architeuthis dux''	Beak and sucker ring, dry	Sucker ring; beak lost, photo only extant		None	NMSZ	Heppell & Smith (1983:33)	Collins (1998:489)
94	1922	Caithness, North of Scotland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis harveyi'' (Kent, 1874); ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Stephen (1962:154)]	Not specified	Undetermined		None	NMSZ	Ritchie (1922:423); Robson (1933:692)	Stephen (1944:264); Hardy (1956:287); Stephen (1962:154)
95	1924	Margate, Natal	SIO						Unknown	Heuvelmans (1965)	Ellis (1998:260)
96	9 ?October, 1924	Bluff, New Zealand	SWP	Not stated			Undetermined		BL: 7 ft; "spread of tentacles": 18 ft		Dell (1952:98)	''New Zealand Herald'' 9 October, 1924
97	Unknown (prior to spring 1926)	Urago Bay, Oki Islands, Japan	NWP	Not stated	?''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		None		Hamabe (1957); Nishimura (1968:75)		Capture date prior to spring 1926.
98	1926 (early spring)	off Kuniga, Oki Islands, Japan	NWP	Not stated	?''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		None		Hamabe (1957); Nishimura (1968:75)
99	1926	Wingan Inlet, Victoria, Australia	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	Undetermined		None		MacPherson & Gabriel (1962:413)
100	13 December, 1927	Kalveidøy, Fitjar, Norway	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None		BL: 1 m; TL: 6.5 m		Grieg (1933:19)	Sivertsen (1955:11)
101	4 March, 1928	Ranheim, [Trondheimsfjord] (about 8 km east of Trondheim), Norway	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire	Male	WL?: ~7.9 m; ML: 1.37 m; AL: 1.4-1.5 m; TL: 6.4 m	VSM	Nordgård (1928:70, text-fig.); Grieg (1933:20)	Sivertsen (1955:5); Aldrich (1992:476)	Spermatophores present.
102	1928	off Greenland	?						Jaws only		Muus (1962)	Ellis (1998:260)	Seen by members of the Godthaab Expedition.
103	24 January, 1930	Gullane (56°02.5'N, 02°51'W), East Lothian, Scotland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Undetermined; Stephen specimen No. 1		BL+HL: 1803 mm; HL: 381 mm; HC: 711 mm; ML: 1422 mm; BC (at mantle edge): 1143 mm; additional measurements	NSMZ; catalog no. 1930.174	Stephen (1962:151); Heppell & Smith (1983:34)	Collins (1998:489)	Data from unpublished Ritchie manuscript; see Heppell & Smith concerning locality data.
104	1930?	Goose Bay, Kaikoura, New Zealand	SWP	Not stated		Entire	Undetermined		BL: 11 ft; AL[TL?]: ~30 ft		Dell (1952:98)		W.R.B. Oliver. [observer?]
105	1930	Miura Peninsula, Japan	NWP						EL?: 26 ft 6 in		Tomilin (1967)	Ellis (1998:260)
106	1930-1933	Pacific between Hawaii and Samoa	SWP						Unknown		Grønningsaeter (1946)	Ellis (1998:261)
107	14 January, 1933	Scarborough, Yorkshire, England	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis clarkei'' Robson, 1933	Entire	Entire		ML: 5 ft 5 in; MW: 1 ft 10 in; FL: 2 ft 1.5 in; FW (total): 1 ft 7 in; numerous additional measurements	BMNH 1933.1.30.5 + 1926.3.31.24 (radula and beak); 'holotype' of ''Architeuthis clarkei'' Robson, 1933	Robson (1933:681, text-figs. 1-7, pl. 1)	Stevenson (1935:114); Stephen (1944:264); Hardy (1956:286); Collins (1998:489)	Specimen obtained by W.J. Clarke.
108	December, 1933	Dildo, Newfoundland	NWA	Not stated				Male	ML: 1560 mm		Frost (1934:xxx)	Knudsen (1957:189); Toll & Hess (1981b:754); Aldrich (1992:476)	A replica of this giant squid is now on display in Dildo.
109	26 June, 1935	Gulf of Gascogne at depth of 200 m (46°50'N)	NEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis nawaji'' [''fide'' Cadenat (1935)]; ''Architeuthis harveyi'' [''fide'' Cadenat (1936)]	Entire	Undetermined; translation of paper needed	Female	EL: 818 cm; ML: 138 cm; FL: 60 cm; TL: 645 cm; AL(IV): 112 cm; AL(I): 110 cm	?MHNLR	Cadenat (1935:513); Cadenat (1936:277, figs. 1-3)		Caught by the ''Palombe''.
111	12 November, 1935	Holyrood, Harbour Main, Conception Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	None; destroyed in fire	Female	ML: 7 ft 2 in; BC: 6 ft 10 in; FL: 2 ft 9 in; FW: 2 ft 1 in; TL: 17 ft 3 in; HL: 1 ft 7 in	None	Frost (1936, figs. 1-10); Stephen (1962:155); Dyson (1982:107); see also [1], [2]		Caught by Harbour Main fisherman Joe Ezekiel. Ezekiel sold the specimen to a scientist for $10.00. It was stored in the local Fisheries Department's fish freezer. The freezer caught fire and the specimen was destroyed. At least two photographs of the specimen exist.
112	7 January, 1937	off Bell Rock (56°26'N, 02°23'W), Angus, Arbroath, Scotland	NEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis harveyi'' (Kent, 1874); ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Stephen (1962:154)]	Entire	Tentacles and one arm		BL: ~7 ft; AL: 92 cm; TL: 368 + 421 cm	NMSZ; catalog no. 1977107.1	Stephen (1937:131); Heppell & Smith (1983:34)	Stephen (1944:264); Stephen (1962:154); Collins (1998:489)	Captured alive in trawl, tentacles and one arm cut off and remainder discarded. Date of capture incorrect in Heppell & Smith (1983).
113	22 July, 1937	Petone, Wellington, New Zealand	SWP	Not stated		Not specified	Undetermined		TL: 22 ft		Dell (1952:98)	Press Association message 22 July, 1937
114	1939	Norway	NEA	Not stated		Map location only					Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)		Possibly the same as #115.
115	10 October, 1939	near Tromsö, Norway	NEA	"killed by fishermen"					BL+HL?: >13 m; TL: 8.7 m		Wood (1982)	Ellis (1998:261)	Gerald Wood calls it "the largest known ''Architeuthis''". Reference for measurements is "Karl Basilier, personal communication". Possibly the same as #114.
116	February, 1941	Susa Bay, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan	NWP	Not stated	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		ML: ~1.5 m; WT: ~180 kg		Tanaka (1950); Nishimura (1968:75)
117	1941-1978	Sea of Japan; various locations	NWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis martensi'' (Hilgendorf, 1880)	Entire; numerous	Undetermined		None		Okiyama (1993:408, fig. 6)		Summary of Sea of Japan strandings.
118	1945	Pahau River Mouth, Wellington East Coast, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore		Entire	Undetermined		WT: >1 ton		Dell (1952:98)
119	1946	Vikebukt, Norway	NEA	Undetermined	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Map location only	Undetermined				Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
120	September, 1946	Romsdal, Norway	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		EL: 9.35 m; other measurements		Myklebust (1946:377, fig. 1)	Sivertsen (1955:11, map)
121	mid-September, 1948	Wingan Inlet, Victoria, Australia	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire; poor condition	Head, arms, fins		BL: 7 ft 8 in; HL: 1 ft 6 in; AC: 8-10.5 in	AMS?	Allan (1948:306)	Zeidler (1996:7); Zeidler & Gowlett-Homes (1996:85)	Gladius and internal organs removed prior to reposit.
122	7 September, 1949	Hirtshals, Denmark	NEA	Not stated	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Undetermined		TL: 1.75 m ["''totallaengde uden fangarme''"; "total length without tentacles"]		Muus (1959:170)
123	2 October, 1949	Whalefirth Voe (60°35'N, 01°10'W), Shetland, Scotland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Jaws and sucker rings; remainder cut up for bait		BL: ~4 ft; AL: ~6 ft; TL: ~20 ft	NMSZ; catalog nos. 1950.2 + 1950.3	Stephen (1950:52); Heppell & Smith (1983:33)	Collins (1998:489)	Jaw, description, and sketch sent by Dr. Petersen and two suckers sent by Mr. J. Inkster to NMSZ.
124	30 November, 1949	Bay of Nigg, Aberdeen, Scotland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp. [''fide'' Rae (1950)]; ''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Stephen (1962)]	Entire	Undetermined; entire?	Female	ML: 117 cm; HL: 28 cm; FL: 44.5 cm; FW: 37.5 cm; extensive additional measurements and description	?Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland. Stephen (1962) specimen No. 2	Rae (1950:163, pls. 20-21)	Hardy (1956:pl. 22); Stephen (1962:148); Boyle (1986:82); Collins (1998:489)
125	1950-1955	off Mississippi Delta, Gulf of Mexico	NWA	Found floating on surface	''Architeuthis physeteris'' (Joubin, 1899)	Entire, in poor condition		Male	ML: 61.2 cm; extensive description		Voss (1956:136, fig 10)	Toll & Hess (1981b:753); Aldrich (1992:476)	Mature male with spermatophores.
126	22 August, 1951	270 miles W of Shpanberd Id.[need correct spelling], at surface	NWP	Observed alive only	''Architeuthis japonicus''	Two squid	Observation only		TL(estimate): 10-12 m	None	Sleptsov (1955:75)		Thought to be avoiding Sperm Whales by staying at surface.
127	14 December, 1951	Angus, East Haven, Scotland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis harveyi''	Entire	Jaws, radula, and piece of arm with suckers		ML: 4 ft 9 in	Undetermined	Stephen (1953:121)	Collins (1998:489)	Mutilated prior to examination.
128	January, 1952	Carnoustie, Scotland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Not specified	Undetermined		None		Hardy (1956:287)
129	12 June, 1952	off Sao Lourenco, Madeira Island	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach, vomited up	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	"Fragments"		ET: 10,600 mm; ML: 1,860 mm; TL: 8,500 mm; AL: 2,800 mm; BC: 1,360 mm; TC: 330 mm; WT: 150 kg	MMF	Rees & Maul (1956:266)	Clarke (1962:173)	Still exhibited some signs of life after being vomited.
130	1952	Florida Keys	NWA						ML: 36 in	RSMAS	Voss (1996)	Ellis (1998:261)
131	1952 (summer)	near Bonin Islands, western Pacific	NWP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica''? Pfeffer, 1912	Entire; two specimens	Undetermined		ML: 92 mm + 104 mm; extensive additional measurements and description	?Laboratory of Fisheries Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University	Iwai (1956:139, pls. 1-5)		Possibly a 'non-architeuthid'.
132	1953	Norway	NEA	Not stated		Map location only					Sivertsen (1955:11, fig. 4)
133	January, 1954	Kie Kie Bay, Kaikoura, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Photographs held by NIWA.					Forch (1998:105)
134	22 June, 1954	1 mile north of Skaw (Skagerack), Denmark	NEA	Found alive on surface	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined	Male (mature)	ML: 1010 mm; VML: 940 mm; HL: 275 mm; TL: 4900 mm; AL(I): 800 mm; AL(IV): 1470/1530 mm; LAL: 1530 mm; HeL(IV pair): 90/130 mm; PL: 780 mm; SSL: 155 mm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 110-180 mm	ZMUC?	Knudsen (1957:189, figs. 1-5); Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:8)	Kjennerud (1958:1); Muus (1959:170); Aldrich (1992:476); Stephen (1962:155); Toll & Hess (1981b:753)	Discovered by fishermen. Mature male with spermatophores and both ventral arms hectocotylised; colour notes.
135	30 July, 1954	Ranheim, Trondheim Fjord, Norway	NEA	Not stated	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Undetermined		WL: 7.5 m; BL: 1.3 m; AL(shorter): 1.9 m; TL: 6.2 m		Sivertsen (1955:5); Knudsen (1956)
136	2 October, 1954	Ranheim, Trondheim Fjord, Norway	NEA	Not stated	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire		WL: 9.24 m; BL: 2.14 m; AL(shorter): 1.9 m; TL: 7.1 m; ML: 1.79 m; MW: 0.57 m; FL: 0.52 m; FW(each): 0.18 m; TSD: 2.6 cm; ASD: 1.5 cm	VSM	Sivertsen (1955:5, fig. 1)	Clarke (1966:fig. 4)
137	4 July, 1955	off Porto Pim (38°21'N, 29°08'W), Fayal Island, Azores Islands	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undesignated anatomical material		WT: 405 lb; EL: 34 ft 5 in; WL: 16 ft 3 in; ML: 6 ft 6 in; BD: 1 ft 11 in	National Institute of Oceanography?	Clarke (1955, 5 figs.)	Clarke (1956:257, pl. 2 fig. 2); Budker (1959); see [3]	Squid swallowed whole by 47ft Sperm Whale (no. F346). Examined at Porto Pim whaling station. Budker (1959) states that "[t]his is probably the only complete specimen of such an animal to be collected under these conditions".
138	Unknown (reported in 1956)	off Fowey Rocks, Florida, United States	NWA	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis princeps'' or ''Architeuthis harveyi''	Entire, mutilated	Undetermined		WL?: 47 ft [''fide'' Rathjen]	RSMAS [''fide'' Rathjen]; no longer extant [''fide'' Voss (1956:138)]	Voss (1956:138)	Rathjen (1973:24, fig. 7)
139	12 May, 1956	about a mile north of Makara Stream, Wellington west coast, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis kirki'' Robson, 1887	Entire, missing tentacles	Entire?		ML: 1829 mm; WT: 127.9 kg; extensive additional measurements and description	Dominion Museum [NMNZ]	Dell (1970:27, figs. 1-8)	Roper & Young (1972:216)	Arm suckers had no sucker rings [''fide'' Dell (1970)].
★	1956/1957	South Orkney Islands (59°41'S, 44°14'W)	SWA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.; ''Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni'' Robson, 1925	Head and mantle	Undetermined		HL: 30 cm; HW: 20 cm; ED: 16-17 cm; WL?: ~12 m		Korabelnikov (1959:103); Yukhov (1974:62)		'Non-architeuthid.' Initial identification by I.I. Akimushkin. From 15.8 m long male Sperm Whale.
★	1956/1957	South Shetland Islands (61°56'S, 52°39'W)	SWA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.; ''Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni'' Robson, 1925	Fin only	Undetermined		FL: 41 cm; FW: 48 cm; WL?: ~10 m		Korabelnikov (1959:103); Yukhov (1974:62)		'Non-architeuthid.' Initial identification by I.I. Akimushkin. From 15 m long male Sperm Whale.
140	1 February, 1957	six miles north by east from Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	NEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire		EL: 23 ft 11 in; ML: 940 mm; BD: 343 mm; TL(R): 4750 mm; CL(R): 559 mm; HL: 279 mm; FL: 305 mm; FW: 305 mm	NMSZ; catalog no. 1957.20. Stephen specimen No. 3	Stephen ''et al.'' (1957:181); Stephen (1962:152, text-fig. 6, pl. 1 fig. 2); Heppell & Smith (1983:33)	Collins (1998:489)	Received from trawler ''Viking Prestige'' almost complete, but poorly preserved.
141	14 December, 1957	Misaki, Oki Islands, Japan	NWP	Not stated	?''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		None		Hamabe (1957); Nishimura (1968:75)
142	4 February, 1958	Ashiya, Hamasaka-machi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan	NWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		EL?: 4.1 m; WT: ~150 kg		Kamita (1962); Nishimura (1968:75)
143	7 February, 1958	off Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan	NWP	Not stated	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		EL?: ~6 m; WT: 170 kg		Kamita (1962): Nishimura (1968:75)
144	3 March, 1958	Sandane, Nordfjord, Norway	NEA	Not stated	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Male (mature)	WT: 48 kg; ML: 100 cm; VML: 87 cm; BC: 80 cm; FL: 28-32 cm; FW: 26/33 cm; HL: 30-32 cm; HW: 25 cm; AL(I): 126+ cm; AL(II): 143+ cm; AL(III): 126+ cm; AL(IV): 164 cm; LAL: 164 cm; AC(I): 16 cm; AC(II): 20 cm; AC(III): 22 cm; AC(IV): 22 cm; HeL(IV pair): 5-6 cm; AF: 4.3.2.1; TaL: 10 cm; FuL: 14 cm; FuO: 7 cm; FuCL: 12 cm; FuCW: 2.5 cm; PL: 92 cm; SoA: yes; LRL: 1.2 cm; URL: 1.5 cm	ZMUB	Kjennerud (1958:1, figs. 1-9); Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:8)	Toll & Hess (1981b:753)	Spermatophore and colour notes.
145	1958	Bahamas	NWA						EL?: 47 ft		Voss (1967)	Ellis (1998:261)
146	August, 1959	off Madeira Island	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		EL?: 2.5 m		Clarke (1962:173, fig. 1A)	Toll & Hess (1981b:754)	From male Sperm Whale.
	January?, 1960	Lonja de Aviles, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Not specified	''Architeuthis dux''	Not specified	Returned to the sea		WT: 100 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)
147	6 February, 1960	Arahama, Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata Prefecture, Japan	NWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		ML: 1.3 m; EL?: 3.5 m; WT: 112 kg		Nishimura (1960:214); Nishimura (1968:75)
148	23 Januray, 1961	Oi, Hirata-shi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan	NWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		EL?: 2.6 m; WT: 41.2 kg		Kamita (1962); Nishimura (1968:75)
149	18 February, 1961	Camara de Lobos, Madeira Island	NEA	From fish stomach, ''Alepisaurus ferox''	''Architeuthis'' sp. A	Entire	Entire	Female (juvenile)	ML: 57 mm; extensive additional measurements	NMNH cat. no. 727508	Roper & Young (1972:206, figs. 1a-c, 2-4, 5a)	Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:526)	From stomach of lancetfish No. 18123.
150	April-July, 1961	near Commander Islands and western Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea	NWP	From Sperm Whale stomachs	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Combined beak samples	Undetermined		Percentage of whale diet		Kodolov (1970:[158])		From Sperm Whales sampled in several different whaling regions of Soviet whaling flotilla ''Aleut'' during the 1961 season.
151	August, 1961	Sao Miguel, Azores Islands	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		ML: 2.4 m; AL[?]: 4.4 m; WL: 6.8 m		Keil (1963:320, figs. 3-5)		From 16 m Sperm Whale.
152	16 September, 1961	off central California, United States	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak		None	NMML 110	Fiscus (1993:92)		From male Sperm Whale (specimen no. Rice-535).
153	December, 1961	King's Cove, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Not stated	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire?	None		"small"	Undetermined	Aldrich (1968); Aldrich (1992:459)
154	April-July, 1962	near Commander Islands and western Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea	NWP	From Sperm Whale stomachs	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Combined beak samples	Undetermined		Percentage of whale diet		Kodolov (1970:[158])		From Sperm Whales sampled in several different whaling regions of Soviet whaling flotilla ''Aleut'' during the 1962 season.
155	23 June, 1962	Durban Whaling Station, South Africa	SIO	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Body only	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 6	Male	FL: 40 cm; FW: 28 cm	None?; Clarke specimen No. 6	Clarke (1980:67)		From Sperm Whale number A956.
156	1962	Donkergat Whaling Station, South Africa	SEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Head only	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 1		TL: 176 cm	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 1	Clarke (1980:67, text-fig. 37A)
	1962	Las Tiberas, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Not specified	''Architeuthis dux''	Not specified	Not specified		TL: 6 m		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)
157	13 June, 1963	Durban Whaling Station, South Africa	SIO	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Head only	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 2		HL: 19 cm; HW: 15 cm; WT: 19 kg	None?; Clarke specimen No. 2	Clarke (1980:67)		From Sperm Whale number D1500.
158	15 June, 1963	off central California, United States	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak		None	NMML; catalog no. 111	Fiscus (1993:92)		From male Sperm Whale (specimen no. Rice-813).
159	1963	Donkergat Whaling Station, South Africa	SEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Body only	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 3	Female	ML: 66.5 cm; MW: 24 cm; FL: 29 cm; FW: 16 cm	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 3	Clarke (1980:67, text-fig. 37B)		From Sperm Whale no. 2271.
160	13 August, 1963	Durban Whaling Station, South Africa	SIO	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 5		ML: ~70 cm; HL: ~23 cm; FL: ~30 cm; FW: ~22 cm	None?; Clarke specimen No. 5	Clarke (1980:67, text-fig. 37A)		From Sperm Whale number 2258.
161	August?, 1963	Cook Strait, New Zealand	SWP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	One beak	Undetermined		None		Gaskin & Cawthorn (1967:170)		From New Zealand whaling station; specimen No. 63of 1963-1964 season.
162	17 December, 1963	off Chile (19°51'S, 95°09'W), South America	SEP	From fish stomach, probably ''Alepisaurus''	''Architeuthis'' sp B.	Entire	Entire	Male (juvenile)	ML: 45 mm; extensive additional measurements	NMNH; catalog no. 727509	Roper & Young (1972:206, figs. 1d-e, 5b)	Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:526)
163	23 April, 1964	Durban Whaling Station, South Africa	SIO	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Body only	Undetermined; Clarke specimen No. 4		ML: 58 cm; MW: 19 cm; FL: 23 cm; FW: 11.5 cm	None?; Clarke specimen No. 4	Clarke (1980:67)		From Sperm Whale number 2418.
164	1964	Southeastern Atlantic Ocean	SEA	From Sperm Whale stomachs	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Map locations only					Yukhov (1974:61, fig.)		Multiple records from Sperm Whales with generalised data on distribution, depth, and sex.
165	1964	Southwestern Pacific Ocean	SWP	From Sperm Whale stomachs	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Map locations only	Undetermined				Yukhov (1974:61, fig.)		Multiple records from Sperm Whales with generalised data on distribution, depth, and sex.
166	1964	Southwestern Indian Ocean	SIO	From Sperm Whale stomachs	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Map locations only					Yukhov (1974:61, fig.)		Multiple records from Sperm Whales with generalised data on distribution, depth, and sex.
167	23 October, 1964	Conche, White Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Beaks, gladius, arms, and tentacles	Female	ML: 185 cm; additional measurements and description	MUDB; Aldrich specimen No. 1	Aldrich (1992:461, figs. 3-4)	Aldrich (1968:395); Aldrich & Brown (1967:4, figs.)	Cestode found in caecum by Pippy & Aldrich (1969). Tentacular regeneration documented by Aldrich & Aldrich (1968:845, figs. 1-3).
168	5 December, 1964	Chapel Arm, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found dead on bottom	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None; discarded	Female	ML: 126 cm; additional measurements and description	None; Aldrich specimen No. 2	Aldrich (1992:466, fig. 5)	Aldrich (1968:395)	Possibly seen alive in September on several occasions.
169	29 September, 1965	Newman's Cove, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Not stated	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Portion of mantle, tail, and viscera	None; discarded	Female	ML (estimate): 1.37 m	None; Aldrich specimen No. 3	Aldrich (1992:467)	Aldrich (1968:395)
170	8 October, 1965	Lance Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Parts (unspecified)	Female	ML: 127 cm; additional measurements	MUDB; Aldrich specimen No. 4	Aldrich (1992:469, fig. 6)	Voss (1967:407, fig.); Aldrich & Brown (1967:6, fig.); Aldrich (1968:395, fig. 2)	Possibly the same as #171.
171	1965	"off the coast of Newfoundland"	NWA	"caught"	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire			EL?: >21 ft		Schmitt (1942-1982)		Used in Francis O. Schmitt's animal nerve cell research, 1965 (see [4]). Possibly the same as #170.
	24 November, 1965	Springdale Beach, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None; discarded		ML: 161 cm; BL(+HL?): 2.13 m; TL: 3.66 m; GL: 147 cm; additional measurements	None; Aldrich specimen No. 5	Aldrich (1992:469, fig. 7)	Aldrich (1968:395)
172	22 June, 1966	off "Vigo, Spain" (41°32'N, 9°48'W)	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Lower beak	Undetermined		Description only		Clarke & MacLeod (1974:962, fig. 4)
173	9 November, 1966	Sweet Bay, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Not stated	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire; tentacles missing and arms incomplete	Entire	Female	ML: 142 cm; additional measurements and description	MUDB; Aldrich specimen No. 6	Aldrich (1992:470)	Aldrich & Brown (1967:8, fig.); Aldrich (1968:395, as 11 November)
174	24 November, 1966	Wild Cove, Fogo Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire, badly mutilated	None; discarded	Female	ML: 107 cm; additional measurements	None; Aldrich specimen No. 7	Aldrich (1992:471)	Aldrich (1968:395)
175	25 November, 1966	off central California, United States	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak		None	NMML; catalog no. 112	Fiscus (1993:92)		From male Sperm Whale (specimen no. Rice-1966-165).
176	28 November, 1966	Eddie's Cove East, Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland	NWA	Not stated	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire, putrified	None; discarded		None	None; Aldrich specimen No. 8	Aldrich (1992:471)	Aldrich (1968:395)
177	1 December, 1966	off central California, United States	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One lower beak fragment		None	NMML; catalog no. 113	Fiscus (1993:92)		From female Sperm Whale (specimen no. Rice-1966-177).
178	9 December, 1966	off central California, United States	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak		None	NMML; catalog no. 114	Fiscus (1993:92)		From male Sperm Whale (specimen no. Rice-1966-185).
179	12 May, 1967	off central California, United States	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One pair of beaks		None	NMML; catalog no. 115	Fiscus & Rice (1974:92, fig. 1); Fiscus ''et al.'' (1989:6); Fiscus (1993:93)		From female Sperm Whale (specimen no. Rice-1967-128).
180	6 June, 1967	off Iceland (64E50'N, 29E30'W)	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Seven beaks	Undetermined		Specimen weights estimated		Clarke & MacLeod (1976:742)		From 53 ft male Sperm Whale (no. 121).
181	July-August, 1967	in Denmark Strait	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Beaks (as percentage of diet)					Martin & Clarke (1986:785)	Roe (1969:93) as unidentified beaks	From 57 male Sperm Whales processed at Hvalur H.F. whaling station on west coast of Iceland.
182	22 July - 23 August, 1967	off Iceland	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomachs	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Two beaks	Undetermined		Specimen weights estimated		Clarke & MacLeod (1976:742)		Mixed samples from stomachs of five male Sperm Whales 47-53 ft long.
183	23 April, 1968	off central California, United States	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak		None	NMML; catalog no. 116	Fiscus (1993:93)		From female Sperm Whale (specimen no. Rice-1968-108).
184	23 April, 1968	off central California, United States	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak fragment		None	NMML; catalog no. 117	Fiscus (1993:93)		From male Sperm Whale (specimen no. Rice-1968-109).
	1968	Puerto de Vega, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Caught by ship	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire?	Beak		EL?: 7 m		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Caught by the ship ''Matías Bengoechea''.
185	13 June, 1969	off central California, United States	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One upper beak		None	NMML; catalog no. 118	Fiscus (1993:93)		From female Sperm Whale (specimen no. Rice-1969-143).
186	1969	east of Lake Worth, Florida	NWA						Unknown	RSMAS	Voss (1996)	Ellis (1998:262)
	1969	Las Tiberas, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Caught by ship	''Architeuthis dux''	Tentacle			TL: 6 m		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Caught by the ship ''Saturno Juan''.
	10 July, 1969	Luanco (Gozón), Asturias, Spain	NEA	Caught by sport fishermen	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire?			WT: 250 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Caught by sport fishermen from Oviedo. Heaviest recorded giant squid from Asturias.
	1969	Puerto de Figueras, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Recovered dead	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire?			EL?: 7.90 m; WT: 120 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Recovered dead by José Manuel Méndez and Bote Carducha.
187	19 November, 1969	off central California, United States	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One lower beak fragment		None	NMML; catalog no. 119	Fiscus (1993:93)		From male Sperm Whale (specimen no. Rice-1969-201).
188	24 February, 1970	off central California, United States	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One lower beak fragment		None	NMML; catalog no. 120	Fiscus (1993:94)		From male Sperm Whale (specimen no. Rice-1970-001).
189	1970	San Juan, Puerto Rico	NWA						Unknown	RSMAS	Voss (1996)	Ellis (1998:262)
190	18 September, 1970	off Saint-Pierre Island, Grand Banks, Atlantic Ocean	NWA	By trawl	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire		None	FOSJ; Aldrich specimen No. 9	Aldrich (1992:471)		Presented by Government of France in October, 1970.
191	31 October, 1970	near Azores Islands (38°34'N, 28°11'W)	NEA	From shark stomach, ''Centroscymnus coelolepis''	''Architeuthis'' sp.	"Flesh"	Undetermined		None		Clarke & Merrett (1972:601)
192	November, 1970	Tasman Sea	SWP	From Sperm Whale stomachs	''Architeuthis'' sp.	One entire; 54 lower beaks	Undetermined	Female	ML: 41.5 cm; BC: 26 cm; AL: 32-49.5 cm; TL: 140 cm; FL: 20 cm; FW: 8 cm; plus estimates of other specimen weights from beaks		Clarke & MacLeod (1982:34)		Combined data from stomachs of 66 Sperm Whale taken at various locations in the Tasman Sea.
193	30 December, 1970	off Botany Bay, New South Wales, eastern Australia	SWP	From Shortfin mako shark stomach, ''Isurus oxyrinchus''	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Beak	Undetermined		ML(estimate): 567 mm		Dunning ''et al.'' (1993:129)
194	November-April, 1970-1973	southeastern Atlantic Ocean (30°-43°S)	SEA	From Sperm Whale stomachs	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Stomach contents	Undetermined		None		Vovk ''et al.'' (1975[1978:131])		Specimens from Sperm Whales taken on 3 cruises (14 stations) of Antarctic whaling factory ship ''Yury Dolgoruky'' during November to April, 1970-1973.
195	November-April, 1970-1973	Atlantic sector of Antarctic Ocean	SEA	From Sperm Whale stomachs	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Stomach contents	Undetermined		None		Vovk ''et al.'' (1975[1978:131])		Specimens from Sperm Whales taken on 3 cruises (42 stations) of Antarctic whaling factory ship ''Yury Dolgoruky'' during November to April, 1970-1973.
	March, 1971	Carrandi, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Not specified	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire?			WT: 80 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Collected by the boat ''Divino San Antonio''.
196	Unknown (reported in 1971)	Indian Ocean	SIO	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		EL?: 19 m		Berzin (1971;[199, fig. 98])		Taken from Sperm Whale stomach by whaling flotilla ''Sovetskaya Ukraina''.
197	18 November, 1971	Sunnyside, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Not stated	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Arms and tentacles only	Female	ML: 177 cm; additional measurements	MUDB; Aldrich specimen No. 10	Aldrich (1992:471, fig. 8A-B)
198	Unknown (reported in 1972)	off east coast, Florida, United States	NWA	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Male (mature)	ML: 664 mm	RSMAS; catalog no. UMML 31.1762	Toll & Hess (1981b:753)	Roper & Young (1972:220)
	February, 1972	Puerto de El Musel, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Found floating at surface in visible state of decomposition	''Architeuthis dux''				EL?: ~3 m		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Observed[?] by Martino Andres.
199	July, 1972	near Rakautura, Kaikoura, New Zealand	SWP	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Club suckers		TL: ~8 m	Lost	Forch (1998:106)
200	1972	off Durban, South Africa	SIO	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1450 mm; extensive additional measurements, illustrations, and description	SAM; catalog no. S1867	Compagno Roeleveld & Lipinski (1991:432, pls.)
201	8 December, 1972	eastern equatorial Atlantic (6°34'S, 5°00'W)	SEA	From fish stomach, ''Prionace glauca''	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Jaws plus pieces of mantle, arms, tentacle	Undetermined; beaks?		TL(piece): 2 m; TSD: ~2 cm; ML(estimate): 70-75 cm		Nigmatullin (1976:29, fig. 1)		From stomach of 2 m long blue shark.
202	14 May, 1974	off Greenpoint, Table Bay, South Africa	SEA	Found floating at surface, alive	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1700 mm; extensive measurements, illustrations, and description	SAM; catalog no. S1868	Compagno Roeleveld & Lipinski (1991:433, pls.)		Found barely alive by Capt. Hennie Smith.
203	October, 1974	South African waters (28°S, 14°11'E)	SEA	By trawl; taken by fisheries vessel	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Piece of arm and tentacle		WT: 220 kg	SAM	Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1989:114)
204	18 February, 1975	Verdalsøra, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		TL: 7.96 m; WT: 68.9 kg		Holthe (1975:174)
205	28 October, 1975	Bonavista, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None; discarded	Male (mature)	ML: 132 cm; additional measurements	None; Aldrich specimen No. 11	Aldrich (1992:472, fig. 9A-D)		Mature male with hectocotylus and spermatophores.
206	26 January, 1976	off Joban District (36°39'N, 141°51'E), Japan	NWP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Tentacle only	Undetermined		None		Okutani ''et al.'' (1976:85)	Ohsumi & Satake (1976)	From 10.6 m long male Sperm Whale (no. 56).
207	26 January, 1976	off Joban District (36°40'N, 141°53'E), Japan	NWP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Tentacle only	Undetermined		None		Okutani ''et al.'' (1976:85)	Ohsumi & Satake (1976)	From 11.7 m long male Sperm Whale (no. 58).
208	3 February, 1976	off Joban District (36°44'N, 141°33'E), Japan	NWP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Entire	Undetermined		ML: 58.5 cm		Okutani ''et al.'' (1976:85, pl. 7)	Ohsumi & Satake (1976)	From 13.0 m long male Sperm Whale (no. 75).
209	4 February, 1976	off Joban District (36°46'N, 141°58'E), Japan	NWP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Mantle only	Undetermined		None		Okutani ''et al.'' (1976:85)	Ohsumi & Satake (1976)	From 9.5 m long female Sperm Whale (no. 79).
210	March, 1976	Wellington south coast, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire				NMNZ; photographs only	Forch (1998:106)
211	August, 1976	off Vancouver, Oregon, United States	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire?	Undetermined		ML: ~2 m		Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:523)
212	September, 1976	off South Africa (27°42'S, 14°13'E)	SEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		WL: 4.5 m; WT: 200 kg; TL: ~6 m; ML: 195 cm; radula		Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1978:401, figs. 1-4)	Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:518)	Stomach contents analysed.
213	19 November, 1977	Firth of Forth, North Berwick (56°03.5'N, 02°43'W), Scotland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire	Entire; dissected, parts preserved separately	Female	ML: 161 cm; HL: 43 cm; AL: 230 cm; TL: 440 cm; FL: 67 cm; FW: 55 cm	NMSZ; catalog no. 1978090.1	Heppell (1978:89); Heppell & Smith (1983:34)	Collins (1998:489)
214	21 November, 1977	Lance Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	None		Unknown size	None; Aldrich specimen No. 12	Aldrich (1992:472)		Report only, specimen not observed.
215	April, 1978	Jiaonon, Shandong Province, China	NWP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Beaks	Undetermined		None		Dong (1984:328, fig. 2.1)		From stranded Sperm Whale.
216	~15 June, 1978	near Mack Arch, Oregon, North Pacific Ocean	NEP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Sucker rings		WT: 225 lb	SBMNH; catalog no. 60119	[Anonymous] (1978a); [Anonymous] (1978b)		Caught by commercial fisherman G. Steffensmier.
217	21 June, 1978	off Fort Lauderdale, Straits of Florida, United States	NWA	From fish stomach, ''Xiphias gladius''	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Male (mature)	ML: 167+ mm; GL: 179 mm; additional extensive description	RSMAS; catalog no. UMML 31.1761	Toll & Hess (1981b:754, fig 1)	Toll & Hess (1981a:768); Hess & Toll (1981:162, fig 4)	From stomach of female swordfish (205 cm fork length).
218	July, 1978	Gisborne, New Zealand	SWP	Trawl capture	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire					Forch (1998:106)	''Gisborne Herald'' photographs
219	late 1978	Cheynes Beach, Albany, Western Australia	SWP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Two specimens	Undetermined		WT(larger specimen): 280 kg	Wallaroo Heritage and Nautical Museum, South Australia (smaller specimen)	Zeidler (1996:7)	Zeidler & Gowlett-Holmes (1996:85); ''Sea Frontiers''	Caught by Cheynes Beach Whaling Co., Albany, Western Australia.
220	Unknown (reported in 1979)	Noto-cho, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan	NWP	In floating blanket net	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		TL: 5.5 m; WT: 97 kg		Satomi (1979)	''Kitaguni Newspaper'' (photo) [''fide'' T. Kubodera (pers. comm. [''fide'' Sweeney (2001:75)])]
221	1979	Newfoundland	NWA	By trawl					EL: 31 ft		Stephen, pers. comm. (1997) [''fide'' Ellis (1998:263)]	Ellis (1998:263)	Captured by Spanish trawler.
222	20 August, 1979	at depth of 550 fathoms, Cortez Bank, California, United States	NEP	Sable fish trap	''Architeuthis japonica''?	Tentacle only; recovered from trap	Tentacle			SBMNH; catalog no. 60117	Hochberg (in prep. [''fide'' Sweeney (2001:81)])
223	19 November, 1979	St. Brendan's, Cottel's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire, in several pieces	None; discarded	Female	ML: 154 cm; additional measurements	None; Aldrich specimen No. 13	Aldrich (1992:473)
224	Unknown (reported in 1980)	Oregon, United States	NEP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Entire?	Undetermined		None		Hochberg & Fields (1980:434)	Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:523)
225	early February, 1980	Plum Island, Massachusetts, United States; see [5]	NWA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire, missing long feeding tentacles and skin; lost when the squid washed ashore	Entire	Female	WL: 2.7 m; ML: ~2 m; EL(estimate): ~9/~10 m; WT: 200 kg	NMNH; catalog no. 814000	Roper & Boss (1982:96); see also [6]		Currently on exhibit at the NMNH.
226	March-April, 1980	about 250 miles off California (34°39'-35°39'N, 126°25'-127°28'W) at 25-40 to 90 m depth, North Pacific Ocean	NEP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	18 entire specimens	Undetermined		ML: 50-77 cm (ML(average): 62.5 cm); additional measurements, indices, and descriptions		Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:519, figs. 1-3)		Eighteen specimens taken in 9 trawls.
227	2 July, 1980	1500 miles off Oregon (42°35'N, 148°35'W) at 15 m depth, Northeast Pacific	NEP	By pelagic trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire, minus arms and tentacles		ML(fresh): 164 cm; FL(fresh): 75 cm; FW(fresh): 43 cm; description of thawed plus preserved specimen	ZMMGU	Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:518)		Taken by R/V ''Novoul'yanovsk'' with 133 m pelagic trawl at 15 m depth.
228	1980	off New South Wales coast, Eastern Australia	SWP	From Smooth hammerhead stomach, ''Sphyrna zygaena''	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Beak	Undetermined		ML(estimate): 706 mm		Dunning ''et al.'' (1993:124)
	1980	Vertical de Cudillero, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Not specified	''Architeuthis dux''	At least a tentacle			WT(of tentacle?): 100 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Attempt made to haul aboard a tentacle weighing 100 kg [?], but material was discarded upon observation of its poor state. Seen from the ship ''Oñaegea''.
229	20 August, 1980	South African waters	SEA	By trawl; taken by fisheries vessel	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	None		ML: 0.81 m		Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1989:114)
230	21 October, 1980	Patton Escarpment (32°28'30"N, 120°15'48"W) at 500-600 m depth, California, United States	NEP	By RMT-8 midwater trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Tentacle club and stalk	Tentacle club and stalk		CL: 41.5 cm	SBMNH; catalog no. 60120	Robison (1989:39, figs. 1-2)
231	February, 1981	Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands	NEP	By hook and line	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Beak plus piece of flesh		WL?: 20 ft	Undetermined	Higa (1981:9)		Taken alive while trolling by M. Yoshida and D. Maeda; attacked by False Killer Whale during retrieval.
232	20 May, 1981	Vavilov Ridge (7°56'S, 0°57'E) at 400-470 m depth, Southeast Atlantic	SEA	By 110 m cable-trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Tentacles plus part of viscera; remainder lost		TL(fresh): 420 + 400 cm; TL(fixed): 287 + 269 cm; additional counts, measurements, and description	Undetermined	Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:522)		Taken by R/V ''Novoukrainka''.
	1981	Asturias, Spain	NEA	Not specified	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire?			EL?: 10 m		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Displayed in a Gijón fish shop before being sold at a market in Avilés.
233	3 August, 1981	Orange River mouth (27°45'S, 10°45'E), Southeast Atlantic at 18-95 m depth	SEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire		ML: 81 cm; TL: 364 cm; WT: 11.8 kg	Undetermined	Nesis ''et al.'' (1985:522)		Taken by R/V ''Novoukrainka''.
234	7 September, 1981	Azores Islands	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Lower beak	Undetermined		LRL: 14.1 mm		Clarke (1986:fig. 22b)
235	11 October, 1981	Tasman Sea (33°19.4'S, 155°00.3E) at 20 m depth	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire		ML: 103 mm	NMV	Lu (1986:9, fig.)		Captured by FRV ''Soela'' at 1450 hours.
236	14 November, 1981	Hare Bay, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 159 cm; additional measurements	Natural History Branch of Newfoundland Museum; catalog no. MO-1692. Aldrich specimen No. 14	Aldrich (1992:473)
	Christmas, 1981	Playa de Luarca, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Found washed ashore on beach	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire?; poor condition					Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Found by Secundino González and Manuel Pico.
237	1981-1984	Azores	NEA	From Sperm Whale stomachs	''Architeuthis'' ?''dux'' Steenstrup, 1860	Beaks	Undetermined		WT(estimated average): 23 kg; ML(estimated average): 1 m		Clarke ''et al.'' (1993:71)		Found in stomach contents of 76.5% of 17 Sperm Whales sampled during 1981-1984.
238	30 January, 1982	off New South Wales (33°44'S, 153°00'E) from surface to 600 m depth, Australia	SWP	By oblique pelagic trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined	Female	ML: 42.2 cm		Jackson ''et al.'' (1991:331)
239	July, 1982	North Canterbury, New Zealand	SWP	Trawl capture	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Partial club			NMNZ; NMNZ M77446	Forch (1998:106)
240	23 August, 1982	off shore, Radoy (near Bergen), Norway	NEA	By hook and line, caught alive	''Architeuthis monachus'' (Steenstrup ''in'' Harting, 1860)	Entire	Undetermined		EL: ~10 m; TL: ~7.3 m; WT: ~220 kg	ZMUB?	Brix (1983:422, fig. 1)	Brix ''et al.'' (1989:34)	Caught in 5 m deep bay; dying at time of capture. Blood study by Brix ''et al.'' (1989).
241	30 October, 1982	Sandy Cove, Fogo Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland	NWA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire, in poor condition	Entire?	Female	ML: 169 cm; additional measurements	NMSJ; catalog no. MO-1693. Aldrich specimen No. 15	Aldrich (1992:474, fig. 10)		"Had engaged in battle with what apparently was another cephalopod."
242	30 December, 1982	Kuzuareyama coast of Noh-machi, Niigata Prefecture, Sea of Japan	NWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Entire	Undetermined		WL?: 3.98 m; WT: 120 kg		Honma ''et al.'' (1983:23, fig. 1)
	1983	Las Tiberas, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Not specified	''Architeuthis dux''				WT(dead): 150 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Collected by "El Dioni" of Avilés.
243	19 August, 1983	west coast (39°03'S, 174°04'E), North Island, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 1		ML: 2035 mm; HL: ~0.5 m; WT: >200 kg; ASD: 23 mm	NMNZ; NMNZ M79971. Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 1	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1983:6, fig.); Forch (1998:specimen 1)		Found in New Plymouth power station cooling water intake.
244	8-9 January, 1984	Cove Bay (near Aberdeen), Scotland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' cf. ''dux''	Entire	Undetermined	Female	\| \|\| Nixon (1984:4); Boyle (1986:81) \|\| Boyle (1984:12); Collins (1998:489) \|\| Tested for buoyancy. Egg count estimated at >10×106.
245	8 March, 1984	Aukland Islands (51°16'S, 166°52'E) at 533 m depth	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 2	Female	ML: 1930 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 2	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998: specimen 2)		Caught by F/V ''Shinkai Maru''.
246	12 April, 1984	southeast coast (41°11'S, 176°44'E) at 870-1100 m depth, North Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 3	Female	ML: 930 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 3	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:specimen 5)
	April, 1984	3 miles from Tazones, Asturias, Spain	NEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire?			WL: 3-4 m		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Captured by Antonio Coro.
247	3 May, 1984	west coast (40°54'S, 176°14'E), North Island, New Zealand	SWP	Found floating	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 4	Female	ML: 1770 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 4	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:specimen 3)
248	9 May, 1984	Cape Palliser, Wellington, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire?	Undetermined		None		Stevens (1988:150)
249	12 May, 1984	south coast (41°17'S, 174°47'E), North Island, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 5	Female	ML: 1825 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 5	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:specimen 4)	Stevens (1988:150, fig. 3)
250	May, 1984	Namibia, South African waters	SEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		ML: 1250 mm[?]; WT: 38 kg; MW: 390 mm; HW: 250 mm; FL: 570 mm; FW: 280 mm[?]; TL: 4750 mm		Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1989:115)		Taken by fisheries vessel.
251	June, 1984	west coast hoki grounds, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire					Forch (1998:106)		Caught by F/V ''Arrow''.
	1984	Cal. Sierra d Oviedo, Asturias, Spain	NEA	From shark stomach	''Architeuthis dux''	Severed tentacle			TC: >10 cm		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)
252	25 July, 1984	northwest coast (41°05'S, 170°52'E) at 475 m depth, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 6	Female	ML: 1560 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 6	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:specimen 6)
253	24 September, 1984	southwest coast (46°18'S, 166°30'E) at 365 m depth, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 7	Female	ML: 2020 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 7	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:specimen 7)		Caught by F/V ''Tengawai''.
254	Unknown (sampled during 1984-1990)	San Miguel Island, California, United States	NEP	From Northern Elephant Seal stomach, ''Mirounga angustirostris''	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	Undetermined		None		Antonelis ''et al.'' (1994:214)		From three Northern Elephant Seals, sampled during 1984-1990.
255	6 June, 1985	New Zealand (47°04'S, 169°32'E) at 310 m depth	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire		Female	ML: ~2000 mm		Forch (1998:106)		Caught by F/V ''Daishin Maru 23''.
256	23 July, 1985	off New Zealand; see [7]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
257	31 July, 1985	off New Zealand; see [8]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
258	26 August, 1985	off New Zealand; see [9]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
259	28 August, 1985	off New Zealand; see [10]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
260	29 August, 1985	off New Zealand; see [11]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
261	1 September, 1985	off New Zealand; see [12]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
262	Unknown (reported in 1986)	Unknown	?	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Buccal mass and beak	Beak		LRL: 18.8 mm	Undetermined	Clarke (1986:fig. 22a)		From Sperm Whale stomach (G17A65).
263	Unknown (reported in 1986)	South Africa	SEA	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Lower beak	Beak		LRL: 17.2 mm	Undetermined	Clarke (1986:fig. 23)
264	Unknown (reported in 1986)	Azores Islands	NEA	Not stated	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Lower beak	Lower beak		ML: 1980 mm; LRL: 19.4 mm	Undetermined	Clarke (1986:fig. 24a)
265	29 January, 1986	off Aberdeen, Scotland	NEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' cf. ''dux''	Entire	None; sold commercially		WL: 2.98 m; ML: 1.45 m; BC: 1.10 m; AC: 0.22 m; WT: ~90 kg		Boyle (1986:82)	Collins (1998:489)	Caught by fishing vessel; measurements by Mr. G. Howard.
266	March, 1986	near mouth of Orange River (27°52'S, 14°40'E) at 510-550 m depth, South Africa	SEA	By bottom trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1680 mm; extensive measurements, illustrations, and description	SAM; catalog no. S1681	Compagno Roeleveld & Lipinski (1991:433, pls.)		Taken by MT ''Pardelhas''.
267	31 March, 1986	Aukland Islands (50°50'S, 166°51'E) at 296 m depth	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 8	Female	ML: 1720 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 8	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:specimen 11)		Caught by F/V ''Akebono Maru 73''.
268	11 April, 1986	northeast coast (35°43'S, 174°20'E), North Island, New Zealand	SWP	Found floating	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 9	Male	ML: 1260 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 9	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:specimen 9)
269	17 April, 1986	east coast (43°38'S, 174°43'E) at 470 m depth , South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 10	Female	ML: 1815 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 10	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:specimen 12)		Caught by F/V ''Banshu Maru 8''.
270	27 May, 1986	southwest coast (46°32'S, 166°11'E) at 604 m depth, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 11	Female	ML: 1830 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 11	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:specimen 13)		Caught by F/V ''Daishin Maru 28''.
271	18 July, 1986	west coast (42°03'S, 170°26'E) at 500 m depth, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 12		ML: 1380 mm; WT: 43.5 kg; see Forch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 12	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:107)		Caught by F/V ''Dolomit''.
	19 July, 1986	east coast of Tasmania	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis''						Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service (2007)
272	8 September, 1986	east coast (43°43'S, 174°56'E) at 480 m depth, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 13	Female	ML: 2140 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 13	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch 1998:specimen 14)		Caught by F/V ''Banshu Maru 8''.
273	26 February, 1987	east coast (44°09'S, 173°44'E) at 350 m depth, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 14	Male	ML: 1900 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 14	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:specimen 8)		Caught by F/V ''Daishin Maru 22''.
274	5 March, 1987	off Shetland Islands	NEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.		Undetermined		ML: 1100 mm		Collins (1998:489)
275	April-July, 1987	approximately 40°S, 120°W, South Pacific	SEP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Eight juveniles	Undetermined		None		Alexeyev (1994:156, map)		Taken in subantarctic waters by R/V ''Vozrozhdeniye'', cruise XI.
276	3 May, 1987	southeast coast (41°31'S, 176°43'E) at 360 m depth, North Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 15	Female	ML: 1610 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 15	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94)	Forch (1998:107)	Listed in table as 3 April. Used for statolith study.
277	9 May, 1987	east coast (43°38'S, 174°14'E) at 506 m depth, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 16	Female	ML: 2135 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 16	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:specimen 15)		Caught by F/V ''Daishin Maru 28''.
278	1987	near Sydney, Australia	SWP	By trawl?	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire?	Undetermined		WT: 150 kg		Gannon (1996)		"150 kg monster landed near Sydney in 1987"
279	19 July, 1987	off New Zealand; see [13]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
280	20 July, 1987	off New Zealand; see [14]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
281	26 July, 1987	west coast (42°35'S, 170°23'E) at 503 m depth, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 17		ML: 1300 mm; see Forch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 17	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:107)		Caught by F/V ''Zuiyo 3''.
282	26 July, 1987	off New Zealand; see [15]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
283	28 July, 1987	off New Zealand; see [16]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
284	16 August, 1987	west coast (41°21'S, 170°30'E) at 464 m depth, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 18		ML: 1370 mm; WT: 70 kg; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 18	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94)	Forch (1998:108)	Caught by F/V ''Zuiyo 3''.
285	25 August, 1987	west coast (41°31'S, 170°34'E), South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 19	Female	ML: 1230 mm; see Forch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 19	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:108)
286	2 September, 1987	east of (51°18'S, 170°23'E), Aukland Islands	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 20		ML: 1780 mm; see Forch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 20	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:108)		Caught by F/V ''Mys Kronotsky''.
287	13 October, 1987	south coast (46°24'S, 166°23'E) at 487 m depth, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 21		ML: 1770 mm; see Forch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 21	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:108)		Caught by F/V ''Chiyo Maru 2''.
288	October, 1987	South African waters (29°46'S, 14°43'E)	SEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		ML: 1790 mm[?]; WT: 130 kg; MW: 485 mm; HW: 240 mm; FL: 720 mm; FW: 360 mm		Pérez-Gándaras & Guerra (1989:115)		Taken by fisheries vessel.
289	4 November, 1987	south coast (47°32'S, 169°10'E), South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 22		ML: 2010 mm; see Forch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 22	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:108)		Caught by F/V ''Chiyo Maru''.
290	5 November, 1987	southwest coast (46°31'S, 166°30'E) at 550 m depth, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 23		ML: 1770 mm; no other measurements	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 23	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94)	Forch (1998:108)	Caught by F/V ''Chiyo Maru 2''.
291	5 December, 1987	New Zealand (47°28'S, 169°35'E) at 540 m depth	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire			WT: ~80 kg		Forch (1998:108)		Caught by F/V ''Chiyo Maru 2''.
292	6 December, 1987	New Zealand (47°30'S, 169°19'E) at 550 m depth	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire			WT: ~20 kg		Forch (1998:108)		Caught by F/V ''Chiyo Maru 2''.
293	late 1987	hoki grounds, South Island, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	None; Forch specimen No. 10	Female	ML: 1830 mm; no other measurements	None?; Forch specimen No. 10	Forch (1998:107)
294	25 January, 1988	Aukland Islands (51°00'S, 166°42'E) at 495 m depth	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887	Entire	None; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 24		ML: 1880 mm; WT: ~150 kg; see Forch (1998:110)	None?; Gauldie ''et al.'' specimen No. 24	Gauldie ''et al.'' (1994:94); Forch (1998:108)		Caught by F/V ''Nikolaevskiy Korabel''.
295	16 April, 1988	Shirohara, Iwamicho, Tottori Prefecture, Japan	NWP	Found washed ashore, alive	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire?		TL: 7 m; ML: 1.3 m; WT: 80 kg	Tottori Prefectural Museum [''fide'' T. Kubodera (pers. comm. [''fide'' Sweeney (2001:74)])]	Nomura (1988:26)		On public display.
296	28 July, 1988	off New Zealand; see [17]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
297	29 July, 1988	off New Zealand; see [18]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
298	31 July, 1988	off New Zealand; see [19]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
299	12 March, 1989	Namibia (26°07'S, 13°41'E)	SEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Only tentacle clubs, hectocotylus, genitalia, beaks, and statolith	Male (mature)	ML(fresh): 1220 mm; FL(thawed): 540 mm; FW(thawed): 460 mm; MW(thawed): 460 mm; TL(thawed): 5060 + 4510 mm[?]; WT(thawed): 41,350 g; other measurements	ICM?	Villanueva & Sánchez (1993:33)
300	September, 1989	Santa Catarina State (27°24'S, 45°37'W), Brazil	SWA	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis'' sp.			Female	ML: 151 cm	Instituto de Pesca, Santos, Brazil	Arfelli ''et al.'' (1991:83, figs. 2-3)	Ré ''et al.'' (1998:109)
301	7 February, 1990	Poipu, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands	NEP	From Sperm Whale stomach	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Lower beaks	Undetermined				Clarke & Young (1998:625)		From stranded 7250 kg male Sperm Whale.
302	10 February, 1990	Long Rock, Penzance, Cornwall, England	NEA	From stomach of stranded Sperm Whale	''Architeuthis'' spp.	47 beaks	Beaks?			Undetermined	Clarke & Pascoe (1997:1256)		From 46 ft male Sperm Whale.
303	19 July, 1990	West Cove, San Miguel Island, California, United States	NEP	From Northern Elephant Seal stomach, ''Mirounga angustirostris''	''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912	Beaks	One lower beak		None	NMML; catalog no. 486	Fiscus (1993:94)		From male Northern Elephant Seal (specimen no. Y1991/1992).
304	14 March, 1991	Soetwater, Kommetjie (Cape Peninsula), South Africa	SEA	Undetermined	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1850 mm; statolith	SAM	Lipinski (1997:299)	Natal ''Mercury'' (1996)
305	15 June, 1991	South Africa (34°47'S 18°14'E)	SEA	Undetermined	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1400 mm; statolith	SAM	Roeleveld (1996); Lipinski (1997:299)
	20 July, 1991	east coast of Tasmania	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis''						Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service (2007)
	?, 1992	Playa de Xagó, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Not specified; found floating at surface?	''Architeuthis dux''	Mantle and head at least					Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Rest of mantle and head wrapped in a cloth of "volanta". Found by Guardia Civil.
	1992	El Musel, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Not specified	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire?			EL?: 5 m		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)
306	7 May, 1992	Kommetjie (Cape Peninsula), South Africa	SEA	Undetermined	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Head only	Head	Female	statolith	SAM	Roeleveld (1996); Lipinski (1997:299)
307	10 June, 1992	Cape Columbine (32°53'S), South Africa	SEA	Undetermined	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1770 mm; statolith	SAM	Roeleveld (1996); Lipinski (1997:299)
308	15-16 July, 1992	northwest of Chatham Islands; see [20]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
★	Unknown (reported in 1993)	southern Japan	NWP	Sick/dying animal photographed in shallow water	''Architeuthis dux''; ''Moroteuthis robusta'' [''fide'' Ellis (1998:210); ''fide'' Norman (2000:174)]	Entire; alive	None			None	Poppe & Goto (1993); Japanese made-for-television film	Ellis (1998:210); Norman (2000:174)	'Non-architeuthid'. Photograph of sick/dying ''Moroteuthis robusta'' taken by H. Kubota in shallow water. Squid is shown with diver, although wide-angle photography makes animal appear larger than it is. A video of the same squid appears in a Japanese made-for-television film. [''fide'' Ellis (1998:211)]
	14 May, 1993	Morne Brabant, Mauritius	SIO	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined		ML: 4.5 m; WT: 240 kg		Staub (1993:141, pl. 1a,b)
	21 April, 1994	off central Honshū (35°20.1'N, 143°00.1'E), Japan	NWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire; "not in good condition"	Entire		ML: 19.8 mm; FL: 4.5 mm; HL: 6.4 mm, etc.	Not stated	Tsuchiya & Mori (1998:225)		Juvenile specimen.
	May, 1994	New Zealand (43°55'S, 176°50'E) at 515 m depth	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	In pieces		ML: 1850 mm; FL: 760 mm	NMNZ; NMNZ M18019	Forch (1998:109)		Caught by F/V ''Dalmor''.
	May, 1994	New Zealand (43°48'S, 177°35'E) at 514 m depth	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Incomplete		ML: 1110 mm; FL: 490 mm	NMNZ; NMNZ M18020	Forch (1998:109)		Caught by F/V ''Dalmor''.
	9 March, 1995	SSE of Cape Banks (37°56.32'S, 140°20.79'E), Australia	SWP	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire		ML: 1530 mm; FL: 430 mm; GL: 1440 mm; HL: 320 mm; extensive measurement taken	SAMA; SAMA D-18936	Zeidler & Gowlett-Holmes (1996:85)		Caught by Mr. M. von Stanke on F/V ''Ocean Lady'' over 25 m bottom depth. Tissue samples saved at -80°.
	2 April, 1995	Golfo San Jorge (46°30'S, 66°00'W), Argentina	SWA	By trawl at 70 m depth	''Architeuthis''			Female (mature)	ML: 1625 mm	Museo de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires	Brunetti ''et al.'' (1998:xxx)	Ré ''et al.'' (1998:109)
	26 April, 1995	west of Aran Islands (53°00'N, 12°20'W) at 287 m depth, Ireland	NEA	By 80 mm mesh benthic trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined	Male (mature)	ML: 1028 mm; MW: 379 mm; TL: 4555 mm; EL: 5970 mm; WT: 26.9 kg; HL: 275 mm; HW: 135 mm; AL(I): 870 mm; AL(II): not measured; AL(III): 1054 mm; AL(IV): 1512/1465 mm; LAL: 1512 mm; TCL: 504 mm; DC: 158 mm; MaL: 252 mm; CaL: 94 mm; HeL: no obs.; FL: 390 mm; FW: 298 mm (one fin: 149 mm); EyD: 80 mm; PL: 555 mm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 125-150 mm; LRL: 10.9 mm; URL: 12.5 mm; SInc: 294; G(W): 4.25%	NMI; catalog no. 14-1995	Collins ''et al.'' (1997:562); Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:8)	Lordan ''et al.'' (1998:905); Collins (1998:489)	Taken by trawler ''Sionnainn''.
	24 June, 1995	Porcupine Bank (52°25'N, 13°45'W) at 300 m depth, Ireland	NEA	By 80 mm mesh benthic trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undeterminded	Male (mature)	ML: 975 mm; MW: 335 mm; EL: 5950 mm; WT: 22.45 kg; HL: 270 mm; HW: 137 mm; TL: 4823 mm; TCL: 500 mm; DC: 172 mm; MaL: 252/236 mm; CaL: 77/92 mm; FL: 356 mm; FW: 266 mm; EyD: 95 mm; PL: 574 mm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 120-140 mm; HeL: no obs.; LRL: 12.7 mm; URL: 12 mm; SInc: 375; G(W): 3.29%	NMI; catalog no. 44-1995	Collins ''et al.'' (1997:562); Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:8)	Lordan ''et al.'' (1998:905); Collins (1998:489)	Taken by trawler ''Sionnainn''.
	25 June, 1995	southwest Aran Islands (52°50'N, 10°20'W) at 110 m depth, Ireland	NEA	By 80 mm mesh benthic trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Undetermined	Male (mature)	ML: 1084 mm; MW: 335 mm; WT: 26.5 kg; HL: 288 mm; HW: 144 mm; AL(IV): 1111 mm; LAL: 1111 mm; FL: 368 mm; FW: 264 mm; EyD: 96 mm; HeL: no obs.; PL: 702 mm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 135-155 mm; LRL: 13.3 mm; URL: 10 mm; SInc: 422; G(W): 2.96%	NMI; catalog no. 43-1995	Collins ''et al.'' (1997:562); Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:8)	Lordan ''et al.'' (1998:905); Collins (1998:489)	Taken by trawler ''Galway''.
	10 July, 1995	South Africa (32°50'S 16°40'E)	SEA	Undetermined	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Male	ML: 1180 mm; statolith	SAM	Lipinski (1997:299)
	15 July, 1995	Golfo San Jorge (45°12'S, 66°30'W), Bahía Bustamante, Argentina	SWA	Found washed ashore on mat of seaweed				Female (immature)	ML: 1300 mm		Ruiz & Fondacaro (1996)	Ré ''et al.'' (1998:109)
	27 September, 1995	Playa de los Pozos, Asturias, Spain	NEA	By seine fishing	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire?			WT: 160 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Caught by the boats ''Nuevo Juanito'' and ''Hermanos'' of Avilés using a seine.
	1 December, 1995	off South Island (43°24' - 43°31'S, 169°20' - 169°10'E), New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire			NIWA		Puente (1996)	Collected by T. Devlin on F/V ''J. Elaine''.
	31 December, 1995	off South Island (43°12.3'S, 178°19.9'E), New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 2000 mm; WT: ~600 lb	NIWA	Ellis (1997:1); Forch (1998:specimen 16)	see Puente (1996); see Reuter (1996)	Collected by FRV ''Tangaroa''.
	Unknown (reported in 1996)	near Mt Gambier, off Cape Banks, South Australia	SWP	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	WT: 86 kg; BL+HL: 1.85 m; AL: 1.75 m (longest); TL: 7.39m (longest); eye orbit: 17 cm; EL: >9 m	SAMA	Zeidler (1996:7, fig.)		Female with fully formed ovaries and small white eggs.
	"very early" January, 1996	off South Island (43°26.47'S, 176°23.17'E) at 310 m depth, New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Male	TL: 21 ft	NIWA	Ellis (1997:9)	Forch (1998:109); see Puente (1996); see Reuter (1996)	Caught by FRV ''Tangaroa''.
	February, 1996	Perlora, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Not specified	''Architeuthis dux''	Mantle severed in its first third, missing arms and tentacles					Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)
	24 May, 1996	Golfo San Jorge (45°08'S, 66°31'W), Bahía Bustamante, Argentina	SWA	Found washed ashore, dead	''Architeuthis'' sp.		Entire	Female (immature)	ML: 1940 mm; TL?: 4.2 m; WT: 180 kg; see Ré ''et al.''	MCNOPM	Ré ''et al.'' (1998:109)		Displayed at the museum of Puerto Madryn. Photographed with two children; see [21].
	10 June, 1996	off King Island at 1000 m depth, Tasmania	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire		WT: >200 kg; TL?: 8 m	NMV	Gannon (1996); [Anonymous] (1996)		Captured by D. McNamara and R. Bradshaw on trawler ''Empress Pearl''.
	1996	off Tasmania	SWP		''Architeuthis''				EL?: 32 ft		Norman & Lu (1997)	Ellis (1998:264)
	1996	off Tasmania	SWP		''Architeuthis''				EL?: 24 ft		Norman & Lu (1997)	Ellis (1998:264)
	1996	off Tasmania	SWP		''Architeuthis''				ML: 7.8 ft		Norman & Lu (1997)	Ellis (1998:264)
	1996	Chatham Rise, New Zealand	SWP		''Architeuthis''				EL?: 26 ft		O'Shea (1997)	Ellis (1998:264)
	1996	Chatham Rise, New Zealand	SWP		''Architeuthis''				EL?: 13 ft		O'Shea (1997)	Ellis (1998:264)
	1996	New Zealand	SWP		''Architeuthis''				EL?: 22-26 ft		O'Shea (1997)	Ellis (1998:264)
	1996	Tottori, Japan	NWP		''Architethis''				TL: 14.4 ft		''Japan Times'' (1996)	Ellis (1998:264)
	1997	?, New Zealand	SWP	Undetermined	''Architeuthis kirki''	Entire	Entire	Male	TL: 25 ft	AMNH	Landman & Ellis (1998:150, fig.)		On display.
	18 January, 1998	Newburgh, Scotland	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire	Entire	Female	ML: 1230 mm; see Collins (1998:491)	NMSZ	Collins (1998:491)
	18 April, 1998	about ten miles from Saint Paul, La Réunion Island (21º00'S 55º45'E)	SIO	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis dux''	"big chunk of flesh ... including the base of the arms, head and the upper part of the mantle"	Buccal mass, beak; tip of rostrum of lower beak broken		LRL(estimated): 17.0-17.5 mm; ML(estimated): 174-193 cm		Cherel (2003:1295)		Fishermen reported rapid skin colour change, suggesting chromatophores were still active and specimen was freshly dead. Other remains of large squid were observed. Sperm Whales said to have occurred in the area at the time.
	mid-1998	beach near Fuengirola, Spain	MED	Found washed ashore dead but relatively fresh	''Architeuthis''	Entire?		Female (immature)	ML: ~125 cm	Aula del Mar de CREMA, Málaga, Spain	Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:89)		First known giant squid specimen from the Mediterranean Sea. Preserved in formaldehyde.
	13 November, 1998	Kerguelen waters (47º14'S 69º23'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone at depth of 630-710 m	SIO	Beak found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.)	''Architeuthis dux''	Lower and upper beak	Entire		LRL: 15.51 mm; ML(estimated): 128 cm		Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)		Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000).
★	1999 (reported)	New Zealand	SWP		''Architeuthis''; ''Asperoteuthis acanthoderma'' (Lu, 1977)						Salcedo-Vargas (1999)		'Non-architeuthid.'
	16 February, 1999	Kerguelen waters (48º11'S 71º15'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone at depth of 550-870 m	SIO	Beak found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.)	''Architeuthis dux''	Lower and upper beak	Entire		LRL: 16.33 mm; ML(estimated): 152 cm		Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)		Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000).
	April, 1999	Northeast Providence Channel, Bahamas	NWA	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire; distal half of tentacles missing	Entire, in two pieces	Male (mature)	EL: 11 ft	RSMAS	[Anonymous] (1999:1)
	14 June, 1999	off the west coast of Tasmania at 500–700 m depth	SWP	Caught by trawler fishing for blue grenadier	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Entire?	Entire?	Male	WT: 190 kg		Deagle ''et al.'' (2005:417)		Specimen was kept frozen in storage until dissection in September 2002. Gut contents underwent genetic screening for prey.
	November, 1999	Carrandi, Asturias, Spain	NEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis dux''				WT(dead): 107 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Collected by the trawler ''Minchos VI''.
	9 December, 1999	approximately 34 miles from Gijón (43º52.54'N – 05º18.74'W), off coast of Asturias, Spain at depth of 300-600 m	NEA	By trawl; caught alive	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire; missing tentacles and arms I, II, II; arm IV (R) not intact	Entire	Female (immature)	ML: 1800 mm; MW: 560 mm; WT: 148 kg; VML: 1650 mm; MT: 30 mm; HW: 415 mm; AL(IV): 2160/178 mm (second not intact); LRL: 20.5 mm; URL: 21.0 mm; GL: 1670 mm; GW: 200 mm; FL: 690 mm; FW: 515 mm; EyD(estimated): 130 mm; FuL: 260 mm; FuCL: 175 mm; FuCW: 41 mm; GiL: 500 mm; NGL: 340 mm	Museo-Aula del Mar, Coordinadora para el Estudio de Especies Marinas (CEPESMA), Luarca, Spain	González ''et al.'' (2002); Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:4); Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		First record of a living specimen collected in Spanish Atlantic waters. Caught by Spanish pair trawlers ''Minchos V'' and ''Minchos VI'' based in Cillero, Lugo. Auctioned off in the market of Avilés and acquired by Pescaderias Jiménez (Jiménez Fishmarkets) of Avilés. Specimen was frozen immediately after measurements were taken. It was later defrosted, dissected, and reconstructed. It was placed in a transparent glass case and fixed for 48 hours in 4% formalin. It is now preserved in 70% alcohol.
	22 March, 2000	Kerguelen waters (47º10'S 69º23'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone at depth of 490-620 m	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.)	''Architeuthis dux''	Lower and upper beak			LRL: 11.78 mm; ML(estimated): 60 cm		Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)		Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000).
	2 April, 2000	Asturias, Spain	NEA	Found in stomach contents of shortfin mako shark (''Isurus oxyrinchus'')	''Architeuthis''	Tentacle			TL: 2 m		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:258)		Caught by Spanish vessel ''Teresa José'' from Luarca.
	24 April, 2000	Kerguelen waters (48º26'S 70º58'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone at depth of 680-755 m	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.)	''Architeuthis dux''	Lower beak only			LRL: 11.33 mm; ML(estimated): 54 cm		Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)		Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000).
	10 May, 2000	Kerguelen waters (47º25'S 69º14'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone at depth of 420 m	SIO	Found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.)	''Architeuthis dux''	Lower and upper beak; broken					Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)
	9 August, 2000	off New Zealand; see [22]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
	28 September, 2000	south of Wellington, North Island; see [23]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
	15 December, 2000	in the vicinity of Amsterdam Island (37º50'S 77º33'E)	SIO	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis dux''	"large mantle"; head and gladius missing	Two funnel-locking cartilages and one nuchal cartilage		Funnel-locking cartilages: 146/148 mm; Nuchal cartilage: "large"		Cherel (2003:1295)		Collected by French trawler ''Austral''. Yellow-nosed albatross (''Diomedea chlororhynchos'') observed feeding on corpse. Fishermen reported two other specimens of large squid observed in previous weeks.
	Unknown	east of Palmerston North, North Island; see [24]	SWP	Sighting	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Larva(e)			Larva(e)		O'Shea
	12 January, 2001	approximately 34 miles from Gijón (43º52.54'N – 05º18.74'W), off coast of Asturias, Spain at depth of 300-600 m	NEA	By trawl; caught alive	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire; missing arms III; arm II (L) not intact	Entire	Female (immature)	ML: 1350 mm; MW: 400 mm; EL: 8010 mm; WT: 81 kg; VML: 1190 mm; MT: 22 mm; HW: 260 mm; AL(I): 2310/2400 mm; AL(II): 1791/1900 mm (first not intact); AL(IV): 1870/1920 mm; TL: 6370/6530 mm; TCL: 770/790 mm; DC: 120/160 mm; MaL: 510/490 mm; CaL: 140/140 mm; LRL: 15.9 mm; URL: 16.5 mm; GL: 1180 mm; GW: 150 mm; FL: 560 mm; FW: 400 mm; EyD(estimated): 120 mm; FuL: 160 mm; FuCL: 135 mm; FuCW: 25 mm; GiL: 370 mm; NGL: 150 mm	Museo-Aula del Mar, Coordinadora para el Estudio de Especies Marinas (CEPESMA), Luarca, Spain	González ''et al.'' (2002); Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:4); Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:259)		Second record of a living specimen collected in Spanish Atlantic waters. Specimen was frozen immediately after measurements were taken. It was later defrosted, dissected, and reconstructed. It was placed in a transparent glass case and fixed for 48 hours in 4% formalin. It is now preserved in 70% alcohol.
	May, 2001	Caladero Lastres, Asturias, Spain	NEA		''Architeuthis''				EL?: 9 m; WT: 90 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:259)
	27 June, 2001	beach in Fuengirola, Spain	MED	Found washed ashore dead but relatively fresh	''Architeuthis''	Entire?		Female (immature)	ML: 125 cm; EL: 750 cm; WT: 65 kg	Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain	Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:89)		Second known giant squid specimen from the Mediterranean Sea.
	2 July, 2001	west of Carrandi, Asturias, Spain	NEA	Caught	''Architeuthis''				EL?: 7.10 m; WT: 60 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:259)		Caught by the Spanish vessels ''Elena María'' and ''Bautista Pino'' from Cillero.
	12 September, 2001	Playa de Rodiles (Villaviciosa), Asturias, Spain	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis''	Entire?, missing tentacles			WT: 60 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:259)
	20 September, 2001	Playa de Torimbia (Llanes), Asturias, Spain	NEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis''				EL?: 10 m; WT: 104 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:259)		On display at the Museo del Mar de Biarritz.
	23 September, 2001	Caladero de El Corbiro, Asturias, Spain	NEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis''			Female (immature)	WT: 73.5 kg		Guerra ''et al.'' (2006:259)
	8 October, 2001	Kerguelen waters (47º19'S 69º11'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone at depth of 600 m	SIO	Beak found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.)	''Architeuthis dux''	Lower and upper beak	Entire		LRL: 18.13 mm; ML(estimated): 220 cm		Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)		Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000).
	8 October, 2001	Kerguelen waters (47º19'S 69º11'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone at depth of 600 m	SIO	Beak found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.)	''Architeuthis dux''	Lower and upper beak; broken	Entire				Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)
	21 November, 2001	Kerguelen waters (48º06'S 71º18'E) in southern Polar Frontal Zone at depth of 453-575 m	SIO	Beak found in stomach contents of sleeper shark (''Somniosus'' sp.)	''Architeuthis dux''	Lower beak only	Entire		LRL: 10.43 mm; ML(estimated): 45 cm		Cherel (2003:1296); Cherel & Duhamel (2004:25)		Mantle length estimated using allometric equation from Roeleveld (2000).
	14 January, 2002 (reported)	"off the UK coast"	NEA	Caught by an Aberdeen-based trawler	''Architeuthis''	Entire, missing tentacles	Entire	Female	WL: 3.15 m; EL(estimate): 5.5 m	National Marine Aquarium	[Anonymous] (2002a)		Specimen preserved in formaldehyde and displayed in custom-made tank at the National Marine Aquarium.
	15 January, 2002	Goshiki beach, seashore of Amino Cho, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan	NWP	Found alive near surface; tied to quay with rope; later died	''Architeuthis''	Entire; outer mantle layer damaged/missing	Entire; preserved		ML?: 2 m; EL?: 4 m	National Science Museum of Japan	[Anonymous] (2002b); see [25], [26]		First images of live giant squid. Identified by Mr. Koutarou Tsuchiya of the Tokyo University of Fisheries. On display at the National Science Museum of Japan.
	20 July, 2002	beach in Hobart, Tasmania	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis'' sp.; initially speculated to be a new species	Entire, missing tentacles	Entire		WT: 250 kg	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery	[Anonymous] (2002c)	Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service (2007)	"Experts found several characteristics which they say they have never encountered before - including long, thin flaps of muscle attached to each of the squid's eight arms."
	13 September, 2002	in the proximity of “Pozo de la Vaca” (43º54.26'N-5º29.38'W), off coast of Asturias, Spain at depth of about 450-475 m	NEA	By trawl	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire	Entire	Male (mature)	ML: 100 cm; MW: 33 cm; WT: 42/43 kg; EL: 600 cm; VML: 92 cm; BC: 76 cm; HL: 27 cm; HW: 28 cm; AL(IV): 176 cm; LAL: 176 cm; AC(I): 15.4 cm; AC(II): 19.7 cm; AC(III): 21.6 cm; AC(IV): 20+ cm; AF: 4.3.2.1; TL: 420/470 cm; TCL: 51 cm; DC: 15 cm; MaL: 29 cm; CaL: 7.9 cm; FL: 30 cm; FW: 28 cm; TaL: 8 cm; HeL(IV pair): 4.5 cm; EyD: 8/10 cm; FuL: 17 cm; FuO: 5.5 cm; FuCL: 12 cm; FuCW: 3 cm; PL: 88 cm; SSL: 30 cm; SoA: yes; SL: 11.0-20.0 cm; LRL: 1.2 cm; URL: 1.0 cm	Museo-Aula del Mar, Coordinadora para el Estudio de Especies Marinas (CEPESMA), Luarca, Spain	Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:8)		Captured by Spanish pair trawlers ''Helena María'' and ''Bautista Pino''.
	Unknown (reported in 2003)	Japan	NWP	Observed at surface of water, alive; attracted with jig-caught ''Thysanoteuthis''	''Architeuthis''	Entire; alive	None?				see [27], [28]		Possibly first observation of live giant squid in its natural habitat; first observation of healthy[?] giant squid at surface.
	Unknown (reported in 2003)	Japan	NWP	Observed at surface of water with ''Megalocranchia''	''Architeuthis''	Entire; alive	None?				see [29], [30]		Possibly first observation of live giant squid in its natural habitat; first observation of healthy[?] giant squid at surface. Countershading observed in ''Architeuthis'' for the first time.
	Unknown (reported in 2003)	Tonga	SWP	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis''?	Entire, large gash in mantle near fins	None		ML(estimate): 2 m		see [31], [32]		Unsuccessful attempt made to haul specimen onto boat deck. Carcass was probably attacked by an animal, but was very fresh upon discovery.
	around 20 July, 2003	Pringle Bay, Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa	SEA	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis''	Entire, missing tentacles	Several pieces of bait, buccal mass, beak; remainder cut up for bait		WL?(estimate): 4 m; WT(estimate): 200 kg		Merwe (2003); see [33]		Found in shallows by four fishermen. Length estimated by fisherman Anton Barnard. Remains in possession of Hermanus squid enthusiast Jean Francis Avenier.
	16 October, 2003	off Gijón (43º53.23'N-5º32.15'W), off coast of Asturias, Spain	NEA	Found moribund and floating at the surface	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857	Entire, missing tentacles	Entire	Male (mature)	ML: 122 cm; MW: 38 cm; WT: 66 kg; VML: 116 cm; HL: 28.9 cm; AC(I): 16.2 cm; AC(II): 20.4 cm; AC(III): 21.2 cm; AC(IV): 25.1 cm; AF: 4.3.2.1; FL: 42 cm; BC: 82 cm; EyD: 9.5/10.3 cm; FuL: 17 cm; FuO: 7.6 cm; FuCL: 14.5 cm; FuCW: 3.6 cm; PL: 96.5 cm; SSL: 32.9 cm; SoA: no obs.; SL: 12.3-20.1 cm; LRL: 1.34 cm; URL: 1.2 cm	Museo-Aula del Mar, Coordinadora para el Estudio de Especies Marinas (CEPESMA), Luarca, Spain	Guerra ''et al.'' (2004:8)
	2004	Farewell Spit, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis''						[Anonymous] (2007)
	March, 2004	off the coast of the Falkland Islands	SWA	By trawl	''Architeuthis dux''	Entire	Entire		EL: 8.62 m	BMNH	Morelle (2006); see [34]		Specimen on public display at the Darwin Centre, BMNH. Preserved in 9 m long acrylic tank filled with 10% solution of formol-saline.
	30 September, 2004	off Ogasawara Islands at depth of 900 m (26°57.3'N, 142°16.8'E; approximately 600 miles south of Tokyo); see [35]	NWP	Sighted in natural habitat; line baited with squid and shrimp	''Architeuthis''	Entire; live animal sighted and photographed	5.5 m long portion of tentacle attached to line; squid broke free and swam away		Recovered tentacle: 5.5 m long; TCL: 720 mm; LSD: 28 mm; ML(estimate based on TCL): 1615 mm; ML(estimate based on LSD): 1709 mm; WL(estimate): ~4.7 m; EL(estimate): >8 m		Kubodera & Mori (2005)	Numerous media sources	First widely reported images of live giant squid in its natural habitat. Feeding behaviour observed; "''Architeuthis'' appears to be a much more active predator than previously suspected, using its elongate feeding tentacles to strike and tangle prey". (see [36])
	Unknown (reported in 2005)	Hawaii	NEP	Found floating at surface after having "had a tangle with a shark"	''Architeuthis''	Entire, bearing bite marks	Not specified		WT(estimate): 175 lb		see [37], [38]		Found by crew of the ''Illusions'' charter boat "[w]hile filming a TV show with Capt. Norm Issacs for ESPN".
	2005	off South Island, New Zealand	SWP	Caught by commercial fishermen	''Architeuthis''	Entire?	Entire		EL: 7 m; WT: 250 kg	Melbourne Aquarium	Holroyd (2005)		Purchased by Melbourne Aquarium curator Nick Kirby for more than AUD$100,000. Displayed in 3.5 tonne block of ice.
	11 August, 2006	about eight miles off Santa Cruz Island	NEP	Found floating at surface	"giant squid"	"a tentacle and two arms"	Entire?; stored in cooler after being found		TL: ~13 ft; TD: "about the diameter of a broomstick"; AL: ~4 ft; ASD: "about the size of a nickel"	Not stated	[Anonymous] (2006a)		Found by sport fisherman Bennett Salvay from the Los Angeles suburb of Tarzana. "Eric Hochberg, a squid expert at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, said the rest of the squid might have ended up in the stomach of a sperm whale or orca."
	October?, 2006 (caught "two months" prior to being reported on December 21)	Pacific Ocean, about 900 nautical miles northwest of Midway (35º30'N-168º20'W)	NWP	Found floating on surface; caught with fishing spear	"giant squid"	Entire	Entire		WT: 211 kg; BC: 1.5 m; BL+HL?: 3 m; EL?: 6 m		''China Times'' December 21, 2006; [Anonymous] (2006b)		Caught by skipper Hong Jeh Shan and mechanic Hong Shih Cheng. Sold for around $530 USD at Tong Goang fish market (東港). Kept in freezer for 2 months prior to being reported. Identified as giant squid by C.C. Wu of the Taiwan Department of Fish and Game. Photographed with kindergarten children.
	4 December, 2006	Chichijima, about 960 kilometers (600 miles) southeast of Tokyo	NWP	Caught on baited hook at depth of 650 m; videotaped alive at surface; brought aboard research vessel "after putting up quite a fight"; died in the process	''Architeuthis''	Entire	Entire	Female (immature?)	WT: 50 kg; EL?: ~7 m; BL+HL?: 3.5 m		Reuters December 22, 2006[39]; The Associated Press December 22, 2006 [via the International ''Herald Tribune''][40]	Numerous media sources	First video of live giant squid. Carcass preserved in formalin displayed at a news conference at the National Science Museum in Tokyo on December 22. Giant squid was hooked when it attempted to eat a smaller squid, "about 55 cm in length", which was attracted by the bait.
	10 July, 2007	Ocean Beach, near Strahan, Tasmania	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis''	Entire, missing tentacles			ML: ~1.7 m; EL(estimate): ~6-8 m; BD: ~1 m; WT: ~250 kg	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery	Reuters (2007); ABC Tasmania (2007)		Kept in formalin for a month before being preserved in ethanol.
	23 July, 2007	Farewell Spit, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore	''Architeuthis''	Entire?			EL?: 4.2 m		[Anonymous] (2007a)		Found by members of Farewell Spit Eco Tours.
	8 August, 2007	Marathon Hump, south of Marathon, Florida Keys, Florida	NWA	Found floating at surface	''Architeuthis''?	Entire; both eyes and all arms and tentacles intact			EL: 6.79 ft; WT: 2.7 lb	Mote Marine Laboratory	Lollar (2007)		Possibly the smallest and most intact giant squid found in the region. Recovered by David Stout of North Fort Myers while dolphin fishing aboard ''Concrete Gringo'' in 1,200 ft (366 m) of water. Examined by Debi Ingrao of Mote Marine Laboratory.
	21 August, 2007 (reported)	New Zealand	SWP	By trawl	''Architeuthis''	Entire, missing tentacles			EL(estimate): ~10 m		[41]		Submerged in and injected with 5% formalin. Eyes in very good condition.
★	23 August, 2007 (reported)	off Elba, Italy	MED	Caught in a deep sea net by fisherman	''Architeuthis''; ''Thysanoteuthis rhombus'' Troschel, 1857	Entire, with mature eggs		Female	EL: 1.7 m; WT: 17.6 kg	Marine Biology Laboratory, Livorno, Italy	ANSA (2007); United Press International (2007); [Anonymous] (2007b)		'Non-architeuthid.' Identified by Paolo Sartor. Specimen retrieved in "excellent condition".
	29 August, 2007 (reported)	beach in Port Underwood, New Zealand	SWP	Found washed ashore; likely discarded by a trawler	''Architeuthis''	Entire, missing tentacles			WL?: ~3 m; EL(estimate): ~4 m		Johnston (2007)		Found by retired whaler Ted Perano.

Taxa associated with ''Architeuthis''

The following tables list the nominal genus and species level taxa historically associated with the genus ''Architeuthis''.

Genera

Genus name and author citation	Current systematic status	Type species
''Architeuthis'' Steenstrup ''in'' Harting, 1860:11.	Valid genus [''fide'' Hoyle (1910:408)]	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup ''in'' Harting, 1860 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:408)
''Architeuthus'' [''Architeuthis''] Steenstrup, 1857:183.	''Nomen tantum''; see Hoyle (1910:407-408)	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 by subsequent designation of Hoyle (1910:408)
''Dinoteuthis'' More, 1875:4527.	''Architeuthis'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Pfeffer (1912:15)]	''Dinoteuthis proboscideus'' More, 1875 by monotypy
''Dubioteuthis'' Joubin, 1900:102.	''Architeuthis'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Pfeffer (1912:15)]	''Dubioteuthis physeteris'' Joubin, 1900 by monotypy
''Megaloteuthis'' Kent, 1874:181.	''Architeuthis'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Verrill (1879-1880:197)]	''Megaloteuthis harveyi'' Kent, 1874 by monotypy
''Megateuthis'' Hilgendorf ''in'' Carus, 1880:319.	''Architeuthis'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Pfeffer (1912:15)]	''Megateuthis martensii'' Hilgendorf, 1880 by monotypy
''Megateuthus'' [''Megateuthis''] Hilgendorf, 1880:65.	''Architeuthis'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Pfeffer (1912:15)]	''Megateuthis martensii'' Hilgendorf, 1880 by monotypy
''Mouchezis'' Velain, 1877:81, text-fig. 8.	''Architeuthis'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Hoyle (1910:411)]	''Mouchezis sancti-pauli'' Velain, 1877 by monotypy
''Plectoteuthis'' Owen, 1881:156.	''Architeuthis'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Verrill (1880-1881:401)]	''Plectoteuthis grandis'' Owen, 1881 by monotypy
''Steenstrupia'' Kirk, 1882:286.	Preoccupied and synonym of ''Architeuthis'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Verrill (1882:477)]	''Steenstrupia stockii'' Kirk, 1882 by monotypy

Species

Binomial name and author citation	Current systematic status	Type locality	Type repository
''Loligo bouyeri'' Crosse & Fischer, 1862:138	Architeuthid? [''fide'' Gervais (1875:93)]	Canary Islands?	Unresolved
''Architeuthis clarkei'' Robson, 1933:682, text-figs. 1-7, pl. 1.	Undetermined	Scarborough Beach, Yorkshire, England	BMNH Holotype 1933.1.30.5 + 1926.3.31.24 (radula and beak) [''fide'' Lipinski ''et al.'' (2000:106)]
''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857:183	''Nomen tantum''
''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup ''in'' Harting, 1860:11, pl. 1 fig. 1A.	Valid species [''fide'' Nesis (1987:218)]	31°N, 76°W (Atlantic Ocean)	ZMUC Holotype [''fide'' Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:222)]
''Plectoteuthis grandis'' Owen, 1881:156, pls. 34-35.	''Architeuthis'' sp. [''fide'' Pfeffer (1912:2)]	Not indicated	BMNH Holotype [''fide'' Owen (1881:156)] [not traced by Lipinski ''et al.'' (2000)]
''Loligo hartingii'' Verrill, 1875b:86, fig 28.	Valid species; ''Architeuthis hartingii'' [''fide'' Verrill (1879-1880a:240)]	Not indicated	University of Utrecht as ''Architeuthis dux'', identification by Harting
''Megaloteuthis harveyi'' Kent, 1874:181.	''Architeuthis'' sp.	Conception Bay, Newfoundland	YPM Type 12600y [''fide'' S.S. Berry unpublished notes at NMNH]
''Architeuthis japonica'' Pfeffer, 1912:27.	Undetermined	Tokyo Bay, Japan	Undetermined; Holotype [= Mitsukuri & Ikeda (1895:39-50, pl. 10)]
''Architeuthis kirkii'' Robson, 1887:155.	''Architeuthis stockii'' (Kirk, 1882) [''fide'' Forch (1998:89)]	Cape Campbell, New Zealand	NMNZ Holotype M.125404 + ?M.125406 [''fide'' Marshall (1996:45)]
''Architeuthis longimanus'' Kirk, 1888:34, pls. 7-9.	''Architeuthis stockii'' (Kirk, 1882) [''fide'' Forch (1998:89)]	Lyall Bay, New Zealand	NMNZ Holotype; specimen not located [''fide'' Marshall (1996:46)]
''Megateuthis martensii'' Hilgendorf, 1880	Valid species; ''Architeuthis martensii'' [''fide'' Undetermined]	Yedo Japan fish market, Japan	ZMB Moll. 34716 + 38980
''Architeuthis megaptera'' Verrill, 1878		Nova Scotia, Canada	NSMC 1870–Z-2
''Architeuthis? monachus'' Steenstrup, 1857:184.	''Nomen tantum''
''Architeuthis monachus'' Steenstrup ''in'' Harting, 1860:11.	''Architeuthis dux'' Steenstrup, 1857 [''fide'' Stephen (1962:154)]	Raabjerg Strand; Northwest coast of Jutland, Denmark [''fide'' Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:223)]	ZMUC Holotype [''fide'' Kristensen & Knudsen (1983:223)]
''Architeuthis mouchezi'' Velain, 1875:1002.	''Nomen nudum''; see ''Mouchezis sanctipauli''
''Architeuthis nawaji'' Cadenat, 1935:513.	Undetermined	Ile d'Yeu, Bay of Biscay, France	Unresolved
''Dubioteuthis physeteris'' Joubin, 1900:102, pl. 15.	Valid species; ''Architeuthis physeteris'' [''fide'' Voss (1956:136)]	Azores (38°34'45"N, 29°37'W); from Sperm Whale stomach	MOM Holotype [station 588] [''fide'' Belloc (1950:6); listed incorrectly as station 558]
''Architeuthis princeps'' Verrill, 1875a:22.	''Nomen nudum''
''Architeuthis princeps'' Verrill, 1875b:79, figs. 25-27.	Undetermined	a) Grand Banks, Newfoundland; b) North Atlantic (Sperm Whale stomach)	NMNH? [not found in collections to date]; Syntypes (a) Verrill specimen No. 1, lower beak; b) Verrill specimen No. 10, upper and lower beak)
''Dinoteuthis proboscideus'' More, 1875:4527.	''Architeuthis'' sp. [''fide'' Pfeffer (1912:2)]	Dingle, Kerry County, Ireland	Unresolved
''Mouchezis sanctipauli'' Velain, 1877:81, text-fig. 8.	Valid species; ''Architeuthis sanctipauli'' [''fide'' Undetermined]	on beach, St. Paul Island (38°43'S, 77°32'E), South Indian Ocean	MNHN Holotype 3-2-658 and 3-2-659 (tentacular clubs only) [''fide'' Lu ''et al.'' (1995:324)]
''Steenstrupia stockii'' Kirk, 1882:286, pl. 36 figs. 2-4.	Valid species; ''Architeuthis stockii'' [''fide'' Forch (1998:89)][Architeuthid ''fide'' Pfeffer (1912:2)]	Cook Strait, New Zealand	NMNZ Holotype M.125405 + M.125403 [''fide'' Marshall (1996:45)]
''Architeuthis titan'' Steenstrup ''in'' Verrill, 1875b:84. [''in'' Verrill (1881:238, footnote)]	''Nomen nudum''
''Architeuthis verrilli'' Kirk, 1882:284, pl. 36 fig. 1.	Species ''dubium'' [''fide'' Forch (1998:89)]	Island Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand	NMNZ Holotype; [see Forch (1998:89)]

Abbreviations

Worldwide giant squid distribution based on recovered specimens

The following abbreviations are used in the ''List of giant squid'' table.

Oceanic sectors

The Atlantic Ocean is divided into sectors at the equator and 30°W, the Pacific Ocean is divided at the equator and 180°, and the Indian Ocean is defined as the range 20°E - 115°E.

★ 'NWA', Northwest Atlantic Ocean

★ 'NEA', Northeast Atlantic Ocean

★ 'SWA', Southwest Atlantic Ocean

★ 'SEA', Southeast Atlantic Ocean

★ 'NWP', Northwest Pacific Ocean

★ 'NEP', Northeast Pacific Ocean

★ 'SWP', Southwest Pacific Ocean

★ 'SEP', Southeast Pacific Ocean

★ 'NIO', Northern Indian Ocean (no reported specimens)

★ 'SIO', Southern Indian Ocean

★ 'MED', Mediterranean Sea

Measuring mantle diameter

Measuring the beak

Taking sucker counts

Measurements

Abbreviations used for measurements and counts are based on standardised acronyms in teuthology, primarily those defined by Roper & Voss (1983), with the exception of several found in older references.

★ 'AC', arm circumference (AC(I), AC(II), AC(III) and AC(IV) refer to measurements of specific arm pairs)

★ 'AD', arm diameter

★ 'AF', arm formula

★ 'AL', arm length (AL(I), AL(II), AL(III) and AL(IV) refer to measurements of specific arm pairs)

★ 'ASC', arm sucker count

★ 'ASD', arm sucker diameter

★ 'BC', body circumference (assumed to mean greatest circumference of mantle unless otherwise specified)

★ 'BD', body diameter (assumed to mean greatest diameter of mantle)

★ 'BL', body length (usually equivalent to mantle length, as head length is often given separately)

★ 'CaL', carpus length

★ 'CL', club length (usually refers to expanded portion at the apex of tentacle)

★ 'CSC', club sucker count

★ 'CSD', club sucker diameter (usually largest) [usually equivalent to LSD]

★ 'DC', dactylus club length

★ 'EC', egg count

★ 'ED', egg diameter

★ 'EL', "entire" length (end of tentacle(s), often stretched, to posterior tip of tail; in contrast to WL, measured from end of ''arms'' to posterior tip of tail)

★ 'EyD', eye diameter

★ 'FL', fin length

★ 'FuCL', funnel cartilage length

★ 'FuCW', funnel cartilage width

★ 'FuL', funnel length

★ 'FuO', funnel opening diameter

★ 'FW', fin width

★ 'GiL', gill length

★ 'GL', gladius (pen) length

★ 'GW', gladius (pen) width

★ 'G(W)', daily growth rate (%)

★ 'HC', head circumference

★ 'HeL', hectocotylus length

★ 'HL', head length (most often base of arms to edge of mantle)

★ 'HW', head width

★ 'LAL', longest arm length

★ 'LRL', lower rostral length of beak

★ 'LSD', largest sucker diameter (on tentacle club) [usually equivalent to CSD]

★ 'MaL', manus length

★ 'ML', dorsal mantle length (used only where stated as such)

★ 'MT', mantle thickness

★ 'MW', maximum mantle width (used only where stated as such)

★ 'NGL', nidamental gland length

★ 'PL', penis length

★ 'SInc', number of statolith increments

★ 'SL', spermatophore length

★ 'SoA', spermatophores on arms

★ 'SSL', spermatophore sac length

★ 'TaL', tail length

★ 'TC', tentacle circumference (most often of tentacle stalk)

★ 'TCL', tentacle club length

★ 'TD', tentacle diameter (most often of tentacle stalk)

★ 'TL', tentacle length

★ 'TSD', tentacle sucker diameter (usually largest)

★ 'URL', upper rostral length of beak

★ 'VML', ventral mantle length

★ 'WL', "whole" length (end of arms, often damaged, to posterior tip of tail; in contrast to EL, measured from end of ''tentacles'' to posterior tip of tail)

★ 'WT', weight

Repositories

Institutional acronyms are those defined by Leviton ''et al.'' (1985) and Leviton & Gibbs (1988). Where the acronym is unknown, the full repository name is listed.

★ 'AMS', Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

★ 'BMNH', The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, England (formerly British Museum (Natural History))

★ 'EI', Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, United States

★ 'FOSJ', Department of Fisheries and Oceans, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

★ 'ICM', Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

★ 'MCNOPM', Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Puerto Madryn (Museum of Natural Sciences and Oceanography), Puerto Madryn, Argentina

★ 'MHNLR', Museum d'Historie Naturelle, La Rochelle, France

★ 'MHNN', Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Musee Barla), Nice, France

★ 'MMF', Museu Municipal do Funchal, Funchal, Madeira

★ 'MNHN', Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

★ 'MOM', Musee Oceanographique, Monaco

★ 'MUDB', Department of Biology, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada

★ 'NIWA', National Institute of Water and Atmosphere, Wellington, New Zealand

★ 'NMI', National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

★ 'NMML', National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington, United States

★ 'NMNH', National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

★ 'NMNZ', Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand (formerly Colonial Museum; Dominion Museum)

★ 'NMSZ', National Museum of Scotland, Zoology Department, Edinburgh, Scotland (formerly Royal Museum of Scotland; formerly Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh)

★ 'NMSJ', Newfoundland Museum, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

★ 'NMV', Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (formerly National Museum of Victoria)

★ 'NSMC', Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, Canada

★ 'PASS', Peabody Academy of Science, Salem, Massachusetts, United States (now in Peabody Museum of Salem?)

★ 'RSMAS', Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, Florida, United States

★ 'SAM', South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

★ 'SAMA', South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia

★ 'SBMNH', Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California, United States

★ 'VSM', Det Kgl. Norske Videnskabers Selskab Museet, Trondheim, Norway

★ 'YPM', Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

★ 'ZMB', Zoologisches Museum, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat,Berlin, Germany

★ 'ZMMGU', Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

★ 'ZMUB', Universitetet i Bergen, Bergen, Norway

★ 'ZMUC', Kobenhavns Universitet, Zoologisk Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark

Images

The number directly below each image corresponds to the specimen or sighting, in the ''List of giant squid'', that the image depicts. The date on which the specimen was first captured, found, or observed is also given. More detailed information for each image is available in the form of a mouseover.

The ''Alecton'' attempts to capture a giant squid on 30 November, 1861	Reproduction of the original watercolour by officers of the ''Alecton''	Reconstruction based on the watercolour	Another depiction of the ''Alecton'' encounter
#18 (30/11/1861)	#18 (30/11/1861)	#18 (30/11/1861)	#18 (30/11/1861)
The 19-foot tentacle of the first ''Architeuthis'' ever examined on land, hacked off a living animal on 26 October, 1873	Giant squid from Logy Bay, Newfoundland in Reverend Moses Harvey's bathtub, November/December, 1873	A.E. Verrill's reconstruction of "''Architeuthis Harveyi''", the Logy Bay giant squid	The "calmar gigantesque" that washed ashore on St. Paul Island on 2 November, 1874
#28 (26/10/1873)	#29 (25/11?/1873)	#29 (25/11?/1873)	#33 (2/11/1874)
Drawing by A.E. Verrill, from specimen obtained at Fortune Bay, Newfoundland in December, 1874	The "nearly perfect specimen" that was beached alive in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, on 24 September, 1877	Another depiction of the Trinity Bay specimen, showing the animal after it had died	J.H. Emerton's drawing of the Trinity Bay giant squid shown above
#34 (?/12/1874)	#43 (24/9/1877)	#43 (24/9/1877)	#43 (24/9/1877)
	The specimen of ''Architeuthis'' that washed ashore at Hevnefjord, Norway on 10 April, 1896	Giant squid that "came ashore on the Scottish west coast"; possibly the specimen reported from February, 1920	Specimen that washed ashore on Plum Island, Massachusetts, in early February, 1980, now exhibited at the National Museum of Natural History
#46 (2/11/1878)	#68 (10/4/1896)	#92 (?/2/1920)	#225 (?/2/1980)
Giant squid preserved in the Natural Sciences Museum, Madrid	Photograph of a sick/dying ''Moroteuthis robusta'' taken by H. Kubota in southern Japanese waters. Originally identified as ''Architeuthis dux''.	Giant squid at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand, taken 20 February, 1999	Giant squid caught on 3 January, 2002, preserved in the National Marine Aquarium, Germany
?	★ (?/?/1993)	20 February, 1999	3 January, 2002
The first image of a live giant squid, taken 15 January, 2002	Live giant squid at the surface feeding on jig-caught ''Thysanoteuthis''		One of a series of 556 images which were the first to show a live giant squid in its natural habitat, taken by Tsunemi Kubodera and Kyoichi Mori on 30 September, 2004
15 January, 2002	#	#	30 September, 2004
Giant Squid measuring 7 m encased in ice in the Melbourne Aquarium	''Architeuthis'' displayed at the Melbourne Museum	Giant squid preserved in a tank.	Still image from the first video of a live giant squid, filmed on December 4, 2006 by researchers from the National Science Museum of Japan led by Tsunemi Kubodera.
#	#	#	# (4/12/2006)

References

Main articles: List of giant squid specimens and sightings (References)

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