The Kraken (Architeuthis microsomus marines (Mythology), Kraken titanus (MonsterVerse), Enteroctopushomo krakideus (Clash Of The Titans), and Pseudoenteroctopus krakitus (Pirates of the Caribbean)) is a legendary species of monstrous-sized cephalopods which inhabit the Scandinavian seas, and are infamous for destroying ships.
Biology[]
Physically, they resemble a gigantic octopus more-so than a squid as described by naturalists such as Jacob Wallenberg and Pierre Dénys de Montfort. Though strangely, some imagine them being humanoid, such as Clash of the Titans.
Notes[]
- Carl Linnaeus included the Kraken in the first edition of his Systema Naturae, giving it the genus nd species Microcosmus marinus. This however would imply the kraken is a sea squirt, which is a chordate, and not a cephalopod.