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Magnapinna sp. C
Magnapinna sp. C
General information
Universe Real Life
Classification Magnapinna sp. C
Species type Bigfin Squid
Homeworld Earth
Environment Atlantic Ocean
Intelligence Non-sapient species
Biochemistry Carbon-based lifeform
Biological information
Reproduction Sexual; lays eggs
Locomotion Powered swimming via water jet
Feeding behavior Carnivorous
Prey Fish (presumed)
Distinctive features Huge mantle
Lineage information
Related species Other Bigfin Squids
Cultural information
Alignment True Neutral
Sociocultral characteristics
Scientific taxonomy
Planet Earth
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Teuthida
Family Magnapinnidae
Genus Magnapinna
Species sp. B
Other information
Status Data Deficient
First sighting 1956
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Magnapinna sp. C is an undescribed species of bigfin squid known only from a single specimen of 79 mm mantle length (ML) collected in the southern Atlantic Ocean and held in the Natural History Museum. It is characterized by several morphological features: the proximal tentacles are more slender than arm pair IV, pigmentation is contained in the chromatophores, and "white nodules" are absent from the fins and glandular regions of the proximal tentacles.

Magnapinna sp. C was originally illustrated in The Open Sea in 1956 and identified as Octopodoteuthopsis.

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