Octosquid Identified?
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on July 8th, 2007
Cryptomundo reader TheGoodReverend passes along the following update regarding the Octosquid. See the initial post here on Cryptomundo regarding the Octosquid at Octosquid Found Off Coast of Hawaii.
Rare deep-sea squid found off the Big Island
HONOLULU (AP) _ A rarely seen squid that normally dwells deep in the ocean appeared at a Big Island lab after being sucked up by a water pipeline last week.
The creature appeared to be half-squid, half-octopus because it was missing its two tentacles and had only its eight arms.
But an analysis by University of Hawaii experts revealed the creature to be a little-known squid species that scientists are aware of but have yet to name.
The creature normally lives at depths between 900 to 28-hundred feet. The pipeline sucks up water from three-thousand feet below the surface, however, indicating the squid also appears at lower depths.Associated Press
aware, but not yet named? Okay, that doesn’t make total sense, unless they just haven’t caught one yet. That thing is cool.
Wonder how it tastes?
Hey DWS- how about calamarious scrumpdelilicious contartarussauceus for name?
I thought it was a Squid just missing it’s tentacle… Right I was….
Tentacles I mean…
Shumway- One reason they may not have named it yet is that there still might not be any consensus on what genus it is or whether it is a new species or subspecies, or what. These things are not always named as soon as they are discovered. My guess is that there is some debate as to what it actually is.
I like that suggestion for a name, as I have eaten squid, and it is very tasty… (yum)-^>