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Octopoteuthis deletron
(Eight-Armed Squid)
© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #6793)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Lynn Canal, north of Juneau, Alaska
Photographer
Aaron Baldwin
Habitat
Mesopelagic, shallower?
Photo Date
May 19, 2009
Upload Date
May 20, 2009
Elevation (m)
UTM Zone #
Latitude
UTM Easting
Longitude
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
6793
Notes
Just amazing. A friend of mine, Joe Donohue, snagged this on his salmon trolling gear. I keyed out the specimen, and it turned out to be the rare (in Alaska) 8 armed squid! Specimen will be donated to the Auke Bay NOAA labs reference collection.
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