Octopoteuthis deletron  (Eight-Armed Squid)

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #6793)

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Photo Location	Lynn Canal, north of Juneau, Alaska
Photographer	Aaron Baldwin
Habitat	Mesopelagic, shallower?
Photo Date	May 19, 2009
Upload Date	May 20, 2009
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Photo ID #	6793
Comments	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.