Cephalopod video: Magnapinna sp.
Object Details
- Creator
- National Museum of Natural History
- Views
- 5,884
- Video Title
- Cephalopod video: Magnapinna sp.
- Description
- ROV Tiburon, May 2001, north of Oahu, Hawaii (21.9° N, 158.2° W), 3380 m. Squid was videotaped for nearly 10 min. When first encountered, it was hovering vertically in the bent-arm posture with the filamentous appendages touching the sediment-covered bottom. Its body was estimated to be ca. 1 m long and the arm crown 3-4 m. From: M. Vecchione, R.E. Young, A. Guerra, D.J. Lindsay, D.A. Clague, J.M. Bernhard, W.W. Sager, A.F. Gonzalez, F.J. Rocha, and M. Segonzac. 2001. Worldwide observations of remarkable deep-sea squids. Science, vol. 294: 2505-2506. Online abstract: http://invertebrates.si.edu/cephs/vetal01/vetal01.html To see other cephalopod videos: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?fq=online_media_type%3A%22Video+recordings%22&q=&fq=tax_class:%22Cephalopoda%22 [taxonomy:binomial=Magnapinna sp.]
- Video Duration
- 15 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- smithsonian natural history ocean anthropology forensics entomology zoology science culture dinosaurs biology
- Uploaded
- 2012-12-04T20:51:44.000Z
- Type
- YouTube Videos
- See more by
- smithsonianNMNH
- National Museum of Natural History
- YouTube Channel
- smithsonianNMNH
- YouTube Category
- Science & Technology
- Topic
- Natural History
- Record ID
- yt_13UsedMMNe4
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
Related Content
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.