Architeuthis megaptera (YPM IZ 017932.GP) 001

Description:

PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; ; ; 70% alc.; SYNTYPE. See: Verrill, Addison E. 1879. The cephalopods of the north-eastern coast of America. Pt. I. The gigantic squids (Architeuthis) and their allies; with observations on similar large species from foreign localities. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Art; SYNTYPE. See: Verrill, Addison E. 1878. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America. Brief contributions to zoology from the museum of Yale College. No. 38. American Journal of Science. 16 (Series III): 207-215.; Cast ashore near Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, around 1878.; IZ number 17932; lot count 1; other number Verrill Specimen No. 21;