Full classification of the Giant Squid (Architeuthis dux)

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Size: Architeuthidae can grow up to 60 feet in total length, and weigh between 1000 lbs and a tone. The Genus Architeuthidae are the largest known cephalopods, the largest known mollusks and the largest invertebrates ever known to exist in the ocean. Habitat: A giant squid lives between 200 and 1000 meters in depth, close to the bottom of the sea, around large underground canyons. They must live in deep water because the blood of squids does not carry …

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…Interesting facts - Giant Squid have such a strong mouth that they can bite through a steel cable - Giant Squid change color depending on the amount of light and water conditions. - Some squid, such as the common squid of the east North Atlantic coast, the sperm can also be deposited in a vesicle below the female's mouth; The females fasten their eggs to seaweed or to the ocean bottom by a viscous filament.