A squid of the species Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni measuring up to 12-14m.
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The giant squid is the largest type of squid save for the colossal squid.
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Understanding the gargantuan sizes of giant and colossal squid eyes has proven extremely difficult.
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Giant and colossal squid are the most enormous cephalopods known.
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The team also took tissue samples in the hope of sequencing the entire colossal squid genome.
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Size estimates for the giant and colossal squid are at least based on comparable soft tissue.