Sea-shore life; The invertebrates of the New York coast (1905) (14577981619)

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Title: Sea-shore life; The invertebrates of the New York coast

Year: 1905 (1900s)

Authors: Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough, 1868-1922 New York Zoological Society

Subjects: Marine animals

Publisher: New York : The New York zoological society

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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d about as broad as it is long. A closely allied paletranslucent variety called Lolvjo pealii var. pallida is most aljund-anl in Long Island Sound. The Short-Tailed Squid, (Oinmastreplies illecehrosus). This isthe common squid of the New England coast north of Cape Cod,and is most extensively used as bait in the cod fishery. The fin isone-third broader than it is long, and its outer edges form nearly aright angle. The Giant Squid, (ArchitenUtis priiiceps, Fig. IKiJ. This is thelargest living invertebrate, and the sudden appearance of itswrithing arms upon the ocean has probably given rise to stories ofthe sea serpent. It has been seen but rarely, and then alwaysupon the Grand Banks or off the coast of Newfoundland. Alto-gether not more than thirty specimens have been found, and themajority of these were badly damaged. The arms are as thick as a 162 SEA-SHORE LIFE mans leg and their suckers as large as tea-cups. One obtainedin 1877 had a body nine and a half feet long and seven feet in

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Fig. Ii6; GIANT SQUID of the Xewfoundlancl Banks. From a paintingby Herbert B. Judy. girth, the arms being thirty feet long. It was exhibited at the oldNew York Aquarium and afterwards in other places, but unfor- MOLLUSKS 163 tunately it is now lost. The largest ever seen was stranded—whileyet alive—on the coast of Newfoundland, and was cut up for dogmeat by the fishermen who captured it. Its body was said to havebeen twenty feet and the tentacles thirty-five feet in length. Thefabulous Kraken of the Norsemen was probably a giant squid. Intheir old sea-tales we read of its devouring ships, and indeed it iswell established that large scpiids have at times attacked fisher-mens boats. In every respect, excepting size, these monsters resemble thelittle short-tailed squid of the New England coast. Nothing isknown of the habits of the giant squid, although it probably livesin deep water off the Banks and only occasionally comes to the sur-face at night. Powerful as these monsters are, t

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