Giant squid

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Giant squid

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina
Family: Architeuthidae
Pfeffer, 1900
Genus: Architeuthis
Steenstrup, 1857b
Species
Architeuthis dux
Architeuthis hartingii
Architeuthis japonica
Architeuthis kirkii
Architeuthis martensi
Architeuthis physeteris
Architeuthis sanctipauli
Architeuthis stockii

The giant squid is the biggest kind of squid in the world. Until 2005, nobody had ever seen a giant squid that was alive. Only dead giant squids had been found. In September 2005, scientists from Japan made videos of real living giant squids. Giant squids can grow to be up to 44 feet long (13 meters). Female (girl) giant squids are bigger than male (boy) giant squids.