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Colossal squid specimen, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni
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Colossal squid specimen, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni

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One of Te Papa's adult colossal squid specimens, representing a species rarely preserved in museum collections and associated with the museum's world-famous colossal squid display.

Collection
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Record

Medium
preserved biological specimen

Provenance and history

  1. Date not recorded

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    collections.tepapa.govt.nz

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