Octosquid Identified?

Cryptomundo reader TheGoodReverend passes along the following update regarding the Octosquid. See the initial post here on Cryptomundo regarding the Octosquid at Octosquid Found Off Coast of Hawaii.

Rare deep-sea squid found off the Big Island

HONOLULU (AP) _ A rarely seen squid that normally dwells deep in the ocean appeared at a Big Island lab after being sucked up by a water pipeline last week.

The creature appeared to be half-squid, half-octopus because it was missing its two tentacles and had only its eight arms.

But an analysis by University of Hawaii experts revealed the creature to be a little-known squid species that scientists are aware of but have yet to name.

The creature normally lives at depths between 900 to 28-hundred feet. The pipeline sucks up water from three-thousand feet below the surface, however, indicating the squid also appears at lower depths.Associated Press

About Craig Woolheater
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005. I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films: OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.

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