The Pacific bigfin Squid, Magnapinna pacifica (1998)

Phylum : Mollusca
Class : Cephalopoda
Order : Teuthida
Suborder : Oegopsina
Family : Magnapinnidae
Genus : Magnapinna
Species : M. pacifica

• Status deficient
  
• 6 m long (size)
• Northern Pacific ocean (map)

Magnapinna pacifica is a species of bigfin squid known only from three immature specimens; two caught at a depth of less than 300 m and one from a fish stomach. M. pacifica is the type species of the genus Magnapinna. It is characterised primarily by its proximal tentacles, which are wider than adjacent arms and bear numerous suckers.