Taningia danae: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the taningia danae lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Taningia danae
Group	Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Europe, Oceania
Class	Cephalopod
Order	Oegopsida
Family	Octopoteuthidae

Where does the taningia danae live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the taningia danae in 4 countries and territories across Europe and Oceania.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the taningia danae endangered?

The taningia danae’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the taningia danae?

The taningia danae (Taningia danae) is a cephalopod in the order Oegopsida and the family Octopoteuthidae, genus Taningia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the taningia danae

Taningia danae, the Dana octopus squid, is a species of squid in the family Octopoteuthidae, the octopus squids. It is one of the largest known squid species, and it has one of the largest photophores (light organs) known in any organism, useful in the deep-sea environments that the species inhabits.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Taningia danae (revision 1381248794), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q747249 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).