Planctoteuthis danae

Planctoteuthis danae, or Dana's chiroteuthid squid, is a species of chiroteuthid squid. It is distinguished from further members of Planctoteuthis by a fin length greater than half of the mantle. During the paralarval stage, the species occurs in depths of, progressing to at ML; larger specimens have been captured from to in excess of. The type locality of P. danae is in the Gulf of Panama, and it has also been recorded from the eastern Pacific Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean.