Editing Giant squid (section)

== Range and habitat ==
The giant squid is widespread, occurring in all of the world's oceans. It is usually found near continental and island slopes from the North Atlantic Ocean, especially [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], [[Norway]], the northern [[British Isles]], [[Spain]] and the oceanic islands of the [[Azores]] and [[Madeira]], to the South Atlantic around southern Africa, the North Pacific around [[Japan]], and the southwestern Pacific around [[New Zealand]] and [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Guerra, Á. |author2=González, Á.F. |author3=Rocha, F. |author4=Gracia, J. |author5=L. Laria |year=2006 |title=Enigmas de la Ciencia: El Calamar Gigante |publisher=Coordinadora para el Estudio y la Protección de las Especies Marinas (CEPESMA) |place=Vigo, Spain |language=es}}</ref> Specimens are rare in tropical and polar latitudes.

The vertical distribution of giant squid is incompletely known, but data from trawled specimens and sperm whale diving behavior suggest it spans a large range of depths, possibly {{Convert|300|-|1000|m}}.<ref>{{cite web |editor=Roper, C.F.E. |year=1998 |url=http://tolweb.org/Architeuthis |title=Architeuthidae [Pfeffer 1900] |website=Tree of Life web project |access-date=1 August 2007 |archive-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205042231/http://tolweb.org/Architeuthis |url-status=live }}</ref>