Ryan Howard directs a dissection of a giant squid, Architeuthis dux, on board the RV Tangaroa
Crook Lab alumnus Ryan Howard (MS Marine Biology, 2019) is currently a PhD candidate at the Aukland University of Technology, where he is studying adaptations in the visual system of deep-sea squid. Ryan has recently returned from a research expedition to Chatham Rise (off New Zealand’s coast), where the vessel caught a giant squid, Architeuthis dux, for his research. Ryan sent us some photos of the dissection process to obtain samples for multiple research projects, and the catch made headlines across New Zealand.
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