Listed 10 largest species of creatures in the ocean

Not a blue whale, a lion's mane, is the creature with the largest body length in the ocean. When stretching tentacles, lion mane jellyfish can reach a length of about 36.5 m.

The vast ocean is home to many mysterious and interesting creatures. Each species has its own unique characteristics that create a natural world under an extremely lively and exciting ocean. Among them are the giant creatures that are even the largest on the planet.

Here are the top 10 species of giants in the world under the ocean that many people are surprised.

10. Pacific spider crab

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This giant crab has the largest foot length among crustaceans. The greater the stride of an adult, it can be up to 4m. The body length of the crab is up to 40cm and the total body weight can weigh up to 19kg.

Pacific spider crab lives on the Japanese seabed so it is also called Japanese spider crab. They are usually found at depths of 150-300m under the seabed.

9. Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)

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Mature Sunfish can range from 3.5 to 5.5m, body weight is about 1.4 to 1.7 tons. This is the most heavy fish among the many bone fish.

Sunfish is considered to be the egg laying champion in the ocean world, a female can leave about 300 million eggs at a time.

8. Oarfish fish

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This giant fish is also known as sea dragon, oar fish, Regalecus glesne scientific name. This is the world's longest bone fish, with a body length of up to 17m, and can reach a weight of 270kg.

This fish was discovered in 1772 but so far, people know very little information about them. Paddle fish live at a depth of 1000m under the ocean floor, so it is difficult for people to see them except the drifting specimens.

7. Giant Pacific Octopus

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This is a mollusk with giant tentacles. Their average weight is about 40kg but some individuals can reach 70kg, body length can reach 9.8m. A single tentacle of this giant octopus could be longer than 6m.

This octopus is the master of camouflage because they have the ability to change the color of the body imitating the surroundings.

6. Giant squid

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Giant squid has an average length of about 13m with females and 10m with males. The largest squid ever discovered was 18m long and weighed nearly 1 ton. Giant squid has 8 hands and 2 tentacles used to catch prey. Its head is large, the jaw is very strong, shaped like a parrot's beak.

Giant jellyfish live mainly in the deep waters of the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean.

5. Sunfish shark

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Sunfish shark has the scientific name Cetorhinus maximus, this is the second largest species of fish left on Earth. They are also one of three species of plankton that eat plankton and big mouth shark and whale shark.

Sunfish shark has a body length of about 12.5m.

4. Whale sharks

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Whale sharks, also known as whale sharks, are the largest sharks in the world. The length of whale sharks can reach 18.8m, weighing up to 21.5 tons.

Whale sharks live mainly in tropical waters and warm waters around the world. They often live alone but rarely swim in the herd.

3. sperm whale

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Sperm whales are mammals that live in the ocean and are the largest of the toothed whales. Mature fish have a body length of up to 20.5m.

In addition, sperm whales are also the deepest diving mammals in the world, 3km on the ocean floor.

2. Blue whale

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This is the largest animal on Earth, a blue whale can reach 33m long and weighs 400 tons. They can live an average of about 30-40 years, there are also individuals who can live up to 80, 90 years.

Despite the huge body, the blue whale's food is mainly plankton and small crustaceans.

1. Jellyfish mane

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This is the largest jellyfish on the planet. Including tentacles, a lion mane jellyfish can reach a length of about 36.5m.

An individual lion mane jellyfish can own more than 1200 tentacles.

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