Lura xigante,[3]Architeuthis dux, é unhaespecie decefalópodo daorde dosegópsidos e, segundo a maioría dos autores, e doWoRMS, a única dafamilia dosarquitéutidos e do seu único xénero,Architeuthis.[4][5][6]
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