Re: the longest animal?

[Chris Campbell <sankarah@ou.edu>]

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. wrote:
> 
> At 10:24 AM 3/18/98 +0100, Berislav Krzic wrote:
> >
> >A bit of trivia question to spice up the list: Does anybody know which
> was/is the longest animal ever?
> 
> The largest vertebrate for which we have complete material would be a blue
> whale.  A complete adult Seismosaurus or Supersaurus (if such are ever
> found) would almost certainly be longer.
> 
> As for invertebrates?  Hmmm... Architeuthis (giant squid) is the most
> massive invertebrate known, but is there some other form which is even
> longer?  Don't know... (Giant polychaetes?).

I believe the ribbon worm is the current record holder; last I checked,
said record is 180 feet (55m).

Chris