Japanese Hooked Squid

Japanese Hooked Squid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Coleoidea
Order:	Teuthida
Suborder:	Oegopsina
Family:	Onychoteuthidae
Genus:	Onykia
Subgenus:	Onykia
Species:	O. loennbergii
Binomial name
Onykia loennbergii Ishikawa and Wakiya, 1914
Synonyms
Moroteuthis lonnbergi Moroteuthis lonnbergii Moroteuthis lönnbergii Onykia loennbergii Ishikawa and Wakiya, 1914

The Japanese Hooked Squid (Onykia loennbergii) is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae, named for Swedish zoologist Einar Lönnberg. It occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean, at an estimated depth of 230–1200 m. The mantle length is approximately 300 mm. Each tentacular club contains 25 hooks. The arms are about 60% of the size of the mantle length.

References

• "Moroteuthis loennbergii, Japanese Hooked Squid", SeaLifeBase. http://www.sealifebase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=57316, October 29, 2008.
• "Onykia loennbergii, ToLweb. http://www.tolweb.org/Onykia_loennbergii/19974, October 29, 2008.

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