Angel Clubhook Squid

Angel Clubhook Squid
Angel Clubhook Squid
Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina
Family: Onychoteuthidae
Genus: Ancistroteuthis
Gray, 1849
Species: A. lichtensteinii
Binomial name
Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii
(Férussac, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Onychoteuthis hamatus
    Risso, 1854
  • Onychoteuthis lichtensteini
    Orbigny, 1839

The Angel Clubhook Squid (Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii), or simply Angel Squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It grows to a mantle length of 30 cm.[1]

  • Dorsal and ventral views of juvenile A. lichtensteinii (16 mm ML)

  • Dorsal and lateral views of head and occipital folds (145 mm ML)

  • Oral view of tentacular club (145 mm ML)

  • Ventral and enlarged side views of gladius (165 mm ML)

  • Upper (left) and lower (right) beaks (URL ca. 3 mm)

References

  1. ^ Roper C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen 1984. Cephalopods of the world. Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.
  • Naef, A. 1921-23. Cephalopoda. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel. Monograph, no. 35. [English translation: A. Mercado 1972. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel. 863pp., IPST Cat. No. 5110/1,2.]
  • Pfeffer, G. 1912. Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine Monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Ergebniss der Plankton- Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2:1-815.

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