Clawed Armhook Squid

Clawed Armhook Squid
Clawed Armhook Squid
Gonatus onyx on the Davidson Seamount at 1,328 m depth.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Teuthida
Family: Gonatidae
Genus: Gonatus
Subgenus: Gonatus
Species: G. onyx
Binomial name
Gonatus onyx
Young, 1972

The Clawed Armhook Squid (Gonatus onyx), or Black-eyed Squid, is a squid in the family Gonatidae. It occurs in the northern Pacific Ocean from Japan to California.[1]

G. onyx grows to 18 cm in mantle length.[2]

The type specimen was collected off California and is deposited at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.[3]

References

  1. ^ Norman, M.D. 2000. Cephalopods: A World Guide. ConchBooks.
  2. ^ Okutani, T. 1995. Cuttlefish and squids of the world in color. Publication for the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the National Cooperative Association of Squid Processors.
  3. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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