Clawed Armhook Squid | |
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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]