Gonatus onyx
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| 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 | |
Gonatus onyx, also known as the clawed armhook squid 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
- ↑ Norman, M.D. 2000. Cephalopods: A World Guide. ConchBooks.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
External links
- "CephBase: Gonatus onyx". Archived from the original on 2005.
- Tree of Life web project: Gonatus onyx
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