Clawed Armhook Squid
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 Gonatus onyx on the Davidson Seamount at 1,328 m depth.
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| 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]
[edit] 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
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