Onykia loennbergii
Onykia loennbergii, the Japanese hooked squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae, named for Swedish zoologist Einar Lönnberg. It occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean, at an estimated depth of 230–1200 m. The mantle length is approximately 300 mm. Each tentacular club contains 25 hooks. The arms are about 60% of the size of the mantle length.
| Japanese hooked squid | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Onychoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Onykia |
| Species: | O. loennbergii |
| Binomial name | |
| Onykia loennbergii (Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914)[2] | |
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References
- Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Onykia loennbergii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163266A991688. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163266A991688.en. Downloaded on 16 March 2018.
- Philippe Bouchet (2018). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Onykia loennbergii (Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- "Moroteuthis loennbergii, Japanese Hooked Squid", SeaLifeBase. http://www.sealifebase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=57316, October 29, 2008.
- "Onykia loennbergii, ToLweb. http://www.tolweb.org/Onykia_loennbergii/19974, October 29, 2008.
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