Gonatus fabricii

Gonatus fabricii, the Boreoatlantic Armhook Squid, is a squid in the family Gonatidae. It occurs in the northern Atlantic Ocean from Canada to the Barents Sea.

Boreoatlantic armhook squid

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Gonatidae
Genus: Gonatus
Species:
G. fabricii
Binomial name
Gonatus fabricii
Synonyms

Until 1981, the name G. fabricii was usually misapplied to the very similar relative G. steenstrupi.

G. fabricii grows to 30 cm in mantle length.[3]

The type specimen was collected off Greenland and is deposited at the Zoologisk Museum of Kobenhavns Universitet in Copenhagen.[4]

References
  1. Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Gonatus fabricii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163186A981413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163186A981413.en. Downloaded on 06 March 2018.
  2. Julian Finn (2016). "Gonatus fabricii (Lichtenstein, 1818)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  3. Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen 1984. Cephalopods of the world. Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.
  4. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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