Hooked squid
The hooked squid, family Onychoteuthidae, currently comprise about 20–25 species (several known from only single life stages and thus unconfirmed), in six or seven genera. They range in mature mantle length from 7 cm to a suggested length of 2 m for the largest member, Onykia robusta. The family is characterised by the presence of hooks only on the tentacular clubs, a simple, straight, funnel–mantle locking apparatus, and a 'step' inside the jaw angle of the lower beak. With the exception of the Arctic Ocean, the family is found worldwide.
| Hooked squid Temporal range: | |
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| Onychoteuthis banksii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1849 |
| Type genus | |
| Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818 | |
| Genera | |
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Onychoteuthis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Walvisteuthidae Nesis & Nikitina, 1986 | |
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