Gonatus fabricii

Gonatus fabricii
Conservation status
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 Lichtenstein, 1818 [2]
Synonyms
Chiloteuthis rapax Verrill, 1881 Onychoteuthis amoena Møller (dk), 1842 Onychoteuthis fabricii Lichtenstein, 1818

Gonatus fabricii, the Boreo-atlantic armhook squid, is a squid in the family Gonatidae. It occurs in the northern Atlantic Ocean from Canada to the Barents Sea.^{[ verification needed ]}

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

Gonatus fabricii grows to 30 cm in mantle length. ^{[3] [ verification needed ]}

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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T163186A981413. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163186A981413.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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

External links

• "CephBase: Gonatus fabricii". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
• Close-up video of the Boreoatlantic Armhook Squid
• Tree of Life web project: Gonatus fabricii