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Common Clubhook Squid
L. Joubin & Ch. Richard, public domain, via iNaturalist

Squid & octopus

Common Clubhook Squid

Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817)

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Names

EnglishCommon Clubhook Squid
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese班氏爪枪鱿
Scientific nameOnychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817)

About this species

Onychoteuthis banksii, the common clubhook squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It is the type species of the genus Onychoteuthis. This species was thought to have a worldwide distribution but with the revision of the genus Onychoteuthis in 2010, it is now accepted that Onychoteuthis banksii is restricted to the central and northern Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico while a recently described species, Onychoteuthis horstkottei, is found in the Pacific Ocean. The type locality is the Gulf of Guinea.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassCephalopoda
OrderOegopsida
FamilyOnychoteuthidae
GenusOnychoteuthis