Rugose hooked squid | |
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Mature female (88.5 cm ML, 11.1 kg weight) from the Chatham Rise near New Zealand | |
Immature female (26.0 cm ML), also from the Chatham Rise | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Coleoidea |
Order: | Teuthida |
Suborder: | Oegopsina |
Family: | Onychoteuthidae |
Genus: | Onykia |
Subgenus: | Onykia |
Species: | O. robsoni |
Binomial name | |
Onykia robsoni (Adam, 1962) |
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Synonyms | |
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Onykia robsoni, the rugose hooked squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It occurs in the Antarctic Ocean, at an estimated depth of 250–550 meters. The mantle of this species grows to a length of 75 cm. The species has been suggested as a junior synonym of Onykia carriboea, the tropical clubhook squid, due to similarities between the species.