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Onykia loennbergii (Japanese hooked squid)

Synonyms: Moroteuthis loennbergii

Wikipedia Abstract

Onykia loennbergii, the Japanese hooked squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae, named for Swedish zoologist Einar Lönnberg. It occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean, at an estimated depth of 230–1200 m. The mantle length is approximately 300 mm. Each tentacular club contains 25 hooks. The arms are about 60% of the size of the mantle length.
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Predators

Berardius bairdii (Baird's Beaked Whale)[1]
Indopacetus pacificus (Tropical Bottlenose Whale)[1]
Kogia breviceps (Pygmy Sperm Whale)[1]
Kogia sima (Dwarf Sperm Whale)[1]
Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm Whale)[1]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0