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]

Boreo-atlantic armhook squid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Gonatidae
Genus: Gonatus
Species:
G. fabricii
Binomial name
Gonatus fabricii
Synonyms

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

G. 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

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  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
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