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Onychoteuthidae: Filippovia knipovitchi (Filippova, 1972) (‘smooth-hooked clubhook-squid’)
Synonym(s): knipovitchi Filippova, 1972.
Typical mantle-length 400 mm. Lives in offshore waters in midwater. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (TAS only); also the Southern Ocean. In Tasmanian waters, this species has been recorded as beak(s) recovered from the guts of beached whale(s).
Classification
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Oegopsida
Superfamily: Oegopsida – unplaced
Family: Onychoteuthidae
Genus: Filippovia
Localities for Filippovia knipovitchi
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