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Molluscs of Tasmania

Onychoteuthidae: Onykia (Moroteuthopsis) ingens (E. A. Smith, 1881) (‘greaters clubhook-squid’)

Synonym(s): ingens Smith, 1881.
Typical mantle-length 500 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: Onykia

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