Berry Armhook Squid

Gonatus berryi

• Group: Squid
• IUCN status: LC

The berry armhook squid carries hooks as well as suckers on its arms, traits of a hunter of the mesopelagic dark. Its stomach contents point to a midwater life, and it is known to turn on its own kind when prey runs short.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Cephalopoda › Oegopsida › Gonatidae › Gonatus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 341855.