Best Gonatidae
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Gonatus onyx is the black-eyed squid of the North Pacific, notable for a brooding behavior in which females carry large egg masses at depth until the eggs hatch.
The magistrate armhook squid of the North Pacific, a commercially harvested species and important prey for sperm whales and fur seals in the Bering Sea.
Gonatus fabricii is the boreoatlantic armhook squid of the North Atlantic, named after zoologist J.C. Fabricius and a major dietary staple for sperm whales in Arctic waters.
Gonatus antarcticus is an armhook squid of the Southern Ocean and sub-Antarctic, ecologically important as prey for penguins, seals, and other Antarctic predators.
A North Pacific gonatid squid distinguished from B. magister by the absence of hooks on the tentacular clubs, occurring at mesopelagic depths.
A subarctic North Pacific and Bering Sea gonatid squid notable for adult males that shed their tentacles upon reaching sexual maturity.
A gonatid squid of the North Pacific described by Okutani, found at mesopelagic depths and identified by its distinctive arm and tentacle hooks.
A North Atlantic gonatid squid named after Danish zoologist Japetus Steenstrup, notable for its hooked suckers and mesopelagic distribution.
Gonatus pyros is a gonatid armhook squid of the North Pacific found in mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones, characterized by hooks on its tentacle clubs used to grasp prey.
A deep-water North Pacific gonatid squid in which sexually mature males become functionally eight-armed after losing both tentacles post-maturation.
