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Gonatus
| Gonatus | |
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| Gonatus onyx | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Gonatidae |
| Genus: | Gonatus Gray, 1849[1] |
| Type species | |
| Onychoteuthis amoena Møller, 1842
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Gonatus is a genus of squid in the family Gonatidae, comprising twelve species, and therefore containing the most species in the family. Adult squid belonging to species in this genus are notable for their lack of tentacles.[2]
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[3]
- ^ Finn, Julian (2016). "Gonatus Gray, 1849". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ Okutani, Takashi; Kubodera, Tsunemi; Jefferts, Katharine (1988). "Diversity, distribution and ecology of gonatid squids in the subarctic Pacific: A review". Bulletin of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo. 26 (1): 159–192. S2CID 82405648.
- ^ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
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