Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Oegopsida incertae sedis > Family Gonatidae > Genus Gonatus

Gonatus steenstrupi Kristensen, 1981

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gonatus*	J. E. Gray, 1849	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Atlantic armhook squid; Atlantic gonate squid

Literature

original description	Kristensen, T. K. (1981). The genus Gonatus Gray, 1849 (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in the North Atlantic. A revision of the North Atlantic species and description of Gonatus steenstrupi n. sp. Steenstrupia. 7(4): 1-38.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Roper, C.F.E., Jorgensen, E.M., Katugin, O.N. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Gonatidae. In P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 200-222.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gonatus steenstrupi Kristensen, 1981. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140027