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squidQQRR

a hooked squid

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Image:	Dorsal view	77KB
Image:	Arms detail	86KB
Image:	Don Beer Jr and his squid (19 Nov 2005)	92KB
Image:	Rostrum and inside mantle	54KB

General Information

COMMON NAMES: a hooked squid

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - so far Rarotonga only; Marine, Oceanic

KEY FEATURES: Large, thick-set squid, 140cmTL. COLOUR reddish-brown, with pale rings 5mmØ (?sucker scars). BODY 85cmL; MANTLE 46cmØ, 41cm to fins; FINS 44x43cm(LxW), front rounded, rear concave and tapering into a slender tail; anterodorsal chitinous flag 3x2.5cm(LxW). EYES large (absent in specimen), rim dark, with rounded anterior flap. ARMS 8, 40-45cmL, suckers in 2 rows; I, II and IV thick, wide-triangular; III narrow-triangular 1x5cm, with centrodorsal flap; sucker rings smooth. TENTACLES 2, only basal section present.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

squidQQRR
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; CEPHALOPODA; COLEOIDA; Teuthoidea; Oegopsida; ONCYCHOTEUTHIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen+photo, 2005/Nov19 8am, dead on surface ~7mls west of Edgewater Hotel, Don Beer Jr.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB05b, zM05b, zD05b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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