Onychoteuthis compacta is a species of
squid in the family
Onychoteuthidae, known to occur in
Hawaiian waters.[3] as well as in other areas of the Central Pacific and western north-central Atlantic, it probably has a circumglobar distribution.[1] The species is known to have a
mantle length of at least 122 mm for females and 127 mm for males. Each
tentacle has 22 club hooks, measuring approximately 30 mm in mature specimens.
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"Onychoteuthis compacta Berry, 1913". MolluscaBase.
World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 March 2018.