Greater clubhook squid

Moroteuthopsis ingens

Cephalopods
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth149–902 m
Water temperature-1–18 °C
Best monthsFebruary
How commonCommon

Photo credit: (c) Darren Stevens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Moroteuthopsis ingens, the greater hooked squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It occurs worldwide in subantarctic oceans.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Moroteuthopsis ingens”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 179 records
February: 5,314 records
March: 2,904 records
April: 2,200 records
May: 945 records
June: 120 records
July: 317 records
August: 676 records
September: 979 records
October: 514 records
November: 2,259 records
December: 337 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 149–902 m · Deepest record: 3,821.5 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 3 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 4 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 7 records
90–100 m: 45 records
100–110 m: 42 records
110+ m: 19,302 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -1–18 °C

-2–0 °C: 1 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 3 records
4–6 °C: 18 records
6–8 °C: 732 records
8–10 °C: 90 records
10–12 °C: 44 records
12–14 °C: 54 records
14–16 °C: 53 records
16–18 °C: 5 records

Names and classification

English: Greater clubhook squid

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: Lurión comú
French: Cornet commun
Japanese: ミナミニュウドウイカ

Other scientific names: Moroteuthis ingens, Onychoteuthis ingens, Onykia ingens

Similar species

African Hooked-squid
Notonykia africanae
Nesis's Clubhook Squid
Notonykia nesisi

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
22,055 open-data records from 1911 to 2024.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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