| Common name | Kurksaunak |
| Language | Inuktitut |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Greenland |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Jensen, A.S., 1942 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'kurksaunak', from 'kurksaut', i.e., a wedge, owing to its very compressed and almost wedge-shaped body. |