''Onykia'' is a
genus
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of
squid
A squid (: squid) is a mollusc with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight cephalopod limb, arms, and two tentacles in the orders Myopsida, Oegopsida, and Bathyteuthida (though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also ...
s in the family
Onychoteuthidae
The hooked squid, family (biology), family Onychoteuthidae, currently comprise about 20–25 species (several known from only single life stages and thus unconfirmed), in six or seven genus, genera. They range in mature mantle (mollusc), mantle l ...
. Due to similarities between the genera, several recent authors consider the genus ''Moroteuthis'' a
junior synonym
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...
of ''Onykia''. The
type species
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is ''
Onykia carriboea'', the tropical clubhook squid.
Species
The following are the valid species currently recognised as members of the genus ''Onkyia'' by the
World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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:
[
*'']Onykia aequatorialis
''Onykia'' is a genus of squids in the family Onychoteuthidae. Due to similarities between the genera, several recent authors consider the genus ''Moroteuthis'' a junior synonym of ''Onykia''. The type species is ''Onykia carriboea'', the tropica ...
'' ( Thiele, 1920)
*'' Onykia carriboea'' Lesueur, 1821
*'' Onykia indica'' Okutani, 1981
*''Onykia ingens
''Moroteuthopsis ingens'', the greater hooked squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It occurs worldwide in subantarctic oceans.
Taxonomy
''M. ingens'' was long attributed to the genus ''Moroteuthis'', which became a junior ...
'' ( E. A. Smith, 1881)
*''Onykia loennbergii
''Onykia loennbergii'', the Japanese hooked squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae, named by Swedish zoologist Einar Lönnberg. It occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean, at an estimated depth of 230–1200 m. The mantle le ...
'' (Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914)
*'' Onykia robsoni'' (Adam
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, 1962)
*'' Onykia robusta'' (Verrill, 1876)
References
External links
Tree of Life web project: Onykia
Hooked squid
Cephalopod genera
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