Onykia

Genus of squids

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 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:^[2]

• Onykia aequatorialis (Thiele, 1920)
• Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821
• Onykia indica Okutani, 1981
• Onykia ingens (E. A. Smith, 1881)
• Onykia loennbergii (Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914)
• Onykia robsoni (Adam, 1962)
• Onykia robusta (Verrill, 1876)

References

1. "Statoliths of Cenozoic teuthoid cephalopods from North America | The Palaeontological Association". www.palass.org. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
2. Philippe Bouchet (2018). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Onykia Leseuer, 1821". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

External links

• Tree of Life web project: Onykia