''Onychoteuthis bergii'' is a species of hooked squid from the family

Onychoteuthidae The hooked squid, family Onychoteuthidae, currently comprise about 20–25 species (several known from only single life stages and thus unconfirmed), in six or seven genera. They range in mature mantle length from 7 cm to a suggested length ...

. The species was originally described by Hinrich Lichtenstein from specimens taken near the

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and is the type species of the genus ''

Onychoteuthis ''Onychoteuthis'' is a genus of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. The type species is ''Onychoteuthis bergii''. While the genus is found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans, they can also occur in the North Pacific Ocean. There were p ...

''. Until recently it was considered to be a junior

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of ''

Onychoteuthis banksii ''Onychoteuthis banksii'', the common clubhook squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It is the type species of the genus ''Onychoteuthis''. This species was thought to have a worldwide distribution but with the revision of ...

'', but a re-examination of the type material, the lectotype and

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which are deposited in the Natural History Museum, Berlin, showed that there were morphological differences which supported the status of ''O. bergii'' as a valid species. The species is found in the eastern South Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q13924104 Squid Cephalopods described in 1818