''Onykia'' is a genus of

squid True squid are molluscs with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight arms, and two tentacles in the superorder Decapodiformes, though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also called squid despite not strictly fitting t ...

s in 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 ...

. Due to similarities between the genera, several recent authors consider the genus ''Moroteuthis'' a

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of ''Onykia''. The type species is ''

Onykia carriboea ''Onykia carriboea'', the tropical clubhook squid, is a squid in the family Onychoteuthidae, the type species of the genus ''Onykia''. It is known with certainty only from immature specimens. The type locality of ''O. carriboea'' is the Gulf of ...

'', the tropical clubhook squid.

Species

The following are the valid species currently recognised as members of the genus ''Onkyia bu the World Register of Marine Species: *''

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 ...

'' (

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, 1920) *''

'' Lesueur, 1821 *''

Onykia indica ''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 ...

'' Okutani, 1981 *''

Onykia ingens ''Onykia ingens'', the greater hooked squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It occurs worldwide in subantarctic oceans. Although ''O. ingens'' was long attributed to the genus ''Moroteuthis'', several authors have recently ...

'' ( E. A. Smith, 1881) *''

Onykia loennbergii ''Onykia loennbergii'', the Japanese hooked squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae, named for 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 ''Onykia robsoni'', the rugose hooked squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It occurs in the Antarctic Ocean, at an estimated depth of 250–550 meters. The mantle of this species grows to a length of 75 cm. The spe ...

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, 1962) *''

Onykia robusta ''Onykia robusta'', also known as the robust clubhook squid and often cited by the older name ''Moroteuthis robusta'', is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. Reaching a mantle length of ,Norman, M.D. 2000. ''Cephalopods: A World ...

'' (Verrill, 1876)

References

External links

Tree of Life web project: Onykia
Squid Cephalopod genera {{Squid-stub