''Onykia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...
is ''
Onykia carriboea'', 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
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Content
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:
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*'' 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
''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
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