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Onykia

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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

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassCephalopoda
  4. OrderOegopsida
  5. FamilyOnychoteuthidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
99
With media
6
Family
Onychoteuthidae
Collections
USNM, CAS, SBMNH, NMV, TCWC
Recorded in
New Zealand, Chile, United States, Bermuda, Tristan Da Cunha Islands, Ecuador, Japan, Australia

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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: 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)

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