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Onykia Lesueur 1821

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

The following are the valid species currently recognised as members of the genus Onkyia by the World Register of Marine Species:^[1]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.

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Onykia: Brief Summary

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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.

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