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Onykia
Sign in to saveOnykia 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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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassCephalopoda
- OrderOegopsida
- FamilyOnychoteuthidae
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Museum specimens
- 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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- Parent taxon
- Onychoteuthidae
- Image
- Onykia carriboea.jpg
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- Category: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: 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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