Onykia
Genus of squids
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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.
| Onykia Temporal range: | |
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| Onykia carriboea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Onychoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Onykia Lesueur, 1821[2] |
| Type species | |
| Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Species
The following are the valid species currently recognised as members of the genus Onkyia by the World Register of Marine Species:[2]
- 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)
