Onykia

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: Pliocene - recent[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Species
see text
Synonyms[2]
Moroteuthis Verrill, 1881 Moroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1908 Onychia Latreille, 1825 Steenstrupiola Pfeffer, 1884 Teleoteuthis Verrill, 1882

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)