Onykia carriboea
| Tropical clubhook squid | |
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| Holotype of Onykia carriboea (25 mm ML) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Coleoidea |
| Order: | Teuthida |
| Suborder: | Oegopsina |
| Family: | Onychoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Onykia |
| Subgenus: | Onykia |
| Species: | O. carriboea |
| Binomial name | |
| Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Onykia carriboea, the tropical clubhook squid, is a squid in the family Onychoteuthidae, the type species of the genus Onykia. It is known with certainty only from immature specimens. The type locality of O. carriboea is the Gulf of Mexico. Onykia robsoni has been suggested as a junior synonym, owing to similarities between the species.[1]
References
- Lesueur, C.A. 1821. "Descriptions of Several New Species of Cuttle-fish". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2(1): 86-101.
External links
- "CephBase: Onykia carriboea". Archived from the original on 2005.
- Tree of Life web project: Onykia carriboea
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