Biology:Onykia carriboea

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Short description: Species of squid

Tropical clubhook squid
Onykia carriboea.jpg
Holotype of Onykia carriboea
(25 mm ML)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Onychoteuthidae
Genus: Onykia
Species:
O. carriboea
Binomial name
Onykia carriboea
Lesueur, 1821[2]
Synonyms
  • Onychia binotata Pfeffer, 1884
  • Sepiola cardioptera Lesueur, 1821
  • Teleoteuthis agilis Verrill, 1885

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.[3]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q3819611 entry