Onykia
| Onykia Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Onykia carriboea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Onychoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Onykia Lesueur, 1821 |
| Type species | |
| Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 | |
| Species | |
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see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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.