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

see text

Synonyms
  • Moroteuthis Verrill, 1881
  • Moroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1908
  • Onychia Latreille, 1825
  • Steenstrupiola Pfeffer, 1884
  • Teleoteuthis Verrill, 1882

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.