Tropical Clubhook Squid

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Tropical Clubhook Squid
Holotype of Onykia carriboea(25 mm ML)
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
Species: O. carriboea
Binomial name
Onykia carriboea
Lesueur, 1821
Synonyms
  • Onykia rancureli
    Okutani, 1981

The Tropical Clubhook Squid (Onykia carriboea) is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It is known with certainty only from immature specimens.

[edit] 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.

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