WoRMS taxon details
Onykia Lesueur, 1821
138292 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138292)
accepted
Genus
Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 (type by monotypy)
Moroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Onychia Blainville, 1823 · unaccepted (Unjustified emendation of Onykia)
Onykia (Onykia) Lesueur, 1821 · alternative representation
Steenstrupiola Pfeffer, 1884 · unaccepted
Teleoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Onykia aequatorialis (Thiele, 1920)
- Species Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821
- Species Onykia indica Okutani, 1981
- Species Onykia loennbergii (Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914)
- Species Onykia robsoni (Adam, 1962)
- Species Onykia robusta (A. E. Verrill, 1876)
- Subgenus Onykia (Moroteuthopsis) Pfeffer, 1908 accepted as Moroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1908
- Species Onykia caribbaea [sic] accepted as Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 (misspelling)
- Species Onykia carribaea [sic] accepted as Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 (incorrect original spelling)
- Species Onykia ingens (E. A. Smith, 1881) accepted as Moroteuthopsis ingens (E. A. Smith, 1881)
- Species Onykia japonica Taki, 1964 accepted as Onykia robusta (A. E. Verrill, 1876) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Onykia knipovitchi (Filippova, 1972) accepted as Filippovia knipovitchi (Filippova, 1972)
- Species Onykia rancureli Okutani, 1981 accepted as Walvisteuthis rancureli (Okutani, 1981) (original combination)
- Subgenus Onykia (Onykia) Lesueur, 1821 represented as Onykia Lesueur, 1821
- Species Onykia angulata Lesueur, 1821 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Onykia appelloefi (Pfeffer, 1900) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Onykia binotata Pfeffer, 1884 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, possibly a synonym of O. carriboea)
- Species Onykia cardioptera (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, possibly a synonym of O. carriboea)
- Species Onykia curta Pfeffer, 1884 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, possibly a synonym of O. carriboea)
- Species Onykia intermedia (Pfeffer, 1912) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Onykia platyptera (A. d'Orbigny [in 1834-1847], 1834) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Onykia verrilli (Pfeffer, 1900) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lesueur C.A. (1821). Descriptions of several new species of cuttlefish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: 86-101., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26373584 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Onykia Lesueur, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138292 on 2024-08-17
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original description
Lesueur C.A. (1821). Descriptions of several new species of cuttlefish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: 86-101., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26373584 [details]
original description (of Moroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881) Verrill A.E. (1881). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the Southern coast of New England, N° 2. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3, 22: 292-303., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38920959
page(s): 298 [details]
basis of record Bolstad K.S.R. (2010) Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <i>Zootaxa</i> 2696: 1-186.
page(s): 61 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Onychoteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 348-369., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 356 [details]
additional source Bolstad, K. S. R., Braid, H. E., Strugnell, J. M., Lindgren, A. R., Lischka, A., Kubodera, T., Laptikhovsky, V. L. & Labiaga, A. R. (2018). A mitochondrial phylogeny of the family Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegosida). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 128: 88-97. [details]
original description (of Moroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881) Verrill A.E. (1881). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the Southern coast of New England, N° 2. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3, 22: 292-303., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38920959
page(s): 298 [details]
basis of record Bolstad K.S.R. (2010) Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <i>Zootaxa</i> 2696: 1-186.
page(s): 61 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Onychoteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 348-369., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 356 [details]
additional source Bolstad, K. S. R., Braid, H. E., Strugnell, J. M., Lindgren, A. R., Lischka, A., Kubodera, T., Laptikhovsky, V. L. & Labiaga, A. R. (2018). A mitochondrial phylogeny of the family Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegosida). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 128: 88-97. [details]
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