Onykia ingens

Greater hooked squid
Onykia ingens (~400 mm ML)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Onychoteuthidae
Genus: Onykia
Species:
O. ingens
Binomial name
Onykia ingens
(Smith, 1881)[2]
Synonyms
  • Onychoteuthis ingens
    Smith, 1881
  • Moroteuthis ingens
    (Smith, 1881)

Onykia ingens, the greater hooked squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It occurs worldwide in subantarctic oceans.

Although O. ingens was long attributed to the genus Moroteuthis, several authors have recently agreed that Moroteuthis is a junior synonym of Onykia.[3]

  1. ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Onykia ingens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163131A975198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163131A975198.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Philippe Bouchet (2018). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Onykia ingens (E. A. Smith, 1881)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. ^ Bolstad, K.S.R. 2010. Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Zootaxa 2696: 1–186. Preview

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