| Tropical Clubhook Squid | |
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| Holotype of Onykia carriboea (25 mm ML) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Coleoidea |
| Order: | Teuthida |
| Suborder: | Oegopsina |
| Family: | Onychoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Onykia |
| Subgenus: | Onykia |
| Species: | O. carriboea |
| Binomial name | |
| Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821 |
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| Synonyms | |
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The Tropical Clubhook Squid (Onykia carriboea) is a squid in the family Onychoteuthidae, the type species of the genus Onykia. It is known with certainty only from immature specimens. The type locality of O. carriboea is the Gulf of Mexico. The Rugose Hooked Squid (Onykia robsoni) has been suggested as a junior synonym, owing to similarities between the species.[1]