Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Oegopsida incertae sedis

Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ancistroteuthis Gray, 1849
Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818
Onykia Lesueur, 1821

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Chinese: Zhăo-Yóu-Kē sources: Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.

Japanese: ツメイカ科

Literature

basis of record	Bolstad K.S.R. (2010) Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Zootaxa 2696: 1-186.
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). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 128: 88-97.
additional source	Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Onychoteuthidae. 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. pp. 348-369.
identification resource	Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11742