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

Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chaunoteuthis*	Appellöf, 1891	synonym

Children

Onychoteuthis aequimanus Gabb, 1868
Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817)
Onychoteuthis bergii Lichtenstein, 1818
Onychoteuthis krohnii Vérany, 1847
Onychoteuthis lessonii A. Férussac, 1830
Onychoteuthis mollis (Appellöf, 1891)
Onychoteuthis raptor Owen, 1881
Onychoteuthis rutilus A. Gould, 1852

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ツメイカ属

Literature

original description	Lichtenstein, H. C. (1818). Onychoteuthis, Sepien mit Krallen. Isis. (1818): 1591-1592.
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.
additional source	Lichtenstein, [H.]. (1820). Von den Sepien mit Krallen. Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. (1818-1819): 211-226.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818. 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:138291