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

Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Loligo Lamarck, 1798

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Onychoteuthis*	Lichtenstein, 1818	accepted genus name
*Chaunoteuthis*	Appellöf, 1891	synonym

Species group names

*Loligo bianconii*	Vérany, 1847	synonym
*Onychoteuthis fleuryi*	Reynaud, 1830	synonym
*Onychoteuthis molinae*	Lichtenstein, 1818	synonym
*Teleoteuthis carolii*	Joubin, 1900	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: clawed calamary squid; clawed squid; common clubhook squid sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p.

German: Hakenkalmar; Krallenkalmar sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Βορινό καλαμάρι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ホンツメイカ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Russian: Кальмар Банкса

Literature

basis of record	Bolstad K.S.R. (2010) Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Zootaxa 2696: 1-186.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Okutani, T., Tagawa, M. & Horikawa, H. eds. (1987). Cephalopods from continental shelf and slope around Japan. Tokyo: Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. 194 pages.
additional source	Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817). 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:140649