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 aequimanus Gabb, 1868

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Gabb, W. M. (1868). Description of a new species of cephalopod from the South Pacific. American Journal of Conchology. 4: 23–24.
basis of record	Bolstad K.S.R. (2010) Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Zootaxa 2696: 1-186.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Braid, H.E. & Bolstad, K.S.R. (2019). Cephalopod biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands; implications for conservation and some future taxonomic priorities. Invertebrate Systematics. 33: 402-425.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Onychoteuthis aequimanus Gabb, 1868. 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:550392