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

Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Onykia*	Lesueur, 1821	accepted genus name
*Onychia*	Blainville, 1823	synonym
*Steenstrupiola*	Pfeffer, 1884	synonym
*Teleoteuthis*	A. E. Verrill, 1882	synonym

Species group names

*Onychia caribaea*	Steenstrup, 1880	orthographic variant
*Onykia carribaea*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Loligo plagioptera*	Souleyet, 1852	synonym
*Onychia binotata*	Pfeffer, 1884	synonym
*Sepiola cardioptera*	Lesueur, 1821	synonym
*Teleoteuthis agilis*	A. E. Verrill, 1885	synonym

Literature

original description	Lesueur C.A. (1821). Descriptions of several new species of cuttlefish. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2: 86-101.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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	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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821. 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:140650