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Onychoteuthis
Onychoteuthis is a genus of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. The type species is Onychoteuthis banksii, the common clubhook squid. While the genus is found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans, they can also occur in the North Pacific Ocean.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Boreal Clubhook Squid
speciesOnychoteuthis borealijaponica
Common Clubhook Squid
speciesOnychoteuthis banksii
Onychoteuthis aequimanus
speciesOnychoteuthis aequimanus
Onychoteuthis horstkottei
speciesOnychoteuthis horstkottei
Onychoteuthis lacrima
speciesOnychoteuthis lacrima
Onychoteuthis prolata
speciesOnychoteuthis prolata
Onychoteuthis bergii
speciesOnychoteuthis bergii
Onychoteuthis compacta
speciesOnychoteuthis compacta
Onychoteuthis meridiopacifica
speciesOnychoteuthis meridiopacifica
Onychoteuthis mollis
speciesOnychoteuthis mollis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246438.