Onykia carriboea

Tropical clubhook squid
Holotype of Onykia carriboea
(25 mm ML)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Onychoteuthidae
Genus: Onykia
Species:
O. carriboea
Binomial name
Onykia carriboea
Lesueur, 1821
Synonyms
  • Onychia binotata Pfeffer, 1884
  • Sepiola cardioptera Lesueur, 1821
  • Teleoteuthis agilis Verrill, 1885

Onykia carriboea, the tropical clubhook squid, is a squid in the family Onychoteuthidae, the type species of the genus Onykia. It is known with certainty only from immature specimens. The type locality of O. carriboea is the Gulf of Mexico. Onykia robsoni has been suggested as a junior synonym, owing to similarities between the species.