Onychoteuthis banksii

Common clubhook squid
Onychoteuthis banksii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina
Family: Onychoteuthidae
Genus: Onychoteuthis
Species: O. banksii
Binomial name
Onychoteuthis banksii
(Leach, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Loligo banksi
    Leach, 1817

Onychoteuthis banksii, the common clubhook squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It is the type species of the genus Onychoteuthis.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/23/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.