Quick Search
To Advanced Search
Taxonomy
Family:
ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Onychoteuthoidea (Superfamily)
> Onychoteuthidae (Family)
> Onykia (Genus)
> robsoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Moroteuthis Verrill, 1881
=Onychia Blainville, 1823
=Onykia (Onykia) Lesueur, 1821
=Steenstrupiola Pfeffer, 1884
=Teleoteuthis Verrill, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Moroteuthis robsoni Adam, 1962
Images: Onykia robsoni Adam, 1962
No images yet of this species.
If you have good photos you would like to share, please email me, and I can add them here.
Taxonomy
Family:
ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Onychoteuthoidea (Superfamily)
> Onychoteuthidae (Family)
> Onykia (Genus)
> robsoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Moroteuthis Verrill, 1881
=Onychia Blainville, 1823
=Onykia (Onykia) Lesueur, 1821
=Steenstrupiola Pfeffer, 1884
=Teleoteuthis Verrill, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Moroteuthis robsoni Adam, 1962
Details: Onykia robsoni Adam, 1962
Size/Grows to:
Animal 900mm (mantle)
Distribution:
Widespread in New Zealand and sub-Antarctic waters. Most commonly between 700 and 1100 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bolstad, K.S. 2010 Systematics of the Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida), Zootaxa, 2696 (p.87)
  • Bolstad, K.S. 2007 Systematics and distribution of the New Zealand onychoteuthid fauna (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida), including a new species, Notonykia nesisi sp. nov., Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 17 (p.319)
  • Nesis, K.N. 1987 Squids, Cuttlefishes, Octopuses, and Allies. (Translation by B.S. Levitov of original Russion version of 1982), Cephalopods of the World, T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City (p.193)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
Recently Viewed