Onykia carriboea
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Marshall, Bruce
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140650 on 2026-08-03
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2018-02-07T16:28:10Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821
class: Cephalopoda
family: Onychoteuthidae
genus: Onykia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Lesueur C.A. (1821). Descriptions of several new species of cuttlefish. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2: 86-101.
name published in: Verrill, A. E. (1885). Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 6: 395-452.
name published in: Souleyet, L. F. A. (1852). Tome Deuxième. Mollusques. In: Eydoux, F.; Souleyet, L. F. A. (1841-1852). Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite. Zoologie. 664 pp., 101 pls (plates published 1841, but without Latin species names). Arthus Bertrand, Paris.
name published in year: 1821
name published in year: 1885
name published in year: 1852
order: Oegopsida
parent name usage ID: 138292
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Lesueur, 1821
specific epithet: carriboea
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted