Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein 1818 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Coleoidea

Parent taxon: Coleoidea according to D. Fuchs et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Aulacocerida, Belemnoida, Belemnoidea, Belemnomorpha, Decabrachia, Decembrachiata, Diplobelida, Glochinomorpha, Jeletzkya, Loligosepiida, Neocoleoidea, Palaeoteuthomorpha, Phragmoteuthidida, Pohlsepia, Teuthidea, Ticinoteuthis, Decacera

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Onychoteuthis in the database

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