Onychoteuthis bergii

Onychoteuthis bergii is a species of hooked squid from the family Onychoteuthidae, it was originally described by Hinrich Lichtenstein from speciemsn taken near the Cape of Good Hope and is the type species of the genus Onychoteuthis. Until recently it was considered to be a junior synonym of Onychoteuthis banksii, but a re-examination of the type material, the lectotype and paralectotype which are deposited in the Natural History Museum, Berlin, showed that there were morphological differences which supported the status of O. bergii as a valid species. The species is found in the eastern South Atlantic and Indian Oceans.[3]

Onychoteuthis bergii
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Onychoteuthidae
Genus:	Onychoteuthis
Species:	O. bergii
Binomial name
Onychoteuthis bergii Lichtenstein, 1818[2]

References

1. Allcock, L. & Barratt, I. (2014). "Onychoteuthis bergii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T190931A1961369. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T190931A1961369.en. Downloaded on 15 March 2018.
2. Philippe Bouchet (2018). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Onychoteuthis bergii Lichtenstein, 1818". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
3. Bolstad, K.S.R. (2015). "Onychoteuthis bergii Lichtenstein, 1818. Version 11 October 2015 (under construction)". The Tree of Life Web Project.