Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817)

Calamar, Squid

Pelagic

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Cephalopoda

Order
Oegopsida

Family
Onychoteuthidae

Genus
Onychoteuthis

Species
banksii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Loligo banksii Leach, 1817, Loligo bianconii Vérany, 1847, Onychoteuthis fleuryi Reynaud, 1830, Onychoteuthis lesueurii d'Orbigny, 1835, Onychoteuthis molinae Lichtenstein, 1818, Teleoteuthis carolii Joubin, 1900 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Baque, J Páez, D & Wolff, M (2012) Hábitos alimentarios de dos peces pelágicos Thunnus albacares y Acanthocybium solandri de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía Vol.47, Nº1:1-11 pp.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Onychoteuthis banksii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10600. Accessed 6 September 2025.