Magnoteuthis

Magnoteuthis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina
Family: Mastigoteuthidae
Genus: Magnoteuthis
Salcedo-Vargas & Okutani, 1994

Magnoteuthis is a genus of whip-lash squid containing at least three species. Some teuthologists consider Idioteuthis or Mastigoteuthissynonymous with this taxon, but it is genetically and morphologically distinct.

Species

References

  1. Young, R. E.; Lindgren, A.; Vecchione, M. (2008). "Mastigoteuthis microlucens, a new species of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 121 (2): 276–282. doi:10.2988/07-40.1.
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