Mastigoteuthis

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Mastigoteuthis
Mastigoteuthis flammea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Coleoidea Order: Teuthida Suborder: Oegopsina Family: Mastigoteuthidae Genus: Mastigoteuthis Verrill, 1881
Species
See text.
Synonyms
?Chiroteuthoides Berry, 1920 Chiroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1900 Echinoteuthis Joubin, 1933 (Magnoteuthis) Salcedo-Vargas & Okutani, 1994

Mastigoteuthis is a genus of whip-lash squid containing approximately 12 species. Some teuthologists consider Idioteuthis synonymous with this taxon.

[edit] Species

• Genus Mastigoteuthis
  • Mastigoteuthis agassizii
  • Mastigoteuthis atlantica
  • Mastigoteuthis dentata
  • ? Mastigoteuthis flammea
  • Mastigoteuthis glaukopsis
  • Mastigoteuthis grimaldii
  • Mastigoteuthis inermis
  • Mastigoteuthis iselini
  • Mastigoteuthis magna
  • Mastigoteuthis psychrophila
  • Mastigoteuthis pyrodes
  • ? Mastigoteuthis schmidti
  • Octosquid - new discovery as of July 2007.

The question mark (?) indicates questionable placement within the genus.

Magnapinna talismani was previously placed in this genus, but is now considered a species of bigfin squid.

[edit] References

• Salcedo-Vargas, M.A. 1997. Cephalopods from the Netherlands Indian Ocean Programme (NIOP) - II. Mastigoteuthid lineage and related forms. Beaufortia 47: 91-108.

[edit] External links

• CephBase: Mastigoteuthis