Idioteuthis latipinna | |
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Holotype of Idioteuthis latipinna (238 mm ML) |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Coleoidea |
Order: | Teuthida |
Suborder: | Oegopsina |
Family: | Mastigoteuthidae |
Genus: | Idioteuthis |
Species: | I. latipinna |
Binomial name | |
Idioteuthis latipinna Sasaki, 1916 |
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Synonyms | |
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Idioteuthis latipinna is a species of whip-lash squid. It is the type species of the genus Idioteuthis. Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione consider I. latipinna to be a junior synonym of I. cordiformis.