| Magnapinna talismani | |
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| Holotype of Magnapinna talismani (61 mm ML) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Teuthida |
| Family: | Magnapinnidae |
| Genus: | Magnapinna |
| Species: | M. talismani |
| Binomial name | |
| Magnapinna talismani (Fischer & Joubin, 1907) |
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Magnapinna talismani is a species of bigfin squid known only from a single damaged specimen. It is characterised by small white nodules present on the ventral surface of its fins.
The holotype of M. talismani is a specimen of 61 mm mantle length (ML) collected in the northern Atlantic Ocean, south of the Azores, at . It was caught by an open bottom trawl at a depth of up to 3175 m. The capture location of this specimen is very near to that of the as-yet undescribed Magnapinna sp. B.
M. talismani was originally placed in the genus Chiroteuthopsis, which is now considered a junior synonym of Mastigoteuthis. Mastigoteuthis talismani was subsequently placed in the genus Magnapinna by Michael Vecchione and Richard E. Young in 2006.