| Mastigoteuthis magna | |
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| Holotype of Mastigoteuthis magna (160 mm ML) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Coleoidea |
| Order: | Teuthida |
| Suborder: | Oegopsina |
| Family: | Mastigoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Mastigoteuthis |
| Species: | M. magna |
| Binomial name | |
| Mastigoteuthis magna Joubin, 1913 |
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Mastigoteuthis magna is a species of whip-lash squid, characterised by a lack of photophores. The skin is heavily pigmented a deep red by a numerous chromatophores.