Taningia | |
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Taningia danae caught off the Massachusetts coast, the first specimen from the western North Atlantic. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Coleoidea |
Order: | Teuthida |
Suborder: | Oegopsina |
Family: | Octopoteuthidae |
Genus: | Taningia Joubin, 1931 |
Species | |
Taningia is a genus of squid in the family Octopoteuthidae. The status of Taningia persica is questionable. The genus is named after Danish fisheries biologist Aage Vedel Taaning (1890-1958).