Idioteuthis

Idioteuthis
Idioteuthis
Idioteuthis cordiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina
Family: Mastigoteuthidae
Genus: Idioteuthis
Sasaki, 1916
Species

Idioteuthis cordiformis
Idioteuthis danae
Idioteuthis famelica
Idioteuthis hjorti
Idioteuthis latipinna
Idioteuthis okutanii
Idioteuthis tyroi

Synonyms
  • (Mastigopsis)
    Grimpe, 1922

Idioteuthis is a genus of whip-lash squid containing approximately seven species. Some teuthologists consider it synonymous with Mastigoteuthis.

Species

References

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

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