Taonius

Taxobox
name = "Taonius"


image_width = 178px
image_caption = "Taonius pavo" (335 mm ML)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Teuthida
familia = Cranchiidae
subfamilia = Taoniinae
genus = "Taonius"
genus_authority = Steenstrup, 1861
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Taonius borealis"
"Taonius pavo"

"Taonius" is a genus of glass squid. Although it comprises only two recognised species, it has been suggested there may be as many as five species. [Voss, N.A., S.J. Stephen & Z. Dong 1992. Family Cranchiidae Prosch, 1849. "Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology" 513: 187–210.]

References

External links

* [http://tolweb.org/Taonius/19558 Tree of Life web project: "Taonius"]