- Taningia
Taxobox
name = "Taningia"
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Taningia danae" caught off the Massachusetts coast, the first specimen from the western North Atlantic.
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Cephalopod a
subclassis =Coleoidea
ordo =Teuthida
subordo =Oegopsina
familia =Octopoteuthidae
genus = "Taningia"
genus_authority =Joubin , 1931
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = "Taningia danae "
"Taningia persica ""Taningia" is a
genus ofsquid in the familyOctopoteuthidae . The status of "Taningia persica " is questionable. The genus is named after Danish fisheries biologistAage Vedel Taaning (1890-1958).External links
* [http://tolweb.org/Taningia_danae/19840 Tree of Life web project: "Taningia"]
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