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Mastigoteuthis 
Mastigoteuthis magna Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Coleoidea Order: Teuthida Suborder: Oegopsina Family: Mastigoteuthidae Genus: Mastigoteuthis
Verrill, 1881Species See text.
Synonyms - ?Chiroteuthoides
Berry, 1920 - Chiroteuthopsis
Pfeffer, 1900 - Echinoteuthis
Joubin, 1933 - (Magnoteuthis)
Salcedo-Vargas & Okutani, 1994
Mastigoteuthis is a genus of whip-lash squid containing approximately 12 species. Some teuthologists consider Idioteuthis synonymous with this taxon.
Species
- Genus Mastigoteuthis
- Mastigoteuthis agassizii
- Mastigoteuthis atlantica
- Mastigoteuthis dentata
- ? Mastigoteuthis flammea
- Mastigoteuthis glaukopsis
- Mastigoteuthis grimaldii
- Mastigoteuthis inermis
- Mastigoteuthis iselini
- Mastigoteuthis magna
- Mastigoteuthis microlucens[1]
- Mastigoteuthis psychrophila
- Mastigoteuthis pyrodes
- ? Mastigoteuthis schmidti
- Octosquid - new discovery as of July 2007.
The question mark (?) indicates questionable placement within the genus.
Magnapinna talismani was previously placed in this genus, but is now considered a species of bigfin squid.
References
- ^ Young, R. E.; Lindgren, A.; Vecchione, M. (2008). "Mastigoteuthis microlucens, a new species of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121 (2): 276–282. doi:10.2988/07-40.1.
- 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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