''Magnoteuthis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
whip-lash squid containing at least three species. Some
teuthologists consider ''
Idioteuthis'' or ''
Mastigoteuthis'' synonymous with this
taxon
In biology, a taxon ( back-formation from '' taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular n ...
, but it is genetically and morphologically distinct.
Species
*Genus ''Magnoteuthis''
[
**'']Magnoteuthis magna
''Magnoteuthis'' is a genus of whip-lash squid containing at least three species. Some teuthologists consider '' Idioteuthis'' or '' Mastigoteuthis'' synonymous with this taxon, but it is genetically and morphologically distinct.
Species
*Ge ...
'' (Joubin, 1913)
**'' Magnoteuthis microlucens'' (Young, Lindgren & Vecchione, 2008)
References
External links
Squid
Cephalopod genera
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