Echinoteuthis
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| Echinoteuthis | |
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| Echinoteuthis famelica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Mastigoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Echinoteuthis Joubin, 1933[1] |
| Type species | |
| Echinoteuthis danae Joubin, 1933 | |
Echinoteuthis is a genus of whip-lash squid is commonly known as the elusive beast squid due to its rarity and unique morphological features. This genus contains approximately three to five species. Some teuthologists consider Idioteuthis synonymous with this taxon. However, based on an integrative taxonomic analysis that involved morphology and genetics, species in this genus form a unique clade separate from species of Idioteuthis.
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]
