Magnoteuthis
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| Magnoteuthis | |
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| Mastigoteuthis magna | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Mastigoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Magnoteuthis Salcedo-Vargas & Okutani, 1994[1] |
| Type species | |
| Mastigoteuthis magna Joubin, 1913 | |
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.
