Pholidoteuthis
Genus of squids
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Pholidoteuthis is a genus of squid in the monotypic family Pholidoteuthidae, comprising at least two species. The defunct genus Tetronychoteuthis was previously incorporated into Pholidoteuthidae based upon a singular taxon known as Tetronychoteuthis massyae. Following the discovery of Pholidoteuthis boschmai in 1950, T. massaye was placed into Pholidoteuthis, with Tetronoychoteuthis considered a nomen dubium. P. boschmai is now considered a junior synonym of P. massyae.[2]
| Pholidoteuthis | |
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| Pholidoteuthis massyae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Superfamily: | Pholidoteuthoidea Adam, 1950 |
| Family: | Pholidoteuthidae Adam, 1950 |
| Genus: | Pholidoteuthis Adam, 1950[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pholidoteuthis massyae (Pfeffer, 1912) | |
| Species | |
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Species
- Pholidoteuthis adami Voss, 1956
- Pholidoteuthis massyae (Pfeffer, 1912)[2] – coffeebean scaled squid
