Thysanoteuthis
Genus of squids
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Thysanoteuthis is a genus of large squid, with the type species Thysanoteuthis rhombus being the best known.
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| Thysanoteuthis | |
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| Thysanoteuthis rhombus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Superfamily: | Cranchioidea |
| Family: | Thysanoteuthidae Keferstein, 1866 |
| Genus: | Thysanoteuthis Troschel, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The World Register of Marine Species accepts the following species:[1]
- Thysanoteuthis filiferum (Hoyle, 1904)
- Thysanoteuthis major (J. E. Gray, 1828)
- Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857
