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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
SuperOrdo: Decapodiformes
Ordo: Teuthida
SubOrdo: Oegopsina

Familia: Mastigoteuthidae
Genus: Mastigoteuthis
Mastigoteuthis magna

Species: M. agassizii – M. atlantica – M. danae – M. dentata – M. famelica – M. flammea – M. glaukopis – M. grimaldii – M. hjorti – M. magna – M. microlucens – M. psychrophila – M. pyrodes – M. schmidti – M. tyroi

Species inquirenda: M. hastula – M. inermis – M. iselini – M. latipinna – M. okutanii – M. tyroi
Name

Mastigoteuthis Verrill, 1881b: 100

Type Species: Mastigoteuthis agassizii Verrill, 1881b: 100
Synonyms

?Chiroteuthoides Berry, 1920
Chiroteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1900
Echinoteuthis Joubin, 1933
(Magnoteuthis) Salcedo-Vargas & Okutani, 1994

References

Verrill, A.E. 1881b: Report on the Cephalopods, and on Some Additional Species Dredged by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Fish Hawk," during the Season of 1880. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 8(5): 99–116, 8 plates.

Mastigoteuthis glaukopis

Mastigoteuthis glaukopis

Mastigoteuthis flammea

Mastigoteuthis flammea

Mastigoteuthis magna

Mastigoteuthis magna

Mastigoteuthis is a genus of whip-lash squid containing at least seven valid species. Some teuthologists consider Idioteuthis synonymous with this taxon.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]
Species

Genus Mastigoteuthis
Mastigoteuthis agassizii Verrill, 1881
Mastigoteuthis dentata Hoyle, 1904
Mastigoteuthis flammea Chun, 1908
Mastigoteuthis glaukopis Chun, 1908
Mastigoteuthis grimaldii (Joubin, 1895)
Mastigoteuthis psychrophila Nesis, 1977
Mastigoteuthis schmidti Degner, 1925
Mastigoteuthis hastula * (Berry, 1920)
Mastigoteuthis inermis * Rancurel, 1972
Mastigoteuthis iselini * MacDonald & Clench, 1934
Mastigoteuthis okutanii * Salcedo-Vargas, 1997
Mastigoteuthis tyroi * Salcedo-Vargas, 1997

Magnapinna talismani was previously placed in this genus, but is now considered a species of bigfin squid.

The taxa listed above with an asterisk (*) are taxon inquirendum and need further study to determine if they are a valid taxon or a synonym.
References

Notes

Philippe Bouchet (2018). "Mastigoteuthis Verrill, 1881". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.

Sources

Salcedo-Vargas, M.A. 1997. Cephalopods from the Netherlands Indian Ocean Programme (NIOP) - II. Mastigoteuthid lineage and related forms. Beaufortia 47: 91-108.

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