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.
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Species
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- Magnoteuthis magna (Joubin, 1913)
- Magnoteuthis microlucens (Young, Lindgren & Vecchione, 2008)[2]
- Magnoteuthis osheai Braid & Bolstad, 2015
References
edit- ^ a b Philippe Bouchet (2018). "Magnoteuthis Salcedo-Vargas & Okutani, 1994". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ Young, R. E.; Lindgren, A.; Vecchione, M. (2008). "Mastigoteuthis microlucens, a new species of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 121 (2): 276–282. doi:10.2988/07-40.1. S2CID 86265294.
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