Magnoteuthis | |
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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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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.