Echinoteuthis

Echinoteuthis is a genus of whip-lash squid containing approximately three to five species. Some teuthologists consider Idioteuthis synonymous with this taxon.

Echinoteuthis
Echinoteuthis famelica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Mastigoteuthidae
Genus: Echinoteuthis
Joubin, 1933[1]
Type species
Echinoteuthis danae
Joubin, 1933

The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species the genus Echinoteuthis contains three species:[1]

However, the Tree of Life Project lists the following species in Echinoteuthis:[3]

  • Echinoteuthis atlantica (Joubin, 1933)
  • Echinoteuthis glaukopis Chun, 1908
  • Echinoteuthis famelica (Berry, 1909)
  • Echinoteuthis danae Joubin, 1933
  • Echinoteuthis tyroi * Salcedo-Vargas, 1997

The species listed above with an asterisk (*) is a taxon inquirendum and needs further study to determine if it is a valid species or a synonym.[4]

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References
  1. Julian Finn (2016). "Echinoteuthis Joubin, 1933". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. Richard E. Young (2014). "Echinoteuthis Joubin, 1933". Tree of Life Project. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. Philippe Bouchet (2018). "Mastigoteuthis Verrill, 1881". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.


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