Mastigoteuthis agassizii

Mastigoteuthis agassizii is a species of whip-lash squid. It is the type species of the genus.

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  Oral view of a sucker from the middle of a lateral arm
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  Aboral view of a portion of the tentacular club
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  Various views of club suckers
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  Head and funnel with funnel locking apparatus

Mastigoteuthis agassizii
Dorsal view
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Mastigoteuthidae
Genus:	Mastigoteuthis
Species:	M. agassizii[2]
Binomial name
Mastigoteuthis agassizii[2] Verrill, 1881

References

1. Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Mastigoteuthis agassizii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163270A992644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163270A992644.en. Downloaded on 01 March 2018.
2. Julian Finn (2016). "Mastigoteuthis agassizii Verrill, 1881". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

• Verrill, A.E. 1881. 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 8(5): 99-116.
• Verrill, A.E. 1881. The Cephalopods of the North-eastern Coast of America. Part II. The Smaller Cephalopods, Including the "Squids" and the Octopi, with Other Allied Forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences 5: 259-446.

External links

• "CephBase: Mastigoteuthis agassizii". Archived from the original on 2005.
• Tree of Life web project: Mastigoteuthis agassizii