Taningia

Taningia is a genus of squid in the family Octopoteuthidae. Believed to comprise a single species, Taningia danae, for over 150 years, it has recently been shown to contain at least a further two new species (T. fimbria, T. rubea)[2]. Another species, Taningia persica, has historically been referred to but has been questioned. The genus is named after Danish fisheries biologist Åge Vedel Tåning (1890-1958).[3]

Ventral view of Taningia danae

Taningia
Taningia danae caught off the Massachusetts coast, the first specimen from the western North Atlantic.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Octopoteuthidae
Genus: Taningia
Joubin, 1931[1]
Type species
Taningia danae
Joubin, 1931
Species

Taningia danae
Taningia persica

References
  1. Julian Finn (2016). "Taningia Joubin, 1931". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. Kelly, Jesse Tyler (2019). Systematics of the Octopoteuthidae Berry, 1912 (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) (Thesis thesis). Auckland University of Technology.
  3. "Taningia danae, a deep-sea bioluminescent squid". The Cephalopod Page. Dr. James B. Wood. Retrieved 10 March 2018.


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