Mastigoteuthidae

Mastigoteuthis magna

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Oegopsina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Cephalopoda Subclassis: Coleoidea Cohors: Neocoleoidea Superordo: Decapodiformes Ordo: Teuthida Subordo: Oegopsina

Familia: Mastigoteuthidae
Genera (3): Idioteuthis – Mastigoteuthis – Mastigotragus

Name

Mastigoteuthidae Verrill, 1881

Type Genus: Mastigoteuthis Verrill, 1881.

References

• Braid, H.E.; McBride, P.D.; Bolstad, K.S.R. 2014: Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) based on three mitochondrial genes. Hydrobiologia, 725(1): 145–164. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1775-3 Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1881. The Cephalopods of the northeastern 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(6):259-446
• Young, R.E.; Vecchione, M.; Braid, H.E. 2014: Mastigotragus, a new generic name for Mastigoteuthis pyrodes Young, 1972 (Cephalopoda: Mastigoteuthidae). European journal of taxonomy, (105) DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.105 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Whip-lash Squid