Idioteuthis latipinna
| Idioteuthis latipinna | |
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| Holotype of Idioteuthis latipinna (238 mm ML) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Coleoidea |
| Order: | Teuthida |
| Suborder: | Oegopsina |
| Family: | Mastigoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Idioteuthis |
| Species: | I. latipinna |
| Binomial name | |
| Idioteuthis latipinna Sasaki, 1916 | |
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Idioteuthis latipinna is a species of whip-lash squid. It is the type species of the genus Idioteuthis. Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione consider I. latipinna to be a junior synonym of I. cordiformis.
Oral view of arm suckers
Oral view of tentacular club suckers
References
- Sasaki, M. 1916. Notes on Oegopsid Cephalopods Found in Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 9(2): 89-120.
- Sasaki, M. 1929. A Monograph of the Dibranchiate Cephalopods of the Japanese and Adjacent Waters. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, 20(supplement). 357 pp.
External links
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- "CephBase: Idioteuthis latipinna". Archived from the original on 2005.
- Tree of Life web project: Idioteuthis latipinna
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