Mastigoteuthis inermis

Mastigoteuthis inermis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina
Family: Mastigoteuthidae
Genus: Mastigoteuthis
Species: M. inermis
Binomial name
Mastigoteuthis inermis
Rancurel, 1972

Mastigoteuthis inermis is a species of whip-lash squid. Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione consider it to be a junior synonym of the widely distributed M. magna.

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