Biology:Pholidoteuthis

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Short description: Genus of squids

Pholidoteuthis
Pholidoteuthis massyae.jpg
Pholidoteuthis massyae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Superfamily: Pholidoteuthoidea
Adam, 1950
Family: Pholidoteuthidae
Adam, 1950
Genus: Pholidoteuthis
Adam, 1950[1]
Type species
Pholidoteuthis massyae
(Pfeffer, 1912)
Species

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Pholidoteuthis is a genus of squid in the monotypic family Pholidoteuthidae, comprising at least two species. The defunct genus Tetronychoteuthis was previously incorporated into Pholidoteuthidae based upon a singular taxon known as Tetronychoteuthis massyae. Following the discovery of Pholidoteuthis boschmai in 1950, T. massaye was placed into Pholidoteuthis, with Tetronoychoteuthis considered a nomen dubium. P. boschmai is now considered a junior synonym of P. massyae.[2]

Species

  • Pholidoteuthis adami Voss, 1956
  • Pholidoteuthis massyae (Pfeffer, 1912)[2] – coffeebean scaled squid

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3204687 entry