Echinoteuthis

Echinoteuthis
Echinoteuthis famelica[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Mastigoteuthidae
Genus: Echinoteuthis
Joubin, 1933
Type species
Echinoteuthis danae
Joubin, 1933

Echinoteuthis is a genus of whip-lash squid containing approximately three to five species. Some teuthologists consider Idioteuthis synonymous with this taxon.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.

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