Taningia danae
| Taningia danae | |
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| Taningia cf. danae, Hutchison Seamounts, off Hawai'i, 2015 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Octopoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Taningia |
| Species: | T. danae
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| Binomial name | |
| Taningia danae Joubin, 1931
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| Synonyms | |
Taningia danae, the Dana octopus squid, is a species of squid in the family Octopoteuthidae, the octopus squids. It is one of the largest known squid species, and it has one of the largest photophores (light organs) known in any organism, useful in the deep-sea environments that the species inhabits.