Mastigoteuthis agassizii

Mastigoteuthis agassizii
Dorsal view
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Mastigoteuthidae
Genus:	Mastigoteuthis
Species:	M. agassizii [2]
Binomial name
Mastigoteuthis agassizii [2] Verrill, 1881

Mastigoteuthis agassizii is a species of whip-lash squid. It is the type species of the genus.

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  Oral view of a sucker from the middle of a lateral arm
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  Aboral view of a portion of the tentacular club
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  Various views of club suckers
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  Head and funnel with funnel locking apparatus

References

1. Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Mastigoteuthis agassizii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014: e.T163270A992644. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163270A992644.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Julian Finn (2016). "Mastigoteuthis agassizii Verrill, 1881". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

• Verrill, A.E. 1881. Report on the Cephalopods, and on Some Additional Species Dredged by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Fish Hawk", During the Season of 1880. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology8(5): 99–116.
• Verrill, A.E. 1881. The Cephalopods of the North-eastern Coast of America. Part II. The Smaller Cephalopods, Including the "Squids" and the Octopi, with Other Allied Forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences5: 259–446.

External links

• "CephBase: Mastigoteuthis agassizii". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
• Tree of Life web project: Mastigoteuthis agassizii