Mastigoteuthis

Mastigoteuthis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Mastigoteuthidae
Genus: Mastigoteuthis
Verrill, 1881
Type species
Mastigoteuthis agassizii
Verrill, 1881
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Chiroteuthopsis
    Pfeffer, 1900

Mastigoteuthis is a genus of whip-lash squid containing at least seven valid species. Some teuthologists consider Idioteuthis synonymous with this taxon.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.