| Brachioteuthis | |
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| Brachioteuthis picta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Brachioteuthidae |
| Genus: | Brachioteuthis Verrill, 1881[1] |
| Type species | |
| Brachioteuthis beanii Verrill, 1881
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| Species | |
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Brachioteuthis beanii | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Brachioteuthis is a genus of squid comprising six species.
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]
- ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Brachioteuthis Verrill, 1881". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.