Pholidoteuthis | |
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Pholidoteuthis massyae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Superfamily: | Pholidoteuthoidea Adam, 1950 |
Family: | Pholidoteuthidae Adam, 1950 |
Genus: | Pholidoteuthis Adam, 1950[1] |
Type species | |
Pholidoteuthis massyae (Pfeffer, 1912)
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Species | |
See text |
Pholidoteuthis is a genus of squid in the monotypic family Pholidoteuthidae, comprising at least two species. The defunct genus Tetronychoteuthis was previously incorporated into Pholidoteuthidae based upon a singular taxon known as Tetronychoteuthis massyae. Following the discovery of Pholidoteuthis boschmai in 1950, T. massaye was placed into Pholidoteuthis, with Tetronoychoteuthis considered a nomen dubium. P. boschmai is now considered a junior synonym of P. massyae.[2]