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Idioteuthis tyroi

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Idioteuthis tyroi
Holotype of Idioteuthis tyroi
(15 mm ML)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Mastigoteuthidae
Genus: Idioteuthis
Species: I. tyroi
Binomial name
Idioteuthis tyroi
Salcedo-Vargas, 1997

Idioteuthis tyroi is a species of whip-lash squid. It is known from a single paralarva of 15 mm mantle length (ML). The paralarva is unique in having expanded tentacular clubs, although few mastigoteuthids have described paralarvae.

Measurements of holotype
(Salcedo-Vargas, 1997)
Mantle length 15 mm
Mantle width 3.5 mm
Head length 3.5 mm
Head width 2.5 mm
Fin length 8 mm
Fin width 12 mm
Arm I length 1.2 mm
Arm II length 1.8 mm
Arm III length 1.2 mm
Arm IV length 2.5 mm
Tentacle length 6 mm
Club length 3.5 mm
Eye diameter 1.3 mm
Lens diameter 0.8 mm

References

  • Salcedo-Vargas, M.A. 1997. Cephalopods from the Netherlands Indian Ocean Programme (NIOP) - II. Mastigoteuthid lineage and related forms. Beaufortia 47: 91–108.

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Taxon identifiers
Idioteuthis tyroi


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