Promachoteuthis

Promachoteuthis is a genus of small, weakly muscled squid found at bathypelagic depths. Three species have been formally described, while another two await description.

Promachoteuthis
Promachoteuthis sloani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Promachoteuthidae
Naef, 1912
Genus: Promachoteuthis
Hoyle, 1885
Type species
Promachoteuthis megaptera
Hoyle, 1885[1]
Species

Promachoteuthis megaptera
Promachoteuthis sloani
Promachoteuthis sulcus

References

  1. Philippe Bouchet (2018). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Promachoteuthis Hoyle, 1885". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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