Pholidoteuthis

Pholidoteuthis
Pholidoteuthis massyae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina
Family: Pholidoteuthidae
Adam, 1950
Genus: Pholidoteuthis
Adam, 1950
Species

Pholidoteuthis adami
Pholidoteuthis massyae
?Pholidoteuthis uruguayensis

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.[1]

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