Teuthowenia maculata
| Teuthowenia maculata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Teuthida |
| Family: | Cranchiidae |
| Genus: | Teuthowenia |
| Species: | T. maculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Teuthowenia maculata (Leach, 1817) | |
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Teuthowenia maculata is a species of glass squid in the genus Teuthowenia. It is similar to the two other members of its genus - T. megalops and T. pellucida, but it is only found in the tropical waters off the coast of Africa in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The largest recorded specimen is an immature male with a mantle length of 143 millimetres (5.6 in).[2]
References
- ↑ Nancy A. Voss (1985). "Systematics, biology and biogeography of the cranchiid cephalopod genus Teuthowenia (Oegopsida)". Bulletin of Marine Science 36 (1): 1–85.
- ↑ Richard E. Young and Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003) (1999). "Teuthowenia maculata Leach 1817". The Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
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