Mastigoteuthis psychrophila

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Mastigoteuthis psychrophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina
Family: Mastigoteuthidae
Genus: Mastigoteuthis
Species: M. psychrophila
Binomial name
Mastigoteuthis psychrophila
Nesis, 1977

Mastigoteuthis psychrophila is a species of whip-lash squid. It was first described by Kir Nazimovich Nesis in 1977, based on four individuals. The largest was 143 mm long. The squid's tentacles are 15 mm in diameter.

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  • Nesis, K.N. 1977. Mastigoteuthis psychrophila sp. n. (Cephalopoda, Mastigoteuthidae) from the Southern Ocean. Zoologichesky Zhurnal 65(6): 835-842.

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