Taonius

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Taonius
Taonius pavo (335 mm ML)
Taonius pavo (335 mm ML)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Teuthida
Family: Cranchiidae
Subfamily: Taoniinae
Genus: Taonius
Steenstrup, 1861
Species

Taonius borealis
Taonius pavo

Taonius is a genus of glass squid. Although it comprises only two recognised species, it has been suggested there may be as many as five species.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Voss, N.A., S.J. Stephen & Z. Dong 1992. Family Cranchiidae Prosch, 1849. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 513: 187–210.

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