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Teuthowenia maculata

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Teuthowenia maculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Cranchiidae
Genus: Teuthowenia
Species:
T. maculata
Binomial name
Teuthowenia maculata
(Leach, 1817)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cranchia maculata Leach, 1817

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).[3]

References

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  1. ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Teuthowenia maculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T162979A959815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T162979A959815.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Nancy A. Voss (1985). "Systematics, biology and biogeography of the cranchiid cephalopod genus Teuthowenia (Oegopsida)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 36 (1): 1–85.
  3. ^ Richard E. Young and Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003) (1999). "Teuthowenia maculata Leach 1817". The Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved March 15, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)