Mastigoteuthis agassizii is a species of whip-lash squid. It is the type species of the genus.
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Oral view of a sucker from the middle of a lateral arm -
Aboral view of a portion of the tentacular club -
Various views of club suckers -
Head and funnel with funnel locking apparatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Mastigoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Mastigoteuthis |
| Species: | M. agassizii[1]
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| Binomial name | |
| Mastigoteuthis agassizii[1] Verrill, 1881
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References
edit- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Mastigoteuthis agassizii Verrill, 1881". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Mastigoteuthis agassizii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163270A992644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163270A992644.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Verrill, A.E. 1881. Report on the Cephalopods, and on Some Additional Species Dredged by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Fish Hawk", During the Season of 1880. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 8(5): 99–116.
- Verrill, A.E. 1881. The Cephalopods of the North-eastern Coast of America. Part II. The Smaller Cephalopods, Including the "Squids" and the Octopi, with Other Allied Forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences 5: 259–446.
External links
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- "CephBase: Mastigoteuthis agassizii". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
- Tree of Life web project: Mastigoteuthis agassizii
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