Cycloteuthis

Cycloteuthis is a genus of squid in the family Cycloteuthidae. It is distinguished from the genus Discoteuthis by the presence of a tail on the mantle. The species C. akimushkini is currently considered a junior synonym of C. sirventi, however this is inconclusive and the World Register of Marine Species has C. akimushkini as a valid species.[1]

Cycloteuthis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Cycloteuthidae
Genus: Cycloteuthis
Joubin, 1919[1]
Type species
Cycloteuthis sirventi
Joubin, 1919
Species

The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]

References

  1. Julian Finn (2016). "Cycloteuthis Joubin, 1919". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute.
  2. Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
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