Echinoteuthis

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Idioteuthis famelica.jpg

| image_caption = Echinoteuthis famelica[http://tolweb.org/Echinoteuthis_famelica/19513]

| taxon = Echinoteuthis

| authority = Joubin, 1933{{cite web | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759126 | title = Echinoteuthis Joubin, 1933 | accessdate = 1 March 2018 | publisher = Flanders Marine Institute | author = Julian Finn | year = 2016 | work = World Register of Marine Species}}

| type_species = Echinoteuthis danae

| type_species_authority = Joubin, 1933

}}

Echinoteuthis is a genus of whip-lash squid containing approximately three to five species. Some teuthologists consider Idioteuthis synonymous with this taxon.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.{{cite journal |last1=Herring |first1=Peter J. |title=Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms |journal=Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence |date=1987 |issue=3|volume=1 |pages=147–163|doi=10.1002/bio.1170010303 |pmid=3503524 }}

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species the genus Echinoteuthis contains three species:

Echinoteuthis atlantica (Joubin, 1933)
Echinoteuthis danae Joubin, 1933
Echinoteuthis famelica (Berry, 1909)

However, the Tree of Life Project lists the following species in Echinoteuthis:{{cite web | url = http://tolweb.org/Echinoteuthis/65305 | title = Echinoteuthis Joubin, 1933 | accessdate = 1 March 2018 | publisher = Tree of Life Project | author = Richard E. Young | year = 2014 | archive-date = 1 March 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180301164625/http://tolweb.org/Echinoteuthis/65305 | url-status = dead }}

Echinoteuthis atlantica (Joubin, 1933)
Echinoteuthis glaukopis Chun, 1908
Echinoteuthis famelica (Berry, 1909)
Echinoteuthis danae Joubin, 1933
Echinoteuthis tyroi * Salcedo-Vargas, 1997

The species listed above with an asterisk (*) is a taxon inquirendum and needs further study to determine if it is a valid species or a synonym.{{cite web | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138168 | title = Mastigoteuthis Verrill, 1881 | accessdate = 1 March 2018 | publisher = Flanders Marine Institute | author = Philippe Bouchet | year = 2018 | work = World Register of Marine Species}}

References

External links

Category:Whip-lash squid

Category:Cephalopod genera

Category:Bioluminescent molluscs