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Discoteuthis

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Discoteuthis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Cycloteuthidae
Genus: Discoteuthis
Young & Roper, 1969[1]
Type species
Discoteuthis discus
Young & Roper, 1969
Species

Discoteuthis is a genus of squid in the family Cycloteuthidae. It is distinguished from the genus Cycloteuthis by the absence of a tail on the mantle. The genus occurs in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Discoteuthis Young & Roper, 1969". 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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