Mastigotragus

Mastigotragus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Mastigoteuthidae
Genus: Mastigotragus
Young, Vecchione & Braid, 2014
Species:
M. pyrodes
Binomial name
Mastigotragus pyrodes
(Young, 1972)
Synonyms

Mastigoteuthis pyrodes Young, 1972

Mastigotragus is a genus of whip-lash squid containing a single species, Mastigotragus pyrodes. This species was originally placed within Mastigoteuthis, but was described as a new genus due to multiple morphological characters distinct from Mastigoteuthis. This genus is characterized by a lack of antitragus in the funnel-locking cartilage, larger sucker rings on the tentacles, a particular photophore morphology, and relatively large eyelid photophore. The generic name is Latin for 'whip-lash goat'.[clarification needed] The type specimen was collected in the North Pacific off the coast of southern California at 33°32'N, 118°23'W Eastern North Pacific; since then the species has also been recorded in northern Hawaiian waters between latitudes 23°N-28°N.

References

  1. ↑ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Mastigoteuthis pyrodes ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163132A975590. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163132A975590.en. Downloaded on 01 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Philippe Bouchet (2018). "Mastigotragus pyrodes (Young, 1972)". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Michael Vecchione; Richard E. Young (2015). "Mastigotragus pyrodes (Young, 1972)". Tree of Life Project. Retrieved 1 March 2018.