Idioteuthis tyroi | |
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Holotype of Idioteuthis tyroi (15 mm ML) |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Teuthida |
Family: | Mastigoteuthidae |
Genus: | Idioteuthis |
Species: | I. tyroi |
Binomial name | |
Idioteuthis tyroi Salcedo-Vargas, 1997 |
Idioteuthis tyroi is a species of whip-lash squid. It is known from a single paralarva of 15 mm mantle length (ML). The paralarva is unique in having expanded tentacular clubs, although few mastigoteuthids have described paralarvae.