NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Mastigoteuthidae
  Suborder - Oegopsina
  Order - Teuthida
  Superorder - Decabrachia
  Subclass - Coleoidea
  Class - Cephalopoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mastigoteuthis pyrodes
      Species - Mastigoteuthis agassizii
      Species - Mastigoteuthis iselini
      Species - Mastigoteuthis schmidti
      Species - Mastigoteuthis flammea
      Species - Mastigoteuthis glaukopsis
      Species - Mastigoteuthis talismani
      Species - Mastigoteuthis dentata
      Species - Mastigoteuthis grimaldii
      Species - Mastigoteuthis magna
      Species - Mastigoteuthis atlantica
      Species - Mastigoteuthis psychrophila
      Species - Mastigoteuthis inermis