Lycoteuthidae

Lycoteuthidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Superfamily: Enoploteuthoidea
Family: Lycoteuthidae
Pfeffer, 1908[1]
Type genus
Lycoteuthis
Pfeffer, 1900
Genera

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The Lycoteuthidae are a family of squid comprising three known genera. They are small muscular squid, characterised by a lack of hooks and by photophores present on the viscera, eyeballs and tentacles. They inhabit tropical and subtropical seas where the diel migrants stay down in the mesopelagic zone during the day and migrate to the surface to feed at night. Some species show strong sexual dimorphism.[2]

Species

Family Lycoteuthidae

References

  1. ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Lycoteuthidae Pfeffer, 1908". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ^ Michael Vecchione & Richard E. Young (1999). "Lycoteuthidae Pfeffer, 1908. Version 01 January 1999". The Tree of Life Web Project.


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