Idioteuthis tyroi

Idioteuthis tyroi
Holotype of Idioteuthis tyroi
(15 mm ML)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
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.

Measurements of holotype
(Salcedo-Vargas, 1997)
Mantle length15 mm
Mantle width3.5 mm
Head length3.5 mm
Head width2.5 mm
Fin length8 mm
Fin width12 mm
Arm I length1.2 mm
Arm II length1.8 mm
Arm III length1.2 mm
Arm IV length2.5 mm
Tentacle length6 mm
Club length3.5 mm
Eye diameter1.3 mm
Lens diameter0.8 mm

References

  • Salcedo-Vargas, M.A. 1997. Cephalopods from the Netherlands Indian Ocean Programme (NIOP) - II. Mastigoteuthid lineage and related forms. Beaufortia 47: 91–108.
  • "CephBase: Idioteuthis tyroi". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
  • Tree of Life web project: Idioteuthis tyroi