''Celaenoteuthis'' is a genus of
muensterellid stem-
octopod
An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish ...
from southern Germany.
It is
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
, with only
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
''C. incerta'' known.
[Naef, A: 1922 "ie fossilen Tintenfische – Eine pal€aozoologische Monographie." Gustav Fischer, Jena 322 pp.]
References
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Taxa described in 1922
Octopuses
Prehistoric cephalopod genera