''Echinoteuthis danae'' is a species of
whip-lash squid
The Mastigoteuthidae, also known as whip-lash squid, are a family of small deep-sea squid. Approximately 20 known species in six genera are represented, with members found in both the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zone of most oceans. Originally d ...
. Known only from specimens of paralarvae, the species may be the juvenile form of ''
Echinoteuthis atlantica''.
References
;Notes
;Sources
*Joubin, L. 1933. Notes préliminaires sur les Céphalopodes des croisières du Dana (1921-1922). 4e Partie. ''Annales de l'Institut Océanographique'' 13: 1-49.
External links
Tree of Life web project: ''Mastigoteuthis danae''
Whip-lash squid
Molluscs described in 1933
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