''Idioteuthis latipinna'' 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 ...

. It is the type species of the genus ''

Idioteuthis ''Idioteuthis'' is a genus of whip-lash squid containing at least one species. Some teuthologists consider it synonymous with '' Mastigoteuthis'', but genetics have confirmed the placement of this genus as distinct from all other genera in this f ...

''. Richard E. Young and Michael Vecchione consider ''I. latipinna'' to be a

junior synonym The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...

of '' I. cordiformis'' and the World Register of Marine Species states that it is a

taxon inquirendum In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century. The term t ...

. Image:Idioteuthis latipinna2.jpg, Oral view of arm suckers Image:Idioteuthis latipinna3.jpg, Oral view of tentacular club suckers

References

*Sasaki, M. 1916. Notes on Oegopsid Cephalopods Found in Japan. ''Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses'' 9(2): 89-120. *Sasaki, M. 1929. A Monograph of the Dibranchiate Cephalopods of the Japanese and Adjacent Waters. ''Journal of the College of Agriculture'', Hokkaido Imperial University, 20(supplement). 357 pp.

External links

Tree of Life web project: ''Idioteuthis latipinna''
Whip-lash squid Molluscs described in 1916 {{squid-stub