MASTIGOTEUTHIDAE VERRILL, 1881
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A1A8781-FFC6-FFEA-A1C2-7947921809E7 |
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FAMILY MASTIGOTEUTHIDAE VERRILL, 1881 View in CoL
(16 SPECIES IN SIX GENERA)
Diagnosis: Medium to large adult-sized Chiroteuthoidea with enlarged ventral arms having expanded lateral membranes modified into sheaths for the tentacles; arm suckers in two series; with cylindrical long tentacles on which clubs are covered by multiple irregular series of tiny suckers, sometimes with larger suckers in the proximal end; with oval or ear-shaped funnel–mantle locking apparatus with tragus and antitragus; fins large to very large; short tail present (relatively long in paralarvae).
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