Parateuthis Parateuthis

Parateuthis - Definition and Overview

Parateuthis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Cephalopoda
Subclass:Coleoidea
Order:Teuthida
Suborder:Oegopsina
Family:(uncertain group)
Genus:Parateuthis
Thiele, 1920
Species:P. tunicata
Binomial name
Parateuthis tunicata
Thiele, 1920


Parateuthis tunicata, the only known member of the genus Parateuthis, is the scientific name currently given to a species based off of a single specimen. The validity of Parateuthis and of P. tunicata is uncertain. The sole specimen was found in the Antarctic Ocean, and is held in the repository at the Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat in Berlin, Germany.

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