Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Chiroteuthoidea > Family Magnapinnidae

Magnapinna Vecchione & R. E. Young, 1998

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Magnapinna atlantica Vecchione & R. E. Young, 2006
Magnapinna talismani (H. Fischer & Joubin, 1906)

Literature

original description

Vecchione, M. & Young, R. E. (1998). The Magnapinnidae, a newly discovered family of oceanic squid (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). South African Journal of Marine Science. 20: 429-437.

basis of record

Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Magnapinnidae. In: Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 247-249.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Magnapinna Vecchione & R. E. Young, 1998. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341442

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2016-06-11 by Julian Finn

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