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

Mastigoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chiroteuthopsis*	Pfeffer, 1900	synonym

Children

Mastigoteuthis flammea Chun, 1908
Mastigoteuthis grimaldii (Joubin, 1895)
Mastigoteuthis schmidti Degner, 1925

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ムチイカ属

Literature

basis of record	Braid H.E., McBride P.D. & Bolstad K.S.R. (2014) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) based on three mitochondrial genes. Hydrobiologia 725: 145–164.
additional source	Salcedo-Vargas, M. A. ; Okutani, T. (1994). New Classification of the Squid Family Mastigoteuthidae (Cephalopoda:Oegopsida). VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 53(2): 119 - 127.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Mastigoteuthidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. 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. 250-256.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mastigoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881. 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:138168