Echinoteuthis atlantica explained

Echinoteuthis atlantica is a species of whip-lash squid from the family Mastigoteuthidae. It occurs in the eastern North and South Atlantic Ocean.^[1] This squid is red in colour and similar to Echinoteuthis famelica of the Pacific but differs in having a well developed protective membrane on the tentacular club which is absent on E. famelica. The presence on this membrane on Echinoteuthis glaukopis from the Indian Ocean suggests that this may be a synonym of E. atlantica, in which case glaukopis has priority.^[2]

References

• Joubin, L. 1933. Notes préliminaires sur les Céphalopodes des croisières du Dana (1921-1922). 4e Partie. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique 13: 1-49.

External links

• Tree of Life web project: Mastigoteuthis atlantica

Notes and References

1. Book: P. Jereb . C.F.E. Roper . 2010 . Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids . Food and Agriculture Organization Rome . 978-92-5-106720-8 . 253 .
2. Web site: Echinoteuthis atlantica (Joubin, 1933) . 1 March 2018 . Tree of Life Project . Richard E. Young . Michael Vecchione . Michael Vecchione . 2014 . 1 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180301170224/http://tolweb.org/Echinoteuthis_atlantica/19509 . dead .