Pholidoteuthis is a genus of squid in the monotypic family Pholidoteuthidae, comprising at least two species. The defunct genus Tetronychoteuthis was previously incorporated into Pholidoteuthidae based upon a singular taxon known as Tetronychoteuthis massyae. Following the discovery of Pholidoteuthis boschmai in 1950, T. massaye was placed into Pholidoteuthis, with Tetronoychoteuthis considered a nomen dubium. P. boschmai is now considered a junior synonym of P. massyae.[2]

Pholidoteuthis
Pholidoteuthis massyae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Superfamily: Pholidoteuthoidea
Adam, 1950
Family: Pholidoteuthidae
Adam, 1950
Genus: Pholidoteuthis
Adam, 1950[1]
Type species
Pholidoteuthis massyae
(Pfeffer, 1912)
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References

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  1. ^ Philippe Bouchet (2018). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Pholidoteuthis Adam, 1950". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b O'Shea, S., G. Jackson & K.S. Bolstad 2007. "The nomenclatural status, ontogeny and morphology of Pholidoteuthis massyae (Pfeffer, 1912) new comb (Cephalopoda: Pholidoteuthidae)" (PDF). (680 KiB) Rev. Fish Biol. Fisheries 17: 425–435. doi:10.1007/s11160-007-9047-9
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