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Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Mastigoteuthidae whiplashs squids

Genus: Mastigoteuthis

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13 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 10 cm ML
 
Mastigoteuthis agassizii
[Agassizi’s whiplash squid]
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Mastigoteuthis atlantica
[]
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Mastigoteuthis dentata
[]
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Mastigoteuthis flammea
[]
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Max. Length 11.2 cm ML
 
Mastigoteuthis glaukopsis
[Glaucous / blue whiplash squid]
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Mastigoteuthis grimaldii
[]
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Mastigoteuthis inermis
[]
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Mastigoteuthis iselini
[]
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Max. Length 21.5 cm ML
 
Mastigoteuthis microlucens
[]
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Mastigoteuthis psychrophila
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Mastigoteuthis pyrodes
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Mastigoteuthis schmidti
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Max. Length 1.5 cm ML
 
Mastigoteuthis tyroi
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