Lycoteuthidae

The Lycoteuthidae are a family of squid comprising four known genera in two subfamilies. They are small muscular squid characterised by a lack of hooks and by photophores present on the viscera, eyeballs and tentacles. They inhabit tropical and subtropical seas where the diel migrants which stay down in the mesopelagic zone during the day and migrate to the surface to feed at night. Some species show strong sexual dimorphism.[2]

Lycoteuthidae
Lampadioteuthis megaleia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Lycoteuthidae
Pfeffer, 1908[1]
Type genus
Lycoteuthis
Pfeffer, 1900
Genera

See text

Species

Subfamily Lampadioteuthinae

Subfamily Lycoteuthinae

References
  1. Julian Finn (2016). "Lycoteuthidae Pfeffer, 1908". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. Michael Vecchione & Richard E. Young (1999). "Lycoteuthidae Pfeffer, 1908. Version 01 January 1999". The Tree of Life Web Project.


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