Discoteuthis

Discoteuthis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Cycloteuthidae
Genus:	Discoteuthis; Young & Roper, 1969
Type species
	Discoteuthis discus; Young & Roper, 1969
Species
	Discoteuthis discus Young & Roper, 1969; Discoteuthis laciniosa Young & Roper, 1969; Discoteuthis sp. A; Discoteuthis sp. B;

Discoteuthis is a genus of squid in the family Cycloteuthidae. It is distinguished from the genus Cycloteuthis by the absence of a tail on the mantle. The genus occurs in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.^[2]

References

^ Julian Finn (2016). "Discoteuthis Young & Roper, 1969". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute.
^ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.

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