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Reconstruction of Trachyteuthis hastiformis | |
Trachyteuthis hastiformis, Jura Museum | |
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Family: | Trachyteuthididae Naef, 1922
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Subfamily: | Trachyteuthidinae Naef, 1921
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Genus: | Trachyteuthis Meyer, 1846
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Trachyteuthis is a genus of extinct octopodiform cephalopods, comprising six species: T. hastiformis, T. latipinnis, T. nusplingensis, T. teudopsiformis,[2] T. covacevichi[3] and T. chilensis.[1]