page_title: Bathyteuthis
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Bathyteuthis / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: English: Bathyteuthis sp.'s eye
context_page_description: Bathyteuthis is the singular genus of squid in the family Bathyteuthidae, encompassing three species. None has a mantle length greater than 80 mm.
  Bathyteuthis species are found scattered throughout the world’s oceans at mesopelagic to bathypelagic depths, commonly between 700 and 2,000 meters. They are found in deep-sea territories and can be spotted on the coast of New England.
  The genus contains bioluminescent species.
context_section_description: Bathyteuthis shares some characters with oegopsid squid and others with the Myopsida, hence its placement in a separate suborder, the Bathyteuthoidea, by some authorities. The paired oviducts (in females) and suckers without circularis muscles are characteristic of ordinary Oegopsida. However, buccal connective tissue with suckers and tentacle pockets in the head are characters found in myopsid squid, but absent in the Oegopsida.
caption: Eye of Bathyteuthis sp.
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