chiroteuthid

plural chiroteuthids

1. marine biologybiologyAny squid in the family Chiroteuthidae, sometimes called whiplash squids.

   All chiroteuthids have distinct tentacles and club morphology, but given the extreme length and fragility of these structures, they are often lost during capture, especially in nets, or when specimens have been recovered from fisheries^([sic]) bycatch.

   2010, Rebecca Mensch, A systematic review of the squid genus Chiroteuthis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in New Zealand waters, Earth & Oceanic Sciences Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology, page 3

   Synonyms: whiplash squid

comparative more chiroteuthid · superlative most chiroteuthid

1. marine biologybiologyRelating to, of characteristic of, squids of the family Chiroteuthidae.

   Members of the “chiroteuthid lineage” which apparently includes the Chiroteuthidae, Mastigoteuthidae, Joubiniteuthidae, Batoteuthidae, Promachoteuthidae and “big-fin” may all have secondarily derived tentacular clubs.

   1991 September 1, Richard Edward Young, “Chiroteuthid and Related Paralarvae from Hawaiian Waters”, in Bulletin of Marine Science, volume 49, numbers 1-2, University of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric & Earth Science, pages 162-185

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   The chiroteuthid families are a clade united morphologically by the absence of a primary tentacle club and the presence of a secondary tentacle club, comprising six families: the Chiroteuthidae, Mastigoteuthidae, Joubiniteuthidae, Promachoteuthidae, Batoteuthidae, and Magnapinnidae.

   2017 January 17, Heather E. Braid, Tsunemi Kubodera, Kathrin S. R. Bolstad, “One step closer to understanding the chiroteuthid families in the Pacific Ocean”, in Recent Advances in Knowledge of Cephalopod Biodiversity, volume 47, →DOI, pages 659-683