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Mastigoteuthis agassizii is a whiplash squid of the Atlantic named after naturalist Louis Agassiz, with elongated tentacles bearing suckers used as passive prey-capture lures.
Mastigoteuthis magna is one of the larger species in family Mastigoteuthidae, a whiplash squid of the Atlantic Ocean with characteristically long, lure-like tentacles.
Mastigoteuthis flammea is a mastigoteuthid whiplash squid of the Atlantic Ocean, distinguished by vivid reddish-orange chromatophore coloration on its slender body.
Mastigoteuthis pyrodes is a whiplash squid of the family Mastigoteuthidae found in the Atlantic, its species epithet referring to its fire-like reddish coloration.
Mastigoteuthis glaukopis is a mastigoteuthid squid of deep Atlantic and Indo-Pacific waters, its name meaning bright-eyed in reference to its notably large eyes.
