Taonius
Encyclopedia
Taonius is a genus
of glass squid
. Although it comprises only two recognised species, it has been suggested there may be as many as five species.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of glass squid
Glass squid
The family Cranchiidae comprises the approximately 60 species of glass squid, also known as cranchiid or cranch squid. Cranchiid squid occur in surface and midwater depths of open oceans around the world. They range in mantle length from to over , in the case of the Colossal Squid. The common...
. Although it comprises only two recognised species, it has been suggested there may be as many as five species.