Bathyteuthis

Bathyteuthis are deep reddish maroon in colour and small in size, with none exceeding 80 mm in mantle length. Females have paired oviducts. == Reproduction ==

While the reproduction of many deep-sea squids is poorly known, one Bathyteuthis species, B. berryi, is known to brood its eggs after spawning. It lays relatively few eggs but these eggs are large, protected from predators and parasites, and develop and hatch at a depth decided by the parent. ==Taxonomy==

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. ==Species==

Six species of Bathyteuthis are currently recognized. • Bathyteuthis abyssicola Hoyle, 1885 • Bathyteuthis bacidifera Roper, 1968 • Bathyteuthis berryi Roper, 1968 • Bathyteuthis devoleii Judkins, Lindgren, Villanueva, Clark & Vecchione, 2020 • Bathyteuthis inopinata Judkins, Lindgren, Villanueva, Clark & Vecchione, 2020 • Bathyteuthis numerosa Judkins, Lindgren, Villanueva, Clark & Vecchione, 2020 ==References==