Alloteuthis
Alloteuthis is a genus of squids from the pencil squid family Loliginidae which has been considered a subgenus of the genus Loligo but both molecular analyses and morphological-anatomical analyses support the separation of these two taxa.[2]
| Alloteuthis | |
|---|---|
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| Alloteuthis media | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Myopsida |
| Family: | Loliginidae |
| Genus: | Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sepia media Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
Alloteuthis as currently recognised comprises three species:[1]
- Alloteuthis africana Adam, 1950, African squid
- Alloteuthis media (Linnaeus, 1758), middlesize squid
- Alloteuthis subulata (Lamarck, 1798), European common squid
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References
- Julian Finn (2016). "Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- P. Jereb; C.F.E. Roper, eds. (2010). Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization Rome. p. 48. ISBN 978-92-5-106720-8.
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