Alloteuthis

Alloteuthis
Alloteuthis media
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Myopsida
Family: Loliginidae
Genus: Alloteuthis
Wülker, 1920
Type species
Sepia media
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Acrololigo Grimpe, 1921
  • Acruroteuthis Berry, 1920
  • Loligo (Alloteuthis) Wülker, 1920

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.

Species

Alloteuthis as currently recognised comprises three species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Julian Finn (2016). "Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ↑ 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.