Biology:Alloteuthis
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Short description: Genus of squids
| Alloteuthis | |
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| Alloteuthis media | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Myopsida |
| Family: | Loliginidae |
| Genus: | Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920[1] |
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| Sepia media Linnaeus, 1758
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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]
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Julian Finn (2016). "Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138138. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. Food and Agriculture Organization Rome. 2010. p. 48. ISBN 978-92-5-106720-8. http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3258789 entry
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