Biology:Pyroteuthis

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Short description: Genus of squids

Pyroteuthis
Pyroteuthis margaritifera
Scientific classification e
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Mollusca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Cephalopoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Oegopsida
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Pyroteuthidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Pyroteuthis
Hoyle, 1904[1]
Type species
Enoploteuthis margaritifera
Rüppell, 1844
Species
Synonyms

Charibditeuthis Vivanti, 1912

Pyroteuthis is a genus of squid in the family Pyroteuthidae. It is differentiated from the genus Pterygioteuthis by size, head shape and behaviour. Species within the genus are separated by the arrangement of tentacular photophores; the shape of the hectocotylus, and the shape of the hectocotylus hooks. With the exception of the Tropical Eastern Pacific, the genus is circumpolar in tropical and temperate oceans. The species P. addolux is the only member to occur in the North Pacific.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3203887 entry