Heteroteuthidinae
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| Heteroteuthidinae | |
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| Stoloteuthis leucoptera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteroteuthidinae Appellöf, 1898[1] |
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Amphorateuthis | |
Heteroteuthidinae is a subfamily of bobtail squid encompassing five genera and around ten species. Unlike the other two subfamilies in Sepiolidae, they are pelagic as adults.[2]
Classification
- Subfamily Heteroteuthinae
- Genus Amphorateuthis
- Genus Heteroteuthis
- Subgenus Heteroteuthis
- Heteroteuthis dispar, Odd Bobtail
- Heteroteuthis weberi
- Subgenus Stephanoteuthis
- Subgenus Heteroteuthis
- Genus Iridoteuthis
- Genus Nectoteuthis
- Genus Sepiolina
- Sepiolina nipponensis, Japanese Bobtail
- Genus Stoloteuthis
- Stoloteuthis leucoptera, Butterfly Bobtail Squid
References
- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Heteroteuthidinae Appellöf, 1898". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Phylogenomics illuminates the evolution of bobtail and bottletail squid (order Sepiolida)
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