Alloteuthis

Alloteuthis
	Alloteuthis media
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.^[2]

Species[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.

[WoRMS-1] Julian Finn (2016). "Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

[FAO-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.

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