Alloteuthis

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.

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
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