Heteroteuthidinae
| Heteroteuthidinae | |
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| Stoloteuthis leucoptera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiolida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Appellöf, 1898[1] |
| Genera | |
Heteroteuthidinae is a subfamily of bobtail squid encompassing six genera and 19 recognized species. Unlike the other two subfamilies in the family Sepiolidae, they are pelagic as adults.[2]
Classification
- Subfamily Heteroteuthinae
- Genus Amphorateuthis
- Genus Heteroteuthis
- Heteroteuthis atlantis
- Heteroteuthis dagamensis
- Heteroteuthis dispar, odd bobtail
- Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis
- Heteroteuthis nordopacifica
- Heteroteuthis ryukyuensis
- Heteroteuthis serventyi
- Genus Iridoteuthis
- Iridoteuthis iris
- Iridoteuthis lophia
- Iridoteuthis merlini
- Genus Nectoteuthis
- Genus Sepiolina
- Sepiolina nipponensis, Japanese bobtail
- Sepiolina petasus
- Genus Stoloteuthis
- Stoloteuthis cthulhui
- Stoloteuthis japonica
- Stoloteuthis leucoptera, butterfly bobtail squid
- Stoloteuthis maoria
- Stoloteuthis weberi
References
- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Heteroteuthidinae Appellöf, 1898". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Sanchez, G.; Taite, M.; Sugimoto, C.; Jolly, J.; Simakov, O.; Marlétaz, F.; Allcock, L.; Rokhsar, D. S. (2021). "Phylogenomics illuminates the evolution of bobtail and bottletail squid (Order Sepiolida)". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 819. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02348-y. PMC 8241861. PMID 34188187.