Heteroteuthidinae

Heteroteuthidinae
	Stoloteuthis leucoptera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiida
Family:	Sepiolidae
Subfamily:	Heteroteuthidinae; Appellöf, 1898
Genera
	Amphorateuthis; Heteroteuthis; Iridoteuthis; Nectoteuthis; Sepiolina; Stoloteuthis

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[edit]

Subfamily Heteroteuthinae
- Genus Amphorateuthis
  - Amphorateuthis alveatus
- Genus Heteroteuthis
  - Subgenus Heteroteuthis
    - Heteroteuthis dispar, Odd Bobtail
    - Heteroteuthis weberi
  - Subgenus Stephanoteuthis
- Genus Iridoteuthis
- Genus Nectoteuthis
  - Nectoteuthis pourtalesi
- Genus Sepiolina
  - Sepiolina nipponensis, Japanese Bobtail
- Genus Stoloteuthis
  - Stoloteuthis leucoptera, Butterfly Bobtail Squid

References[edit]

^ 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.

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[WoRMS-1] Julian Finn (2016). "Heteroteuthidinae Appellöf, 1898". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

[2] 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.

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