''Alloteuthis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of squids from the pencil squid

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Loliginidae Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids, is an aquatic family of squid classified in the order Myopsida. Taxonomy The family Loliginidae was formerly classified in the order Teuthida. Taxonomic list The classification below follows ...

which has been considered a subgenus of the genus ''

Loligo ''Loligo'' is a genus of squid and one of the most representative and widely distributed groups of myopsid squid. The genus was first described by Jean Baptiste Lamarck in 1798. However, the name had been used earlier than Lamarck (Schneider, ...

'' but both molecular analyses and morphological-anatomical analyses support the separation of these two taxa.

Species

''Alloteuthis'' as currently recognised comprises three species: *'' Alloteuthis africana'' Adam, 1950, African squid *''

Alloteuthis media ''Alloteuthis media'', the midsize squid or little squid, is a species of squid in the family Loliginidae from the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. It is generally a by-catch species in trawl fisheries, although there is an active fis ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758), middlesize squid *''

Alloteuthis subulata ''Alloteuthis subulata'', the European common squid, is a species of squid in the family Loliginidae. Distribution ''Alloteuthis subulata'' is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean as far south as North-west Africa, the North Sea, the western Ba ...

'' (

Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...

, 1798), European common squid

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3258789 Squid Cephalopod genera