''Alloteuthis africana'', also known as the African squid, is a species of

squid True squid are molluscs with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight arms, and two tentacles in the superorder Decapodiformes, though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also called squid despite not strictly fitting t ...

in the family

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 V ...

. This species of squid is restricted to the Guinean province (from southern Morocco to southern Angola). To identify the ''Alloteuthis africana'' from other ''Alloteuthis'' congeners, it is highly recommended to measure the width of the squids head and the sucker size.

References

* Vecchione, M., E. Shea, S. Bussarawit, F. Anderson, D. Alexeyev, C.-C. Lu, T. Okutani, M. Roeleveld, C. Chotiyaputta, C. Roper, E. Jorgensen & N. Sukramongkol. (2005). ''Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin'' 66: 23–26. * Squid Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean Marine molluscs of Africa Molluscs described in 1950 {{squid-stub