Heteroteuthidinae is a
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
of
bobtail squid
Bobtail squid (order Sepiolida) are a group of cephalopods closely related to cuttlefish. Bobtail squid tend to have a rounder mantle than cuttlefish and have no cuttlebone. They have eight suckered arms and two tentacles and are generally qui ...
encompassing five
genera
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 nomenclat ...
and around ten species.
Classification
*Subfamily Heteroteuthinae
**Genus ''
Amphorateuthis''
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Amphorateuthis alveatus''
**Genus ''
Heteroteuthis''
***Subgenus ''
Heteroteuthis''
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Heteroteuthis dispar
''Heteroteuthis dispar'', also known as the odd bobtail, is a small deep water squid found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Taxonomy
''Heteroteuthis dispar'' is a deep sea species of squid and relatively little is known ab ...
'', Odd Bobtail
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Heteroteuthis weberi''
***Subgenus ''
Stephanoteuthis''
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Heteroteuthis dagamensis''
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Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis''
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Heteroteuthis serventyi''
**Genus ''
Iridoteuthis
''Iridoteuthis'' is a genus of bobtail squid
Bobtail squid (order Sepiolida) are a group of cephalopods closely related to cuttlefish. Bobtail squid tend to have a rounder mantle than cuttlefish and have no cuttlebone. They have eight sucke ...
''
**Genus ''
Nectoteuthis
''Nectoteuthis pourtalesi'' is a bathybenthic species of bobtail squid native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, specifically Florida and the Antilles.
''N. pourtalesi'' grows to a mantle length of 11 mm (given as "length to dorsal e ...
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Nectoteuthis pourtalesi''
**Genus ''
Sepiolina''
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Sepiolina nipponensis'', Japanese Bobtail
**Genus ''
Stoloteuthis
''Stoloteuthis'' is a small genus of bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae and the subfamily Heteroteuthidinae with one species, '' Stoloteuthis leucoptera'', which is found in the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, th ...
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Stoloteuthis leucoptera
''Stoloteuthis leucoptera'', also known as the butterfly bobtail squid, is a widespread species of bobtail squid. Its natural range covers the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and southwestern Indian Ocean. It is distributed from the Gulf of S ...
'', Butterfly Bobtail Squid
References
External links
Tree of Life: HeteroteuthinaeCephBase: Heteroteuthinae
Bobtail squid
Taxa named by Adolf Appellöf
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