''Heteroteuthis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of deep-sea
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 ...
comprising five species.
Species
*Genus ''Heteroteuthis''
**Subgenus ''
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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
''Heteroteuthis weberi'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the Indo-Pacific waters off central Indonesia.
The type specimen was collected off Indonesia and is deposited at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris
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Stephanoteuthis
''Heteroteuthis'' is a genus of deep-sea bobtail squid comprising five species.
Species
*Genus ''Heteroteuthis''
**Subgenus '' Heteroteuthis''
***''Heteroteuthis dispar'', Odd Bobtail
***'' Heteroteuthis weberi''
**Subgenus '' Stephanoteuthis''
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Heteroteuthis dagamensis
''Heteroteuthis dagamensis'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean and southwestern Indian Ocean. It occurs off western, southern, and southeastern Africa.
The type specimen was collected off South Africa and is ...
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Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis
''Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the central and western Pacific Ocean. It occurs in waters off Hawaii, Bonin, the Ryukyu Islands, Indonesia, and the Great Australian Bight. ''H. hawaiiensis'' may also be pre ...
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Heteroteuthis serventyi
''Heteroteuthis serventyi'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean, off southeastern Australia.Reid, A. & P. Jereb 2005. Family Sepiolidae. ''In:'' P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. ''Cephalopods of the world. An annot ...
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External links
Tree of Life: ''Heteroteuthis''
Bobtail squid
Cephalopod genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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