''Iridoteuthis'' is a
genus
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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 ...
comprising three species. They belong to the subfamily Heteroteuthinae of the family Sepiolidae.
Species
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Iridoteuthis iris
''Iridoteuthis iris'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the northern central Pacific Ocean; it occurs near the Hawaiian Islands off the southeast and northwest Hancock, Colahan, and Kammu seamounts. There exists a doubtful record from the C ...
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Berry 1909
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Iridoteuthis lophia''
A. Reid, 2021
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Iridoteuthis merlini''
A. Reid, 2021
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Iridoteuthis maoria''
Dell
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, 1959: synonym of ''
Stoloteuthis maoria
''Stoloteuthis maoria'' is a species of bobtail squid native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It occurs in Cook Strait and Chatham Rise off North Island in New Zealand, and has also been recorded from the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges ...
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(Dell, 1959)
References
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
External links
Naef, A. (1912). Teuthologische Notizen, 2: Die Gattungen der Sepioliden. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 39(7):244-248Reid, A.L. (2021). Two new species of Iridoteuthis (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae: Heteroteuthinae) from the southwest Pacific, with a redescription of Stoloteuthis maoria (Dell, 1959). Zootaxa. 5005(4): 503-537Tree of Life: Iridoteuthis
Bobtail squid
Cephalopod genera
Taxa named by Adolf Naef
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