''Stoloteuthis'' is a small

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of bobtail squid in the

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and the subfamily Heteroteuthidinae with one species, '' Stoloteuthis leucoptera'', which is found in the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the

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, the Indian Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean and the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Downloaded on 10 February 2018. The other species, ''Stoloteuthis japonica''. was described in 2011 from a

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collected off northeastern

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Species

Recognised species of ''Stoloteuthis'': * '' Stoloteuthis cthulhui'' Fernández-Álvarez, Sánchez & Villanueva, 2021 *'' Stoloteuthis japonica'' Kubodera & Okutani, 2011 *'' Stoloteuthis leucoptera'' (Verrill, 1878) * '' Stoloteuthis maoria'' (Dell, 1959) * '' Stoloteuthis weberi'' (Joubin, 1902) ;Synonyms: * ''Stoloteuthis iris'' Berry, 1909: synonym of '' Iridoteuthis iris'' (Berry, 1909) (original combination) * ''Stoloteuthis leucopterus'' (Verrill, 1878): synonym of ''Stoloteuthis leucoptera'' (Verrill, 1878) (Spelling variation) * ''Stoloteuthis nipponensis'' Berry, 1911: synonym of '' Sepiolina nipponensis'' (Berry, 1911) (original combination)

References

External links

Verrill A. E. (1880). The Cephalopods of the North-Eastern coast of America. Part II. The smaller Cephalopods, including the "squids" and the octopi, with other allied forms.. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5: 259-446

Vecchione, M. & Roper, C.F.E. (2014). Stoloteuthis Verrill, 1881. Version 21 January 2014

Reid, 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): 503-537
Cephalopod genera Bobtail squid Bioluminescent molluscs {{Sepiolida-stub