''Stoloteuthis'' is a small

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in the

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and the

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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 ''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, the ...

'' (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
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