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 botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
of
bobtail squid
Bobtail squid (order Sepiolida) are a group of cephalopods closely related to cuttlefish. Bobtail squid tend to have a rounder mantle (mollusc), mantle than cuttlefish and have no cuttlebone. They have eight suckered arms and two tentacles and ar ...
encompassing six
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
and 17 recognized species. Unlike the other two subfamilies in
Sepiolidae, they are pelagic as adults.
Classification
*Subfamily Heteroteuthinae
**Genus ''
Amphorateuthis''
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Amphorateuthis alveatus''
**Genus ''
Heteroteuthis''
***Subgenus ''
Heteroteuthis''
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Heteroteuthis dispar'', 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 comprising three species. They belong to the subfamily Heteroteuthinae of the family Sepiolidae.
Species
*'' Iridoteuthis iris'' (Berry, 1909)
* '' Iridoteuthis lophia'' A. Reid, 2021
* '' Iridoteuthi ...
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**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 ...
''
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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 (biology), family Sepiolidae and the subfamily Heteroteuthidinae with one species, ''Stoloteuthis leucoptera'', which is found in the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediter ...
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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 St ...
'', Butterfly Bobtail Squid
References
External links
Tree of Life: HeteroteuthinaeCephBase: Heteroteuthinae
Bobtail squid
Taxa named by Adolf Appellöf
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