''Heteroteuthis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 (mollusc), mantle than cuttlefish and have no cuttlebone. They have eight suckered arms and two tentacles and ar ...
comprising five species.
Species
*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
''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''
External links
Tree of Life: ''Heteroteuthis''
Bobtail squid
Cephalopod genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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