Alloteuthis

Alloteuthis
	Alloteuthis media
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Myopsida
Family:	Loliginidae
Genus:	Alloteuthis; Wülker, 1920[1]
Type species
	Sepia media; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
	Acrololigo Grimpe, 1921; Acruroteuthis Berry, 1920; Loligo (Alloteuthis) Wülker, 1920;

Alloteuthis is a genus of squids from the pencil squid family Loliginidae which has been considered a subgenus of the genus Loligo but both molecular analyses and morphological-anatomical analyses support the separation of these two taxa.[2]

Species

Alloteuthis as currently recognised comprises three species:[1]

Alloteuthis africana Adam, 1950, African squid
Alloteuthis media (Linnaeus, 1758), middlesize squid
Alloteuthis subulata (Lamarck, 1798), European common squid

References

Julian Finn (2016). "Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
P. Jereb; C.F.E. Roper, eds. (2010). Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization Rome. p. 48. ISBN 978-92-5-106720-8.

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[WoRMS-1] Julian Finn (2016). "Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

[FAO-2] P. Jereb; C.F.E. Roper, eds. (2010). Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization Rome. p. 48. ISBN 978-92-5-106720-8.