Heteroteuthidinae
| Heteroteuthidinae | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| Stoloteuthis leucoptera | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Cephalopoda | 
| Order: | Sepiolida | 
| Family: | Sepiolidae | 
| Subfamily: | Appellöf, 1898[1] | 
| Genera | |
Heteroteuthidinae is a subfamily of bobtail squid encompassing six genera and 19 recognized species. Unlike the other two subfamilies in the family Sepiolidae, they are pelagic as adults.[2]
Classification
- Subfamily Heteroteuthinae - Genus Amphorateuthis
- Genus Heteroteuthis - Heteroteuthis atlantis
- Heteroteuthis dagamensis
- Heteroteuthis dispar, odd bobtail
- Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis
- Heteroteuthis nordopacifica
- Heteroteuthis ryukyuensis
- Heteroteuthis serventyi
 
- Genus Iridoteuthis - Iridoteuthis iris
- Iridoteuthis lophia
- Iridoteuthis merlini
 
- Genus Nectoteuthis
- Genus Sepiolina - Sepiolina nipponensis, Japanese bobtail
- Sepiolina petasus
 
- Genus Stoloteuthis - Stoloteuthis cthulhui
- Stoloteuthis japonica
- Stoloteuthis leucoptera, butterfly bobtail squid
- Stoloteuthis maoria
- Stoloteuthis weberi
 
 
References
- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Heteroteuthidinae Appellöf, 1898". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Sanchez, G.; Taite, M.; Sugimoto, C.; Jolly, J.; Simakov, O.; Marlétaz, F.; Allcock, L.; Rokhsar, D. S. (2021). "Phylogenomics illuminates the evolution of bobtail and bottletail squid (Order Sepiolida)". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 819. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02348-y. PMC 8241861. PMID 34188187.