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Heteroteuthidinae
Stoloteuthis leucoptera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiolida
Family:	Sepiolidae
Subfamily:	Heteroteuthidinae Appellöf, 1898
Genera
Amphorateuthis Heteroteuthis Iridoteuthis Nectoteuthis Sepiolina Stoloteuthis

Heteroteuthidinae is a subfamily of bobtail squid encompassing six genera and 17 recognized species. Unlike the other two subfamilies in Sepiolidae, they are pelagic as adults.

Classification

• Subfamily Heteroteuthinae
  • Genus Amphorateuthis
    • Amphorateuthis alveatus
  • Genus Heteroteuthis
    • Subgenus Heteroteuthis
      • Heteroteuthis dispar, Odd Bobtail
      • Heteroteuthis weberi
    • Subgenus Stephanoteuthis
      • Heteroteuthis dagamensis
      • Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis
      • Heteroteuthis serventyi
  • Genus Iridoteuthis
  • Genus Nectoteuthis
    • Nectoteuthis pourtalesi
  • Genus Sepiolina
    • Sepiolina nipponensis, Japanese Bobtail
  • Genus Stoloteuthis
    • Stoloteuthis leucoptera, Butterfly Bobtail Squid

References

1. Julian Finn (2016). "Heteroteuthidinae Appellöf, 1898". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
2. 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.

External links

• Tree of Life: Heteroteuthinae
• CephBase: Heteroteuthinae

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