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Heteroteuthidinae

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Heteroteuthidinae
Stoloteuthis leucoptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Heteroteuthidinae
Appellöf, 1898[1]
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.[2]

Classification

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References

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  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.
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