Alloteuthis | |
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Alloteuthis media | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Myopsida |
Family: | Loliginidae |
Genus: | Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920[1] |
Type species | |
Sepia media Linnaeus, 1758
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Synonyms[1] | |
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]
Alloteuthis as currently recognised comprises three species:[1]