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Alloteuthis
Sign in to saveAlloteuthis 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.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassCephalopoda
- OrderMyopsida
- FamilyLoliginidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Loliginidae
- Collections
- USNM, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Ghana, France, Liberia, Italy, Ivory Coast, United Kingdom, Gabon
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- Parent taxon
- Loliginidae
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- Alloteuthis subulata.png
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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.
==Species== Alloteuthis as currently recognised comprises three species: Alloteuthis africana Adam, 1950, African squid Alloteuthis media (Linnaeus, 1758), middlesize squid Alloteuthis subulata (Lamarck, 1798), European common squid
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