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Pyroteuthis
Sign in to savePyroteuthis is a genus of squid in the family Pyroteuthidae. It is differentiated from the genus Pterygioteuthis by size, head shape and behaviour. Species within the genus are separated by the arrangement of tentacular photophores; the shape of the hectocotylus, and the shape of the hectocotylus hooks. With the exception of the Tropical Eastern Pacific, the genus is circumpolar in tropical and temperate oceans. The species P. addolux is the only member to occur in the North Pacific.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassCephalopoda
- OrderOegopsida
- FamilyPyroteuthidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 76
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Pyroteuthidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK, CAS, NMV, YPM, TCWC
- Recorded in
- Philippines, New Zealand, United States, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Fire squid
- Image
- Pyroteuthismargaritifera.jpg
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- Pyroteuthis
- taxon name
- Pyroteuthis
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- genus
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Pyroteuthis is a genus of squid in the family Pyroteuthidae. It is differentiated from the genus Pterygioteuthis by size, head shape and behaviour. Species within the genus are separated by the arrangement of tentacular photophores; the shape of the hectocotylus, and the shape of the hectocotylus hooks. With the exception of the Tropical Eastern Pacific, the genus is circumpolar in tropical and temperate oceans. The species P. addolux is the only member to occur in the North Pacific.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pyroteuthis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.