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Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920 
AphiaID: 138138

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Decapodiformes (Infraclass) > Myopsida (Order) > Loliginidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Sepia media Linnaeus, 1758 (type by monotypy)
Parent Loliginidae Lesueur, 1821
Synonymised
taxa
  Acrololigo Grimpe, 1921
Acroteuthis Berry, 1913 (Incalid: junior homonym of Acroteuthis Stolley, 1911; Acruroteuthis and Acrololigo are replacement names)
Acruroteuthis Berry, 1920
Loligo (Alloteuthis) Wülker, 1920
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Vecchione M., Brakoniecki T.F., Natsukari Y. & Hanlon R.T. (1998) A provisional generic classification of the family Loliginidae. Pp. 215-222, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Sweeney M.J. & Vecchione M. (1998) Generic and specific names introduced in the squid family Loliginidae. Pp. 223-237, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Alloteuthis africana Adam, 1950
Species Alloteuthis media (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Alloteuthis subulata (Lamarck, 1798)

Species Alloteuthis medius (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Alloteuthis media (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Alloteuthis subulatus (Lamarck, 1798) accepted as Alloteuthis subulata (Lamarck, 1798)
Environment marine
Distribution Angola [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138138
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2011-06-26 08:43:10Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138138 on 2013-05-20
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