Asperoteuthis

Asperoteuthis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Teuthida
Family: Chiroteuthidae
Genus: Asperoteuthis
Nesis, 1980
Species

A. acanthoderma
A. lui[1]
A. mangoldae
A. nesisi[2]

Asperoteuthis is a genus of chiroteuthid squid comprising four species:[2]

References

  1. Salcedo-Vargas, M.A. 1999. An asperoteuthid squid (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Chiroteuthidae) from New Zealand misidentified as Architeuthis. Zoosystematics and Evolution 75(1): 47–49. doi:10.1002/mmnz.19990750106
  2. 1 2 Arkhipkin, A.I. & V.V. Laptikhovsky 2008. Discovery of the fourth species of the enigmatic chiroteuthid squid Asperoteuthis (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) and extension of the range of the genus to the South Atlantic. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(3): 203–207. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn007

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