Heteroteuthinae

Heteroteuthinae

Stoloteuthis leucoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiolida
Family:	Sepiolidae
Subfamily:	Heteroteuthinae Appellöf, 1898
Genera
Amphorateuthis Heteroteuthis Iridoteuthis Nectoteuthis Sepiolina Stoloteuthis

Heteroteuthinae is a subfamily of bobtail squid encompassing five genera and around ten species.

Classification

Subfamily Heteroteuthinae
- Genus Amphorateuthis
  - Amphorateuthis alveatus
- Genus Heteroteuthis
  - Subgenus Heteroteuthis
    - Heteroteuthis dispar, Odd Bobtail
    - Heteroteuthis weberi
  - Subgenus Stephanoteuthis
- Genus Iridoteuthis
  - Iridoteuthis iris
  - Iridoteuthis maoria
- Genus Nectoteuthis
  - Nectoteuthis pourtalesi
- Genus Sepiolina
  - Sepiolina nipponensis, Japanese Bobtail
- Genus Stoloteuthis
  - Stoloteuthis leucoptera, Butterfly Bobtail Squid

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