Asperoteuthis

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

Asperoteuthis acanthoderma
Asperoteuthis mangoldae
Asperoteuthis sp. B

Asperoteuthis is a genus of chiroteuthid squid comprising at least three species, two of which have been formally described.

[edit] References

  • Lu, C.C. 1977. A new species of squid, Chiroteuthis acanthoderma, from the Southwestern Pacific (Cephalopoda, Chirothidae). Steenstrupia Zoological Museum University of Copenhagen 4(16): 179–188.
  • Young, R.E., M. Vecchione & C.F.E. Roper 2007. A new genus and three new species of decapodiform cephalopods (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 17(2–3): 353–365. doi:10.1007/s11160-007-9044-z

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