Sepioteuthis

Sepioteuthis
Reef squids
Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Myopsina
Family: Loliginidae
Genus: Sepioteuthis
Blainville, 1824
Species

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Sepioteuthis, commonly known as reef squids or oval squids, is a genus of loliginid squid. Reef squids are easily recognizable by their large rounded fins that extend along almost the entire length of their mantles, giving them a superficial resemblance to cuttlefish.[1]

Species

Three species are currently recognized,[2] though S. australis and S. lessoniana are believed to be cryptic species complexes.[3]

  • Sepioteuthis australis, Southern Reef Squid or Southern Calamary
  • Sepioteuthis lessoniana, Bigfin Reef Squid or Northern Calamary
  • Sepioteuthis sepioidea, Caribbean Reef Squid

References

  1. ^ Michael Vecchione & Richard E. Young (2010). "Sepioteuthis Blainville, 1824. Reef squids". The Tree of Life Web Project. http://tolweb.org/Sepioteuthis/19862. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 
  2. ^ M. Vecchione, E. Shea, S. Bussarawit, F. Anderson, D. Alexeyev, C.-C. Lu, T. Okutani, M. Roeleveld, C. Chotiyaputta, C. Roper, E. Jorgensen, and N. Sukramongkol (2005). "Systematics of Indo-West Pacific Loliginids". Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin (Phuket Marine Biological Center) 66: 23–26. ISSN 0858-1088. http://www.tolweb.org/tree/ToLdocuments/loliginidsystematics.pdf. Retrieved August 13, 2011. 
  3. ^ Lianos Triantafillos & Mark Adams (2005). "Genetic evidence that the northern calamary, Sepioteuthis lessoniana, is a species complex in Australian waters". ICES Journal of Marine Science (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Elsevier) 62: 1665–1670. doi:10.1016/j.icesjms.2005.06.004. ISSN 1054-3139. http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/162905/1/25.pdf. Retrieved August 17, 2011. 

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