African Squid

African Squid

Taxobox
name = African Squid


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Teuthida
familia = Loliginidae
genus = "Loligo"
subgenus = "Alloteuthis"
species = "L. africana"
binomial = "Loligo africana"
binomial_authority = (Adam, 1950)
synonyms =
*"Alloteuthis africana"
Adam, 1950

The African Squid, "Loligo africana", is a species of squid in the family Loliginidae. [Adam, W. 1950. Notes sur les Céphalopodes. XXII. Deux nouvelles espèces de la côte africaine occidentale. "Bulletin du Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique" 26(45): 1–9.]

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