Alluroteuthis antarctica

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
Superordo: Decapodiformes
Ordo: Teuthida
Subordo: Oegopsina
Familia: Neoteuthidae
Genus: Alluroteuthis
Species: A. antarctica

Name

Alluroteuthis Odhner, 1923

References

* CephBase [1]

The Antarctic Neosquid (Alluroteuthis antarcticus) is the only neosquid in the genus Alluroteuthis.[1] The tentacles are relatively short compared to the arms. Nils Hjalmar Odhner, discoverer of the species, suggested that Parateuthis tunicata, discovered by Johannes Thiele in 1920, might be a young Antarctic Neosquid. The validity of this suggestion is still in question. The name is derived from its habitat in the Antarctic Ocean.

References

1. ^ a b ""Alluroteuthis antarcticus"". Tree of Life Web Project. http://tolweb.org/Alluroteuthis_antarcticus/19925. Retrieved 9 November 2010.