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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Sepiolida

Familia: Sepiolidae
Genus: Stoloteuthis
Species:
Name

Stoloteuthis

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Stoloteuthis is a small genus of bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae and the subfamily Heteroteuthidinae with one species, Stoloteuthis leucoptera, which is found in the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean and the southwestern Pacific Ocean.[2] The other species, Stoloteuthis japonica. was described in 2011 from a type specimen collected off northeastern Honshu.[3]
Species

Recognised species of Stoloteuthis:[1]

Stoloteuthis cthulhui Fernández-Álvarez, Sánchez & Villanueva, 2021
Stoloteuthis japonica Kubodera & Okutani, 2011
Stoloteuthis leucoptera (Verrill, 1878)
Stoloteuthis maoria (Dell, 1959)
Stoloteuthis weberi (Joubin, 1902)

Synonyms

Stoloteuthis iris Berry, 1909: synonym of Iridoteuthis iris (Berry, 1909) (original combination)
Stoloteuthis leucopterus (Verrill, 1878): synonym of Stoloteuthis leucoptera (Verrill, 1878) (Spelling variation)
Stoloteuthis nipponensis Berry, 1911: synonym of Sepiolina nipponensis (Berry, 1911) (original combination)

References

Julian Finn (2016). "Stoloteuthis Verrill, 1881". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
Allcock, L.; Barratt, I. (2012). "Stoloteuthis leucoptera". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162502A903824. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162502A903824.en. Downloaded on 10 February 2018.
Tsunemi Kuboder; Takashi Okutani (2011). "New Additions of Luminous Bobtail Squids to the Japanese Cephalopod Fauna (Sepiolida: Sepiolidae: Heteroteuthinae". Venus. 69 (3–4): 145–161.

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