Pterygioteuthis

Pterygioteuthis
	Pterygioteuthis giardi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Pyroteuthidae
Genus:	Pterygioteuthis; Fischer, 1896
Type species
	Pterygioteuthis giardi; Fischer, 1896
Species
	Pterygioteuthis gemmata Chun, 1908; Pterygioteuthis giardi Fischer, 1896; Pterygioteuthis hoylei (Pfeffer, 1912); Pterygioteuthis microlampas Berry, 1913;

Pterygioteuthis is a genus of squid in the family Pyroteuthidae. Members are differentiated from the genus Pyroteuthis due to size and head shape. The genus is characterised by the presence of a lidded photophore over each eye.

References[edit]

^ Julian Finn (2016). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Pterygioteuthis, Fischer, 1896". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

External links[edit]

Tree of Life web project: Pterygioteuthis

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[WoRMS-1] Julian Finn (2016). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Pterygioteuthis, Fischer, 1896". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

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