Sepioteuthis
Appearance
Reef squids | |
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Sepioteuthis lessoniana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Myopsida |
Family: | Loliginidae |
Genus: | Sepioteuthis Blainville, 1824 |
Type species | |
Loligo sepioidea Blainville, 1823
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Species | |
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Sepioteuthis, usually known as reef squids or oval squids, is a genus of pencil squid. They have large rounded fins along their mantles, their appearance is similar to cuttlefish.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Michael Vecchione & Richard E. Young (2010). "Sepioteuthis Blainville, 1824. Reef squids". The Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved October 16, 2011.