Alloteuthis africana explained

Alloteuthis africana, also known as the African squid, is a species of squid in the family Loliginidae.^[1] This species of squid is restricted to the Guinean province (from southern Morocco to southern Angola). To identify the Alloteuthis africana from other Alloteuthis congeners, it is highly recommended to measure the width of the squids head and the sucker size.^[2]

References

• Vecchione, M., E. Shea, S. Bussarawit, F. Anderson, D. Alexeyev, C.-C. Lu, T. Okutani, M. Roeleveld, C. Chotiyaputta, C. Roper, E. Jorgensen & N. Sukramongkol. (2005). Web site: Systematics of Indo-West Pacific loliginids. . Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66: 23–26.
• Arkhipkin . Alexander . Nekludova . Nataly . Age, growth and maturation of the loliginid squids Alloteuthis africana and A. subulata on the west African shelf . Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom . 1993 . 73 . 4 . 949–961 . 10.1017/S0025315400034822. 85906261 .

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Anderson. Frank E.. Pilsits. Adria. Clutts. Stephanie. Laptikhovsky. Vladimir. Bello. Giambattista. Balguerías. Eduardo. Lipinski. Marek. Nigmatulin. Chingis. Pereira. João M. F.. Piatkowski. Uwe. Robin. Jean-Paul. 2008-10-03. Systematics of Alloteuthis (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) based on molecular and morphometric data. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 364. 2. 99–109. 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.07.026 .