Asperoteuthis Explained

Asperoteuthis is a genus of chiroteuthid squid comprising four species:

• Asperoteuthis acanthoderma Lu, 1977
• Asperoteuthis lui Salcedo-Vargas, 1999^[1]
• Asperoteuthis mangoldae Young, Vecchione & Roper, 2007
• Asperoteuthis nesisi Arkhipkin & Laptikhovsky, 2008^[2]

References

• Lu, C.C. 1977. A new species of squid, Chiroteuthis acanthoderma, from the Southwestern Pacific (Cephalopoda, Chirothidae). Steenstrupia Zoological Museum University of Copenhagen 4(16): 179–188.
• Young, R.E., M. Vecchione & C.F.E. Roper 2007. A new genus and three new species of decapodiform cephalopods (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 17(2–3): 353–365.

External links

• Tree of Life web project: Asperoteuthis

Notes and References

1. Salcedo-Vargas, M.A. 1999. An asperoteuthid squid (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Chiroteuthidae) from New Zealand misidentified as Architeuthis. Zoosystematics and Evolution 75(1): 47–49.
2. Arkhipkin, A.I. & V.V. Laptikhovsky 2008. Discovery of the fourth species of the enigmatic chiroteuthid squid Asperoteuthis (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) and extension of the range of the genus to the South Atlantic. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(3): 203–207.