Neoteuthidae Explained

The Neoteuthidae are a family of squid comprising four monotypic genera. They are thought to be the closest relatives to the famous giant squid (Architeuthis dux).^[1]

Species

• Alluroteuthis
  • Alluroteuthis antarcticus, Antarctic neosquid
• Narrowteuthis
  • Narrowteuthis nesisi^[2]
• Neoteuthis
  • Neoteuthis thielei
• Nototeuthis
  • Nototeuthis dimegacotyle

External links

• Tree of Life web project: Neoteuthidae

Notes and References

1. Fernández-Álvarez . Fernando Ángel . Taite . Morag . Vecchione . Michael . Villanueva . Roger . Louise . Allcock . A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids . 2023-04-08 . academic.oup.com . 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069. free . 10261/267184 . free .
2. Young . R. E. . Vecchione . M. . Gardiner . Stephen L. . 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[566:NNANGA]2.0.CO;2 . Narrowteuthis nesisi, a new genus and new species of the squid family Neoteuthidae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) . Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 118 . 3 . 566–569 . 2005 . 86169259 .