Heteroteuthis dagamensis is a species of bobtail squid native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean and southwestern Indian Ocean. It occurs off western, southern, and southeastern Africa.[3]
| Heteroteuthis dagamensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiolida |
| Family: | Sepiolidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteroteuthidinae |
| Genus: | Heteroteuthis |
| Species: | H. dagamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteroteuthis dagamensis | |
The type specimen was collected off South Africa and is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.[4]
References
edit- ^ Allcock, L.; Barratt, I. (2012). "Heteroteuthis dagamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T162536A911229. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T162536A911229.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Heteroteuthis (Stephanoteuthis) dagamensis Robson, 1924". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Reid, A. & P. Jereb 2005. Family Sepiolidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 153–203.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
External links
edit- "CephBase: Heteroteuthis dagamensis". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
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