Asperoteuthis

Asperoteuthis is a genus of chiroteuthid squid comprising four species:^[2]

• Asperoteuthis acanthoderma Lu, 1977
• Asperoteuthis lui Salcedo-Vargas, 1999^[3]
• Asperoteuthis mangoldae Young, Vecchione & Roper, 2007
• Asperoteuthis nesisi Arkhipkin & Laptikhovsky, 2008^[2]

Asperoteuthis
Asperoteuthis acanthoderma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Chiroteuthidae
Genus:	Asperoteuthis Nesis, 1980[1]
Type species
Chiroteuthis acanthoderma Lu, 1977
Species
see text

References

1. Julian Finn (2016). "Asperoteuthis Nesis, 1980". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn007
3. Salcedo-Vargas, M.A. 1999. An asperoteuthid squid (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Chiroteuthidae) from New Zealand misidentified as Architeuthis. Zoosystematics and Evolution 75(1): 47–49. doi:10.1002/mmnz.19990750106

• 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. doi:10.1007/s11160-007-9044-z

External links

• CephBase: Asperoteuthis
• Tree of Life web project: Asperoteuthis