Alloteuthis
| Alloteuthis | |
|---|---|
| Alloteuthis media | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Myopsida |
| Family: | Loliginidae |
| Genus: | Alloteuthis Wülker, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Sepia media Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
Alloteuthis is a genus of squids from the pencil squid family Loliginidae which has been considered a subgenus of the genus Loligo but both molecular analyses and morphological-anatomical analyses support the separation of these two taxa.