Heteroteuthidinae

Heteroteuthidinae
Stoloteuthis leucoptera
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiolida
Family: Sepiolidae
Subfamily: Heteroteuthidinae
Appellöf, 1898
Genera

Amphorateuthis
Heteroteuthis
Iridoteuthis
Nectoteuthis
Sepiolina
Stoloteuthis

Heteroteuthidinae is a subfamily of bobtail squid encompassing six genera and 17 recognized species. Unlike the other two subfamilies in Sepiolidae, they are pelagic as adults.