Alloteuthis africana

Alloteuthis africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Teuthida
Family:	Loliginidae
Genus:	Alloteuthis
Species:	A. africanus
Binomial name
	Alloteuthis africanus; Adam, 1950
Synonyms
	Alloteuthis africana; Adam, 1950; Loligo africana; (Adam, 1950);

Alloteuthis africanus, also known as the African squid, is a species of squid in the family Loliginidae.^[1]

References

^ Adam, W. 1950. Notes sur les Céphalopodes. XXII. Deux nouvelles espèces de la côte africaine occidentale. Bulletin du Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 26(45): 1–9.

Vecchione, M., E. Shea, S. Bussarawit, F. Anderson, D. Alexeyev, C.-C. Lu, T. Okutani, M. Roeleveld, C. Chotiyaputta, C. Roper, E. Jorgensen & N. Sukramongkol. (2005). "Systematics of Indo-West Pacific loliginids" (PDF). Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66: 23–26.

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