Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Sepiida > Suborder Sepiolina > Superfamily Sepioloidea > Family Sepiolidae > Subfamily Heteroteuthinae > Genus Heteroteuthis

Heteroteuthis dispar (Rüppell, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Sepiola Leach, 1817

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Heteroteuthis*	J. E. Gray, 1849	accepted genus name
*Heteroteuthis (Heteroteuthis)*	J. E. Gray, 1849	synonym

Species group names

*Heteroteuthis (Heteroteuthis) dispar*	(Rüppell, 1844)	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: cuttlefish; odd bobtail; odd bobtail squid sources: Bermuda Biodiversity Database;van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).;Jereb, P.; Roper, C. F. E. (2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates.

French: sépiole différente sources: Jereb, P.; Roper, C. F. E. (2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates.

Greek: Άστατη σουπίτσα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: globito aberrante

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
additional source	Rotermund N. & Guerrero-Kommritz J. (2010) Taxonomy and biogeography of the genus Heteroteuthis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90(2): 367-390.
additional source	Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Heteroteuthis dispar (Rüppell, 1844). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141446