{{Short description|Genus of squids}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pyroteuthismargaritifera.jpg | image_caption = ''Pyroteuthis margaritifera'' | taxon = Pyroteuthis | authority = Hoyle, 1904<ref name = WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS|author=Julian Finn|year=2016|title=''Pyroteuthis'' Hoyle, 1904|accessdate=18 March 2018|id=138423|db=MolluscaBase}}</ref> | type_species = ''Enoploteuthis margaritifera'' | type_species_authority = Rüppell, 1844 | synonyms = ''Charibditeuthis'' Vivanti, 1912 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''Pyroteuthis addolux'' *''Pyroteuthis margaritifera'' *''Pyroteuthis serrata'' }}
'''''Pyroteuthis''''' is a genus of squid in the family Pyroteuthidae. It is differentiated from the genus ''Pterygioteuthis'' by size, head shape and behaviour. Species within the genus are separated by the arrangement of tentacular photophores; the shape of the hectocotylus, and the shape of the hectocotylus hooks. With the exception of the Tropical Eastern Pacific, the genus is circumpolar in tropical and temperate oceans. The species ''P. addolux'' is the only member to occur in the North Pacific.
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==External links== *[http://tolweb.org/Pyroteuthis/19748 Tree of Life web project: ''Pyroteuthis'']
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Category:Pyroteuthidae Category:Cephalopod genera Category:Bioluminescent molluscs Category:Taxa named by William Evans Hoyle
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