# Pyroteuthis

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{{Short description|Genus of squids}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Pyroteuthismargaritifera.jpg
| image_caption = ''Pyroteuthis margaritifera''
| taxon = Pyroteuthis
| authority = [Hoyle](/source/William_Evans_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](/source/Eduard_R%C3%BCppell), 1844 
| synonyms = ''Charibditeuthis'' Vivanti, 1912 
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
*''[Pyroteuthis addolux](/source/Pyroteuthis_addolux)''
*[''Pyroteuthis margaritifera''](/source/Jewel_Enope_Squid)
*''[Pyroteuthis serrata](/source/Pyroteuthis_serrata)'' 
}}

'''''Pyroteuthis''''' is a genus of [squid](/source/squid) in the family [Pyroteuthidae](/source/Pyroteuthidae). It is differentiated from the genus ''[Pterygioteuthis](/source/Pterygioteuthis)'' by size, head shape and behaviour. Species within the genus are separated by the arrangement of [tentacular](/source/tentacle) [photophores](/source/photophores); the shape of the [hectocotylus](/source/hectocotylus), and the shape of the hectocotylus hooks. With the exception of the [Tropical Eastern Pacific](/source/Tropical_Eastern_Pacific), the genus is circumpolar in tropical and temperate oceans. The species ''[P. addolux](/source/Pyroteuthis_addolux)'' is the only member to occur in the [North Pacific](/source/North_Pacific).

==References==
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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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