Chiroteuthoidea
Appearance
Chiroteuthoidea | |
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Joubin's squid (Joubiniteuthis porteri) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Superfamily: | Chiroteuthoidea Gray, 1849 |
Families | |
Chiroteuthoidea is a superfamily of squid in the order Oegopsida. They are the sister group to the Pholidoteuthoidea.[1]
It contains the following families:[2]
- Superfamily Chiroteuthoidea
- Family Batoteuthidae
- Genus Batoteuthis
- Family Chiroteuthidae
- Genus Asperoteuthis
- Genus Chiroteuthis
- Genus Grimalditeuthis
- Genus Planctoteuthis
- Family Joubiniteuthidae
- Genus Joubiniteuthis
- Family Magnapinnidae
- Genus Magnapinna
- Family Mastigoteuthidae
- Genus Echinoteuthis
- Genus Idioteuthis
- Genus Magnoteuthis
- Genus Mastigopsis
- Genus Mastigoteuthis
- Genus Mastigotragus
- Family Promachoteuthidae
- Genus Promachoteuthis
- Family Batoteuthidae
References
[edit]- ^ Fernández-Álvarez, Fernando Ángel; Taite, Morag; Vecchione, Michael; Villanueva, Roger; Louise, Allcock. "A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids". academic.oup.com. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069. hdl:10261/267184. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chiroteuthoidea Gray, 1849". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-04-10.