Chiroteuthoidea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Oegopsida
- Family
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Chiroteuthoidea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chiroteuthoidea
Chiroteuthoidea is a superfamily of squid in the order Oegopsida. They are the sister group to the Pholidoteuthoidea.
It contains the following families:
- 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