Cranchioidea
| Cranchioidea | |
|---|---|
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| Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) | |
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| Cranchiidae larva | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Superfamily: | Cranchioidea Prosch, 1847 |
| Families | |
Cranchioidea is a superfamily of squid in the order Oegopsida. They form the most basal clade within the order.[1][2]
It contains three families, with the following genera:[2]
- Superfamily Cranchioidea
- Family Cranchiidae
- Subfamily Cranchiinae
- Genus Cranchia
- Genus Leachia
- Genus Liocranchia
- Subfamily Taoniinae
- Genus Bathothauma
- Genus Belonella
- Genus Egea
- Genus Galiteuthis
- Genus Helicocranchia
- Genus Liguriella
- Genus Megalocranchia
- Genus Mesonychoteuthis
- Genus Sandalops
- Genus Taonius
- Genus Teuthowenia
- Subfamily Cranchiinae
- Family Ommastrephidae
- Subfamily Illicinae
- Genus Illex
- Subfamily Ommastrephinae
- Genus Dosidicus
- Genus Eucleoteuthis
- Genus Hyaloteuthis
- Genus Ommastrephes
- Genus Ornithoteuthis
- Genus Sthenoteuthis
- Subfamily Todarodinae
- Genus Martialia
- Genus Nototodarus
- Genus Todarodes
- Genus Todaropsis
- Family Thysanoteuthidae
- Genus Thysanoteuthis
- Family Cranchiidae
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cranchioidea Prosch, 1847". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ a b 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.