| Cranchioidea | |
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| Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) | |
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| Cranchiidae larva | |
Scientific classification
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| 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
- ^ "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.