Chiroteuthoidea
| Chiroteuthoidea | |
|---|---|
| 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.
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