Vampyromorphida
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| Vampyroteuthis infernalis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Superorder: | Octopodiformes |
| Order: | Vampyromorphida Pickford, 1939 |
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Vampyromorphida is an order of cephalopods comprising one known extant species (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) and many extinct taxa. Physically, they somewhat resemble octopuses, but the eight main tentacles are united by a web of skin, and two smaller tentacles are also present.[1]
Classification[edit]
- Order Vampyromorphida
- ?Suborder †Kelaenina
- Family †Muensterellidae
- Suborder †Prototeuthina
- Family †Loligosepiidae
- Family †Geopeltididae
- Family †Lioteuthididae
- Family †Mastigophoridae
- Suborder †Mesoteuthina
- Family †Palaeololiginidae
- Subfamily †Teudopseinae
- Subfamily †Palaeololigininae
- Family †Palaeololiginidae
- Suborder Vampyromorphina
- Family Vampyroteuthidae
- ?Suborder †Kelaenina
The following taxa were long considered to belong to Vampyromorphida, but this placement may be incorrect:[2]
- Family †Plesioteuthididae
- Family †Leptotheuthididae
- Family †Trachyteuthididae
- Subfamily †Trachyteuthidinae
- Subfamily †Actinosepiinae
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References[edit]
- ^ Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 461. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
- ^ Fischer, Jean-Claude & Riou, Bernard (2002): Vampyronassa rhodanica nov. gen. nov sp., vampyromorphe (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea) du Callovien inférieur de la Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche, France). Annales de Paléontologie 88(1) 1−17. [French with English abstract] doi:10.1016/S0753-3969(02)01037-6 (HTML abstract)
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