Vampyromorphida

Vampyromorphida

Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Superorder:	Octopodiformes
Order:	Vampyromorphida Pickford, 1939
Suborders
?†Kelaenina †Prototeuthina †Mesoteuthina Vampyromorphina
Synonyms
Vampyromorpha Grimpe, 1917

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

Order Vampyromorphida
- ?Suborder †Kelaenina
  - Family †Muensterellidae
- Suborder †Prototeuthina
  - Family †Loligosepiidae
  - Family †Geopeltididae
  - Family †Lioteuthididae
  - Family †Mastigophoridae
- Suborder †Mesoteuthina
  - Family †Palaeololiginidae
    - Subfamily †Teudopseinae
    - Subfamily †Palaeololigininae
- Suborder Vampyromorphina
  - Family Vampyroteuthidae

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

Leptoteuthis gigas

Muensterella scutellaris

Palaeololigo oblonga

Teudopsis subcostata

Vampyronassa rhodanica

References

↑ 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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