Vampyromorphida

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

Vampyromorphida is an order of cephalopods. There are one extant species (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) and several extinct taxa in it.

Classification

• Order Vampyromorphida
  • ?Suborder †Kelaenina
    • Family †Muensterellidae
  • Suborder †Prototeuthina
    • Family †Loligosepiidae
    • Family †Plesioteuthididae
    • Family †Geopeltididae
    • Family †Leptotheuthididae
    • Family †Lioteuthididae
    • Family †Mastigophoridae
  • Suborder †Mesoteuthina
    • Family †Palaeololiginidae
      • Subfamily †Teudopseinae
      • Subfamily †Palaeololigininae
    • Family †Trachyteuthididae
      • Subfamily †Trachyteuthidinae
      • Subfamily †Actinosepiinae
  • Suborder Vampyromorphina
    • Family Vampyroteuthidae

References

Wikispecies has information on: Vampyromorphida.

• The Taxonomicon: Order Vampyromorphida Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: Vampyromorpha Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine