Cranchioidea Explained

Cranchioidea is a superfamily of squid in the order Oegopsida. They form the most basal clade within the order.^[1]

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
  • 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cranchioidea Prosch, 1847 . 2023-04-10 . www.marinespecies.org . en.
2. Fernández-Álvarez . Fernando Ángel . Taite . Morag . Vecchione . Michael . Villanueva . Roger . Louise . Allcock . A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids . 2023-04-08 . academic.oup.com . 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069. free . 10261/267184 . free .