Vampyromorphida

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 arms are united by a web of skin, and two smaller cilia are also present.[1]

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

Classification
  • Order Vampyromorphida
    • Suborder †Kelaenina
    • Suborder †Prototeuthina
      • Family †Loligosepiidae
      • Family †Geopeltididae
      • Family †Lioteuthididae
      • Family †Mastigophoridae
    • Suborder †Mesoteuthina
      • Family †Palaeololiginidae
    • Suborder Vampyromorphina

The following taxa were long considered to belong to Vampyromorphida, but this placement may be incorrect:[2]

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References
  1. Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 461. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
  2. 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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