Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Main Groups of Protostomes   "Chiroteuthoidea"

After "The Tree of Life" and Felley, Vecchione, Roper, Sweeney & Christensen, 2001-

<==o "Chiroteuthoidea"
   |-- Joubiniteuthis portieri (Joubin, 1916) Berry, 1920 [Joubiniteuthidae Naef, 1922]
   |-- Magnapinna pacifica Vecchione & Young, 1998 [Magnapinnidae Vecchione & Young, 1998]
   |-- Batoteuthis skolops Young & Roper, 1968 [Batoteuthidae Young & Roper, 1968]
   |-- Mastigoteuthidae Verrill, 1881 ()? [2 genera / 17-20 species]
   |--o Promachoteuthis Hoyle, 1885 [Promachoteuthidae Naef, 1912]
   |  |-- P. megaptera Hoyle, 1885
   |  |-- P. sp. 1
   |  `-- P. sp. 2
   `--o Chiroteuthidae Gray, 1849 [Valbyteuthidae]
      |-- Chiroteuthidae genera et species indet.
      |-- Grimalditeuthis bonplandi (Verany, 1839) Joubin, 1898 [Grimalditeuthidae]
      |--o Asperoteuthis Nesis, 1980
      |  |-- A. acanthoderma (Lu, 1977)
      |  |-- A. sp. 1
      |  `-- A. sp. 2
      |--o Chiroteuthis d'Orbigny, 1841
      |  |?- C. mega (Joubin, 1932)
      |  |?- C. sp. 1
      |  |?- C. sp. 2
      |  |--o (Chiroteuthis) d'Orbigny, 1841
      |  |  |--o C. (C.) veranyi (Ferussac, 1835)
      |  |  |  |-- C. (C.) v. veranyi (Ferussac, 1835)
      |  |  |  `-- C. (C.) v. lacertosa Verrill, 1881
      |  |  |-- C. (C.) calyx Young, 1972
      |  |  |-- C. (C.) joubini Voss, 1967
      |  |  `-- C. (C.) spoeli Salcedo-Vargas, 1966
      |  `--o (Chirothauma) Chun, 1910
      |     |-- C. (C.) imperator Chun, 1908
      |     |?-  (C.)  atlanticus (MacDonald & Clench, 1934) [status doubtful]
      |     `--o C. (C.) picteti Joubin, 1894
      |        |--  (C.) p. picteti Joubin, 1894
      |        `--  (C.) p. somaliensisSalcedo-Vargas, 1996
      `--o Planctoteuthis Pfeffer, 1912
         |-- P. danae (Joubin, 1931)
         |?- P. exopthalmica [not recognized by NMNH list of species]
         |-- P. levimana (Lönnberg, 1896)
         |?- P. lippula [not recognized by NMNH list of species]
         |-- P. oligobessa Young, 1972
         `-- P. sp. 1

Reference(s):

Felley, J., Vecchione, M., Roper, C. F. E., Sweeney, M. & Christensen, T., 2001-2003: Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda.
–iNet: National Museum of Natural History: Departent of Systematic Biology: Invertebrate Zoology: http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/

Roper, C. F. E. & Young, R. E., 1999-1999: Asperoteuthis (Nesis, 1980).
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/

Roper, C. F. E. & Young, R. E., 1998-1999: Chiroteuthidae Gray, 1849.
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/

Roper, C. F. E. & Young, R. E., 1998-1999: Chiroteuthis Orbigny, 1841.
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/

Vecchione, M. & Young, R. E., 1998-1999: Magnapinnidae - Magnapinna pacifica Vecchione and Young, 1998 - The bigfin squid.
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/

Young, R. E., 1996-1999: Joubiniteuthidae Naef, 1922 - Joubiniteuthis portieri (Joubin, 1916).
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/

Young, R. E., 1996-1999: Promachoteuthidae Naef, 1912.
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/

Young & Roper, 1999-1999: Grimalditeuthis bonplandi (Verany, 1839).
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/

Young & Roper, 1999-1999: Planctoteuthis Pfeffer, 1912.
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/

Young, R. E. & Salcedo-Vargas, M. A., 1996-7 September 1999: Mastigoteuthidae Verrill, 1881 - Mastigoteuthis Verrill, 1881 - Whip-lash squid.
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/

Young, R. E. & Vecchione, M., 1996-1999: Chiroteuthid families.
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/