<==o "Lepidoteuthoidea"
|-- Lepidoteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1895 [Lepidoteuthidae Pfeffer, 1912]
|--o Pholidoteuthis Adam, 1950 [Pholidoteuthidae Adam, 1950]
| |-- P. boschmai Adam, 1950
| `-- P. adami Voss, 1956
`--o Octopoteuthidae Berry, 1912 [Veranyidae]
|--o Taningia Joubin, 1931
| |?- T. persica (Naef, 1923) [status doubtful]
| `-- T. danae Joubin, 1931
`--o Octopoteuthis Rüppell, 1844
|-- O. sicula Rüppell, 1844
|-- O. danae Joubin, 1931
|-- O. deletron Young, 1972
|?- O. indica Naef, 1923 [status doubtful]
|-- O. megaptera (Verrill, 1885)
|-- O. neilseni Robson, 1948
`-- O. rugosa Clarke, 1980
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/
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/