Argonautoidea
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| Eggcase of Argonauta nodosa, showing the derived double keel of the genus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Suborder: | Incirrata |
| Superfamily: | Argonautoidea Cantraine, 1841 |
Argonautoidea is a superfamily of the suborder Incirrata containing all known argonautoids.
Classification
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- Class Cephalopoda
- Subclass Nautiloidea: nautiluses
- Subclass †Ammonoidea: ammonites
- Subclass Coleoidea
- Superorder Decapodiformes: squid, cuttlefish
- Superorder Octopodiformes
- Family †Trachyteuthididae (incertae sedis)
- Order Vampyromorphida: vampire squid
- Order Octopoda
- Genus †Keuppia (incertae sedis)
- Genus †Palaeoctopus (incertae sedis)
- Genus †Paleocirroteuthis (incertae sedis)
- Genus †Proteroctopus (incertae sedis)
- Genus †Styletoctopus (incertae sedis)
- Suborder Cirrina: finned deep-sea octopuses
- Suborder Incirrata
- Superfamily Argonautoidea[1]
- Family Alloposidae: the seven-arm octopus
- Family Argonautidae: argonauts (paper nautiluses)
- Family Ocythoidae: the tuberculate pelagic octopus
- Family Tremoctopodidae: blanket octopuses
- Superfamily Octopodoidea
- Superfamily Argonautoidea[1]
Image gallery of families
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A young female Haliphron atlanticus (Family Alloposidae) -
Female Argonauta argo with damaged egg case and eggs (Family Argonautidae) -
Ocythoe tuberculata (Family Ocythoidae) -
Tremoctopus violaceus (Family Tremoctopodidae)
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References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet, Philippe (2015). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Argonautoidea Cantraine, 1841". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
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