Architeuthoidea | |
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Giant squid (Architeuthis dux) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Superfamily: | Architeuthoidea Berry, 1920 |
Families | |
Architeuthoidea is a superfamily of squid in the order Oegopsida.[1]
It consists of only five monotypic genera in two different families: Architeuthidae, containing only the famous giant squid, and 4 species in their own genera in the family Neoteuthidae.[2]