Pelagic Squids
Oegopsida
Oegopsina is a suborder of the squid order, Teuthida, in the Cephalopoda class. Some taxonomists raise it to the level of an order, in which case it is known as Oegopsida. This is due to Oegopsina and Myopsina not being demonstrated to form a clade.
9 branches of this order, most-observed first
Cranch Squids and Flying Squids
superfamilyCranchioidea
Hooked Squids, Cock-eyed Squids, and Allies
superfamilyOnychoteuthoidea
Enope Squids and Firefly Squids
superfamilyEnoploteuthoidea
Giant Squids and Neosquids
superfamilyArchiteuthoidea
Whiplash Squids, Bigfin Squids, and Allies
superfamilyChiroteuthoidea
Octopoteuthoidea
superfamilyOctopoteuthoidea
Brachioteuthoidea
superfamilyBrachioteuthoidea
Scaled Squids
superfamilyPholidoteuthoidea
Parateuthis
genusParateuthis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Oegopsida in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246134.