Pelagic Squids
Oegopsida
Oegopsida is one of the four orders of squid in the superorder Decapodiformes, in the class Cephalopoda. Together with the Myopsina, it was formerly considered to be a suborder of the order Teuthida, in which case it was known as Oegopsina. This reclassification is due to Oegopsina and Myopsina not being demonstrated to form a clade.
The Oegopsida are an often pelagic squid, with some nerito-oceanic species associated with sea mounts. They consist of 24 families and 69 genera. They have these characters in common: the head is without tentacle pockets, eyes lack a corneal covering, arms and tentacle clubs may have hooks, the buccal supports are without suckers, and oviducts in females are paired.
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
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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.