Argonautoidea Cantraine 1841

Argonautoidea is a superfamily of the suborder Incirrata containing all known argonautoids.

Classification

Radular teeth of argonautoids

Argonauta argo

Ocythoe tuberculata

Tremoctopus violaceus

• 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

Image gallery of families

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  A young female Haliphron atlanticus (Family Alloposidae)

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  Female Argonauta argo with damaged egg case and eggs (Family Argonautidae)

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  Ocythoe tuberculata (Family Ocythoidae)

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  Tremoctopus violaceus (Family Tremoctopodidae)

References