Argonautoidea

Argonautoidea
Eggcase of Argonauta nodosa, showing the derived double keel of the genus
Scientific classification
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

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

1. 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.