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Vampyromorphida
	Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Mollusca;
Class:	Cephalopoda;
Subclass:	Coleoidea;
Superorder:	Octopodiformes;
Order:	Vampyromorphida; Pickford, 1939
Suborders
	?†Kelaenina; †Prototeuthina; †Mesoteuthina; Vampyromorphina
Synonyms
	Vampyromorpha; Grimpe, 1917;

Vampyromorphida is an order of cephalopods comprising one extant species (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) and many extinct taxa. Physically, they somewhat resemble octopuses, but the eight main tentacles are united by a web of skin, and two smaller tentacles are also present.^[1]

[edit] Classification

Order Vampyromorphida
- ?Suborder †Kelaenina
  - Family †Muensterellidae
- Suborder †Prototeuthina
  - Family †Loligosepiidae
  - Family †Geopeltididae
  - Family †Lioteuthididae
  - Family †Mastigophoridae
- Suborder †Mesoteuthina
  - Family †Palaeololiginidae
    - Subfamily †Teudopseinae
    - Subfamily †Palaeololigininae
- Suborder Vampyromorphina
  - Family Vampyroteuthidae

The following taxa were long considered to belong to Vampyromorphida, but this appears to be incorrect:^[2]

Family †Plesioteuthididae
Family †Leptotheuthididae
Family †Trachyteuthididae
- Subfamily †Trachyteuthidinae
- Subfamily †Actinosepiinae

[edit] References

^ Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 461. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
^ Fischer, Jean-Claude & Riou, Bernard (2002): Vampyronassa rhodanica nov. gen. nov sp., vampyromorphe (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea) du Callovien inférieur de la Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche, France). Annales de Paléontologie 88(1) 1−17. [French with English abstract] doi:10.1016/S0753-3969(02)01037-6 (HTML abstract)

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[IZ-0] Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 461. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.

[1] Fischer, Jean-Claude & Riou, Bernard (2002): Vampyronassa rhodanica nov. gen. nov sp., vampyromorphe (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea) du Callovien inférieur de la Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche, France). Annales de Paléontologie 88(1) 1−17. [French with English abstract] doi:10.1016/S0753-3969(02)01037-6 (HTML abstract)

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