Vampyromorphida

Vampyromorphida

Vampyromorphida

Order of molluscs

Vampyromorphida is an order of cephalopods comprising one known extant species (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) and many extinct taxa. Physically, they somewhat resemble octopuses (their closest relatives), but are often called vampire squids. Unlike octopuses, their eight arms are united by a web of skin, and two smaller cilia are also present.[1] Properly speaking, the vampire squid does not possess cilia, but cirri (cilia-like projections).[2]

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Classification

  • Order Vampyromorphida
    • Suborder †Kelaenina
    • Suborder †Prototeuthina
      • Family †Loligosepiidae
      • Family †Geopeltididae
      • Family †Lioteuthididae
      • Family †Mastigophoridae
    • Suborder †Mesoteuthina
      • Family †Palaeololiginidae
    • Suborder Vampyromorphina

The following taxa were long considered to belong to Vampyromorphida, but this placement may be incorrect:[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 461. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
  2. [2]
    Hoving, Hendrik J. T.; Robison, Bruce H. (22 November 2012). "Vampire squid: detritivores in the oxygen minimum zone". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279 (1747): 4559–4567. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.1357. PMC 3479720. PMID 23015627.
  3. [3]
    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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