Superorder Octobrachia Fiorini 1981 (mollusk)
Parent taxon: Neocoleoidea according to R. Hoffmann et al. 2022
See also Boyle and Rodhouse 2005, Doyle et al. 1994, Fuchs and Schweigert 2018, Jattiot et al. 2015 and Whalen and Landman 2022
Sister taxa: Aulacoceratida, Decabrachia, Donovaniconida, Hematitida, Mojsisovicsteuthis, Phragmoteuthida, Vampyropoda
Subtaxa: Cirroctopodida Octopoda Prototeuthina Vampyromorpha
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore