Suborder Oegopsina d'Orbigny 1845 (squid)
Parent taxon: Teuthida according to K. Tanabe et al. 2006
See also Boyle and Rodhouse 2005
Sister taxa: Berryteuthis, Dosidicus, Glochinomorphina, Jeletzkyteuthis, Moroteuthis, Myopsina, Romaniteuthis, Symplectoteuthis, Triadoteuthis
Subtaxa: Ancistrocheiridae Architeuthidae Bathyteuthidae Batoteuthidae Brachioteuthidae Chiroteuthidae Chtenopterygidae Cranchiidae Cycloteuthidae Enoploteuthidae Gonatidae Histioteuthidae Jobiniteuthidae Lepidoteuthidae Lycoteuthidae Magnapinnidae Mastigoteuthidae Neotheuthidae Octopoteuthidae Ommastrephidae Onychoteuthidae Promachoteuthidae Pyroteuthidae Thysanoteuthidae Walvisteuthidae Yezoteuthis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore