Family Ancistrocheiridae Pfeffer 1912 (mollusk)
Cephalopoda - Oegopsida - Ancistrocheiridae
Parent taxon: Oegopsina according to P. Boyle and P. Rodhouse 2005
Sister taxa: 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
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ancistrocheiridae in the database