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Vampyromorpha (vampire squids)
Taxonomy
Vampyromorpha was named by Robson (1929) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7246]. It is extant.
It was reranked as the suborder Vampyromorphina by Jeletzky (1966); it was corrected as Vampyromorphida by Boyle and Rodhouse (2005), Tanabe (2008), Tanabe and Hikida (2010).
It was assigned to Dibranchiata by Kretzoi (1942); to Teuthida by Jeletzky (1966); to Coleoidea by Wells and Houston (2001), Fuchs et al. (2003); and to Octobrachia by Doyle et al. (1994), Boyle and Rodhouse (2005), Tanabe (2008), Tanabe and Hikida (2010), Hoffmann et al. (2022).
It was reranked as the suborder Vampyromorphina by Jeletzky (1966); it was corrected as Vampyromorphida by Boyle and Rodhouse (2005), Tanabe (2008), Tanabe and Hikida (2010).
It was assigned to Dibranchiata by Kretzoi (1942); to Teuthida by Jeletzky (1966); to Coleoidea by Wells and Houston (2001), Fuchs et al. (2003); and to Octobrachia by Doyle et al. (1994), Boyle and Rodhouse (2005), Tanabe (2008), Tanabe and Hikida (2010), Hoffmann et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1929 | Vampyromorpha Robson |
| 1942 | Vampyromorpha Kretzoi p. 135 |
| 1966 | Vampyromorphina Jeletzky p. 45 |
| 1994 | Vampyromorpha Doyle et al. p. 7 |
| 2001 | Vampyromorpha Wells and Houston p. 137 |
| 2003 | Vampyromorpha Fuchs et al. p. 103 |
| 2005 | Vampyromorphida Boyle and Rodhouse p. 344 |
| 2008 | Vampyromorphida Tanabe p. 400 |
| 2010 | Vampyromorphida Tanabe and Hikida p. 146 |
| 2022 | Vampyromorpha Hoffmann et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Or. Vampyromorpha Robson 1929 [vampire squids]
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Fm. †Actinosepiidae Doyle et al. 1994
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G. †Actinosepia Whiteaves 1897
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†Actinosepia canadensis Whiteaves 1897
†Actinosepia landmani Larson 2010
†Actinosepia mapesi Larson 2010
G. †Nanaimoteuthis Tanabe 2008
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†Nanaimoteuthis jeletzkyi Tanabe 2008
†Nanaimoteuthis yokotai Tanabe and Hikida 2010
Fm. †Vampyroteuthidae Thiele 1915
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Invalid names: Kelaenina Starobogatov 1983 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available