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Moroteuthis

Cephalopoda - Teuthida

Taxonomy
Moroteuthis is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Teuthida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Moroteuthis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superorderDecabrachiaBoettger 1952
orderTeuthidaNaef 1916
genusMoroteuthis

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.

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Diagnosis
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