NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Loliginidae
  Suborder - Myopsina
  Order - Teuthida
  Superorder - Decabrachia
  Subclass - Coleoidea
  Class - Cephalopoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Loligo opalescens
      Species - Loligo pealeii
      Species - Loligo plei
      Species - Loligo forbesii
      Species - Loligo ocula
      Species - Loligo roperi
      Species - Loligo bleekeri
      Species - Loligo gahi
      Species - Loligo sanpaulensis
      Species - Loligo surinamensis
      Species - Loligo pickfordi
      Species - Loligo vietnamensis
      Subgenus - Loligo (Loligo)
      Subgenus - Loligo (Alloteuthis)
      Subgenus - Loligo (Doryteuthis)