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

      Direct Children

      Species - Histioteuthis reversa
      Species - Histioteuthis celetaria
      Species - Histioteuthis corona
      Species - Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis
      Species - Histioteuthis heteropsis
      Species - Histioteuthis atlantica
      Species - Histioteuthis bonnellii
      Species - Histioteuthis miranda
      Species - Histioteuthis hoylei
      Species - Histioteuthis arcturi
      Species - Histioteuthis oceani
      Species - Histioteuthis eltaninae
      Species - Histioteuthis macrohista