NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Histioteuthis corona corona
      Subspecies - Histioteuthis corona berryi
      Subspecies - Histioteuthis corona cerasina
      Subspecies - Histioteuthis corona inermis