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 - Cirroteuthidae
  Suborder - Cirrina
  Order - Octopoda
  Superorder - Octobrachia
  Subclass - Coleoidea
  Class - Cephalopoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Cirroteuthis mulleri
      Species - Cirroteuthis hoylei
      Species - Cirroteuthis magna
      Species - Cirroteuthis massyae