Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Chiroteuthoidea

Mastigoteuthidae A. E. Verrill, 1881

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Echinoteuthis Joubin, 1933
Mastigoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Chinese: Biān-Yóu-Kē sources: Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.

Japanese: ムチイカ科

Literature

basis of record	Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Taite, M.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Allcock, A. L. (2021). A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids (order Oegopsida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
basis of record	Braid H.E., McBride P.D. & Bolstad K.S.R. (2014) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) based on three mitochondrial genes. Hydrobiologia 725: 145–164.
additional source	Braid, H. E., Kubodera, T. & Bolstad, K. S. R. (2017). One step closer to understanding the chiroteuthid families in the Pacific Ocean. Marine Biodiversity 47: 659-683.
identification resource	Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mastigoteuthidae A. E. Verrill, 1881. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11769