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

Cranchioidea Prosch, 1847

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Superfamily group names

*Ommastrephoidea*	Steenstrup, 1857	synonym
*Thysanoteuthoidea*	W. Keferstein, 1866	synonym

Children

Cranchiidae Prosch, 1847
Ommastrephidae Steenstrup, 1857
Thysanoteuthidae W. Keferstein, 1866

Literature

original description	Prosch, V. (1847). Nogle nye cephalopoder, beskrevne og anatomisk undersogte. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk. ser. 5, 1: 53-72.
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	Ponder, W. F.; Lindberg, D. R. (2020). Biology and evolution of the Mollusca. In: Ponder W.F., Lindberg D.R. & Ponder J.M. vol. 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton. xx + 870 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cranchioidea Prosch, 1847. 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:1454592