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

Magnapinnidae Vecchione & R. E. Young, 1998

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Magnapinna Vecchione & R. E. Young, 1998

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ミズヒキイカ科

Literature

original description	Vecchione, M. & Young, R. E. (1998). The Magnapinnidae, a newly discovered family of oceanic squid (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). South African Journal of Marine Science. 20: 429-437.
basis of record	Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Magnapinnidae. In: Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 247-249.
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.
additional source	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.
taxonomy source	Vecchione, M.; Young, R. E. (2006). The squid family Magnapinnidae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in the North Atlantic with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 119(3): 365-372.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Magnapinnidae Vecchione & R. E. Young, 1998. 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:341402