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

Histioteuthidae A. E. Verrill, 1881

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Histioteuthis A. d'Orbigny, 1841
Stigmatoteuthis Pfeffer, 1900

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Chinese: Fān-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: ゴマフイカ科

Literature

basis of record	Young, R.E. & Vecchione, M. (2013). Histioteuthidae Verrill, 1881. Version 03 November 2013 (under construction). In The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/.
additional source	Voss, N. A., Nesis, K. N. & Rodhouse, P. G. (1998). The cephalopod family Histioteuthidae (Oegopsida): Systematics, biology, and biogeography. In: Voss, N. A., Vecchione, M., Toll, R. B. & Sweeney, M. J. eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Vol. 2, 586: 293-372.
additional source	Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Histioteuthidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. 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. 223-236.
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.
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. Histioteuthidae 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:11749