Argonautoidea
Superfamily of octopuses
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Argonautoidea is a superfamily of the suborder Incirrata containing all known argonautoids.
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| Eggcase of Argonauta nodosa, showing the derived double keel of the genus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Suborder: | Incirrata |
| Superfamily: | Argonautoidea Cantraine, 1841 |
Classification
- Class Cephalopoda
- Subclass Nautiloidea: nautiluses
- Subclass †Ammonoidea: ammonites
- Subclass Coleoidea
- Superorder Decapodiformes: squid, cuttlefish
- Superorder Octopodiformes
- Family †Trachyteuthididae (incertae sedis)
- Order Vampyromorphida: vampire squid
- Order Octopoda
- Genus †Keuppia (incertae sedis)
- Genus †Palaeoctopus (incertae sedis)
- Genus †Proteroctopus (incertae sedis)
- Genus †Styletoctopus (incertae sedis)
- Suborder Cirrina: finned deep-sea octopuses
- Suborder Incirrata
- Superfamily Argonautoidea[1]
- Family Alloposidae: the seven-arm octopus
- Family Argonautidae: argonauts (paper nautiluses)
- Family Ocythoidae: the tuberculate pelagic octopus
- Family Tremoctopodidae: blanket octopuses
- Superfamily Octopodoidea
- Superfamily Argonautoidea[1]
Image gallery of families
A young female Haliphron atlanticus (Family Alloposidae)
Female Argonauta argo with damaged egg case and eggs (Family Argonautidae)
Ocythoe tuberculata (Family Ocythoidae)
Tremoctopus violaceus (Family Tremoctopodidae)
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