The Neoteuthidae are a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

squid A squid (: squid) is a mollusc with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight cephalopod limb, arms, and two tentacles in the orders Myopsida, Oegopsida, and Bathyteuthida (though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also ...

comprising four

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. They are thought to be the closest relatives to the famous

giant squid The giant squid (''Architeuthis dux'') is a species of deep-ocean dwelling squid A squid (: squid) is a mollusc with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight cephalopod limb, arms, and two tentacles in the orders Myopsida, Oegopsida, ...

(''Architeuthis dux'').

Species

* ''

Alluroteuthis The Antarctic neosquid (''Alluroteuthis antarcticus'') is the only neosquid in the genus ''Alluroteuthis''. The tentacles are relatively short compared to the arms. Nils Hjalmar Odhner, discoverer of the species, suggested that '' Parateuthis ...

'' ** '' Alluroteuthis antarcticus'', Antarctic neosquid * '' Narrowteuthis'' ** '' Narrowteuthis nesisi'' * '' Neoteuthis'' ** '' Neoteuthis thielei'' * '' Nototeuthis'' ** '' Nototeuthis dimegacotyle''

References

External links

Tree of Life web project: Neoteuthidae
Architeuthoidea Cephalopod families Taxa named by Adolf Naef {{squid-stub