Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids, is an aquatic family of squid classified in the order Myopsida.
Loliginidae Temporal range:
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European squid (Loligo vulgaris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Myopsida |
Family: | Loliginidae Lesueur, 1821 |
Genera | |
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Synonyms[2] | |
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The family Loliginidae was formerly classified in the order Teuthida.
The classification below follows Vecchione et al. (2005)[3] and the Tree of Life Web Project (2010).[4]
Several doubtfully distinct species have also been described; see the genus articles for these.