The PEDIGREE of
Superorder Octopodiformes

     (related to Decapodiformes, but one arm pair has been lost)

 "Child(ren)":       Order Octopoda   ;   Vampyromorphida (Vampire Squid)   ;   Trachyteuthididae (extinct)   ;   poss. Prototeuthidina (extinct)
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/-- Superkingdom Holozoa   +====> [ 68]
/-- Kingdom of Apoikozoa (Animals)
/-- Subkingdom of Metazoa (Multicellular Animals)
/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa
/-- Superphylum Planulozoa
/-- Clade of Bilateria and Placozoa
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Branch Bilateria
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Subgrade of Protostomia
/   / or: Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Lophotrochozoa (various phyla of worms)
/-- Supraphylum Trochozoa
/-- Phylum Mollusca
/-- Superclass Conchifera
/-- Class Cephalopoda (Squid, Nautilus, etc.)
/-- Subclass Coleoidea (squid : octopus : cuttlefish)
/  
- Superorder Octopodiformes
 

 
  ``2-Great Grandchild:''       Family Octopodidae (Benthic Octopuses)
 
  ``6-Great Grandchild:''       Common octopus
 

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