The PEDIGREE of
Genus Mesonychoteuthis (Collosal Squid)

     aka M. hamiltoni; (14 meters long; the largest invertebrate)

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/-- Clade of Bilateria and Placozoa   +====> [ 73]
/   / (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 Decapodiformes (squids & cuttlefish)
/-- Order Teuthida (Squids)
/-- Suborder Oegopsina
/-- Family Cranchiidae (Glass squids)
/-- Subfamily Taoniinae
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- Genus Mesonychoteuthis (Collosal Squid)
 

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