BATHYTEUTHIDAE PFEFFER, 1900

Fernández-Álvarez, Fernando Á, Taite, Morag, Vecchione, Michael, Villanueva, Roger & Allcock, A Louise, 2022, A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids (order Oegopsida), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 (4), pp. 1212-1235 : 1230

FAMILY BATHYTEUTHIDAE PFEFFER, 1900

(SIX SPECIES IN ONE GENUS)

Diagnosis: Bathyteuthida with buccal connectives attaching to the dorsal border of ventral arms; with two sucker series in dorsal, dorsolateral and ventrolateral arms increasing distally to four with ontogeny; with anteriorly oriented semitubular eyes; with small, separated and paddle-like fins having anterior and posterior lobes; sometimes with single photophores at the bases of dorsal, dorsolateral and ventrolateral arms; egg masses brooded by the female.