The PEDIGREE of
Family Cranchiidae (Glass squids)

 "Child(ren)":       Subfamily Taoniinae   ;   Cranchiinae (4 genera)
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/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa   +====> [ 71]
/-- 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 Decapodiformes (squids & cuttlefish)
/-- Order Teuthida (Squids)
/-- Suborder Oegopsina
/  
- Family Cranchiidae (Glass squids)
 

 
  ``Grandchild:''       Genus Mesonychoteuthis (Collosal Squid)
 

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