Family Brachioteuthidae Pfeffer 1908 (squid)
Cephalopoda - Teuthida - Brachioteuthidae
Parent taxon: Oegopsina according to P. Boyle and P. Rodhouse 2005
See also Kretzoi 1942
Sister taxa: Ancistrocheiridae, Architeuthidae, Bathyteuthidae, Batoteuthidae, Chiroteuthidae, Chtenopterygidae, Cranchiidae, Cycloteuthidae, Enoploteuthidae, Gonatidae, Histioteuthidae, Jobiniteuthidae, Lepidoteuthidae, Lycoteuthidae, Magnapinnidae, Mastigoteuthidae, Neotheuthidae, Octopoteuthidae, Ommastrephidae, Onychoteuthidae, Promachoteuthidae, Pyroteuthidae, Thysanoteuthidae, Walvisteuthidae, Yezoteuthis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brachioteuthidae in the database