Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Vampyroteuthis infernalis (gen. Vampyroteuthidis infernalis) est parva Octopodiformium species, omnibus in oceanis temperatis tropicisque endemica, et sola generis Vampytotheutidis species viva.

Vampyroteuthis infernalis est clara quia corpori suo sunt organa photophora et cellulae photoreceptoriae.

Classificatio 
 Ordo Vampyromorphida
 ?Subordo †Kelaenina
 Familia †Muensterellidae
 Subordo †Prototeuthina
 Familia †Loligosepiidae 
 Familia †Geopeltididae 
 Familia †Lioteuthididae 
 Familia †Mastigophoridae 
 Subordo †Mesoteuthina
 Familia †Palaeololiginidae
 Subfamilia †Teudopseinae
 Subfamilia †Palaeololigininae
 Subordo Vampyromorphina
 Familia Vampyroteuthidae

Taxa sequentia inter Vampyromorphida diu habebantur, sed haec positio fortasse est falsa:
 Familia †Plesioteuthididae
 Familia †Leptotheuthididae
 Familia†Trachyteuthididae
 Subfamilia †Trachyteuthidinae
 Subfamilia †Actinosepiinae

Notae

Nexus externi 

 Vampyromorpha apud Mikko's Phylogeny Archive.
 The Taxonomicon: Order Vampyromorphida

Cephalopoda
Fossilia viva
Monotypica cephalopodorum genera
Taxa Chun
Taxa 1903