Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Enoploteuthoidea

Lycoteuthidae Pfeffer, 1908

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Chinese: Guāng-Yăn-Yóu-Kē sources: Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.

Japanese: ヒカリイカ科

Literature

basis of record	Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Taite, M.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Allcock, A. L. (2021). A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids (order Oegopsida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
basis of record	Arocha F. (2003) A new species of Nematolampas (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) from the western Central Atlantic with an overview of the family Lycoteuthidae. Bulletin of Marine Science 72(3): 941-953.
additional source	Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Lycoteuthidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 241-246.
identification resource	Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
identification resource	Nesis, K.N. (1982). A brief identification guide to the Cephalopods of the world Ocean [Краткий определитель головоногих моллюсков Мирового океана]. Moscow: Light and Food industry Publishing House. 385 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lycoteuthidae Pfeffer, 1908. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11739