#order_Decapoda__Decapoda squids and cuttlefishes
supertype: animal_order the order of animals
member of: subclass_Dibranchiata
member: decapod cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
member: genus_Loligo squids
member: loligo somewhat flattened cylindrical squid
member: genus_Ommastrephes a genus of Decapoda
member: ommastrephes extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins
member: genus_Architeuthis giant squid
member: architeuthis__giant_squid__giantsquid largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long)
member: family_Sepiidae__Sepiidae true cuttlefishes
member: genus_Sepia__Sepia type genus of the Sepiidae
member: cuttlefish__cuttle ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
member: family_Spirulidae__Spirulidae coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications
member: genus_Spirula genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites
member: spirula__Spirula_peronii a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral
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