Template:Taxonomy/Mesonychoteuthis

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Ancestral taxa
Domain:	Eukaryota	/displayed	[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Amorphea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Obazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Opisthokonta		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Holozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Filozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Kingdom:	Animalia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	ParaHoxozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Bilateria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Nephrozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Protostomia		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Spiralia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superphylum:	Lophotrochozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Phylum:	Mollusca		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subphylum:	Conchifera		[Taxonomy; edit]
Class:	Cephalopoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Neocephalopoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subclass:	Coleoidea		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Neocoleoidea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superorder:	Decapodiformes		[Taxonomy; edit]
Order:	Oegopsida		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superfamily:	Cranchioidea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Family:	Cranchiidae		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subfamily:	Taoniinae		[Taxonomy; edit]
Genus:	Mesonychoteuthis		[Taxonomy; edit]

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Parent:	Taoniinae [Taxonomy; edit]
Rank:	genus (displays as Genus)
Link:	Colossal squid|Mesonychoteuthis(links to Colossal squid)
Extinct:	no
Always displayed:	yes (major rank)
Taxonomic references:	Julian Finn (2016). "Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson, 1925". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325299.
Parent's taxonomic references:	–