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Ommastrephidae
| Ommastrephidae Temporal range:
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| Lesser flying squid (Todaropsis eblanae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Superfamily: | Cranchioidea |
| Family: | Ommastrephidae Steenstrup, 1857 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Illicinae
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Ommastrephidae is a family of squid containing three subfamilies, 11 genera, and over 20 species. They are widely distributed globally and are extensively fished for food. One species, Todarodes pacificus, comprised around half of the world's cephalopod catch annually.[2]
Some members of Ommastrephidae are known for their jet-propelled flight, earning them the common name of "flying squid".[3]
- ^ "Statoliths of Cenozoic teuthoid cephalopods from North America | The Palaeontological Association". www.palass.org. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
faowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Muramatsu, K.; Yamamoto, J.; Abe, T.; Sekiguchi, K.; Hoshi, N.; Sakurai, Y. (May 2013). "Oceanic squid do fly". Marine Biology. 160 (5): 1171–1175. doi:10.1007/s00227-013-2169-9. S2CID 253742101.
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