Enoploteuthoidea

Superfamilyaccepted · checked 2026-08-05WoRMS 1545783key worms:1545783

CalCOFI holds 37,881 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1998 and 2023, across 10 taxa under it.R

Photo · Carl Chun (1852–1914), no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

Observed in nothing keyed to it directly

Every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa under it — 2 taxa · Enoploteuthidae most observed, in the fold below.

Code and endpoints R · Python · JSON

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:1545783")

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.21, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it not on record

Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Under it 2 taxa · Enoploteuthidae most observed

Lineage 7 ranks · Biota to Oegopsida

Credits silhouette · photo

Silhouette · Margot Michaud · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Pyroteuthis margaritifera · source
Photo · Carl Chun (1852–1914), no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat · source

Cite the release, v2026.10.21

Cite the release, v2026.10.21; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗