LYCOTEUTHIDAE PFFEFER, 1908

Fernández-Álvarez, Fernando Á, Taite, Morag, Vecchione, Michael, Villanueva, Roger & Allcock, A Louise, 2022, A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids (order Oegopsida), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 (4), pp. 1212-1235 : 1228

FAMILY LYCOTEUTHIDAE PFFEFER, 1908 A

(FIVE SPECIES IN THREE GENERA)

Diagnosis: Small to medium adult-sized Enoploteuthoidea with five ocular photophores and a variable number of tentacular photophores; anal, branchial, abdominal and posteroabdominal photophores present; usually with sexual dimorphism; without hectocotylus; with one or two terminal organs of male reproductive tract.

Synonym: Thaumatolampadidae Chun, 1903

Remarks: Voss (1962) stated that because the name Thaumatolampadidae had not been used for nearly 50 years this name should not be maintained regardless of possible priority (see also Vecchione & Young, 2019a).