FAMILY MAGNAPINNIDAE VECCHIONE & YOUNG, 1998

(THREE SPECIES IN ONE GENUS)

Diagnosis: Chiroteuthoidea with long arms and tentacles having two distinct regions, the basal region thick and bearing normal suckers in two to four series and the distal region slender and with numerous tiny suckers in multiple irregular series; funnel–mantle locking apparatus oval; without photophores; fins terminal and large.