FAMILY BRACHIOTEUTHIDAE PFEFFER, 1908 B

(SEVEN SPECIES IN TWO GENERA)

Diagnosis: Small adult-sized, weakly muscled Cycloteuthoidea with many series of small irregular suckers on proximal manus and four series of larger suckers on distal manus; terminal pad present, with central space lacking suckers; funnel–mantle locking apparatus straight, reaching the anterior margin of the mantle; digestive gland located far posterior to the cephalic cartilage; gladius with a secondary conus; paralarvae with long retractile neck connected with a fluid-filled chamber inside the mantle.