living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
           Class Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1795 - cephalopods
             Subclass Coleoidea Bather, 1888
               Order Vampyromorpha Grimpe, 1917 - vampire squids see Order Vampyromorphida Pickford, 1939
                 Family Vampyroteuthidae Thiele, 1915
                   Genus Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903
                     Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 - vampire squid