Todarodinae [SEP] parent taxon
Todarodinae
Todarodinae is a squid subfamily in the family Ommastrephidae.
Genera.
- Genus "Martialia"
- "Martialia hyadesii", sevenstar flying squid
- Genus "Nototodarus"
- "Nototodarus gouldi", Gould's flying squid
- "Nototodarus hawaiiensis", Hawaiian flying squid
- "Nototodarus sloanii", Wellington flying squid or New Zealand arrow squid
- Genus "Todarodes"
- "Todarodes angolensis", Angola flying squid
- "Todarodes filippovae", Antarctic flying squid
Taxon in disguise
In bacteriology, a taxon in disguise is a species, genus or higher unit of biological classification whose evolutionary history reveals has evolved from another unit of similar or lower rank, making the parent unit paraphyletic. This happens when rapid evolution makes a new species appear radically different from the ancestral group, so that it is not (initially) recognised as belonging to the parent phylogenetic group, leaving the latter an evolutionary grade.
While the term is from bacteriology, parallel examples are found throughout the tree of