Squid are members of the class Cephalopoda, subclass Coleoidea, the two

orders, Myopsida and Oegopsida (including giant squid such as Architeuthis dux). A valid
Teuthida would have been the largest cephalopod order with around 300 species classified into
29 families.
The orders Myopsida and Oegopsida are classified in the superorder Decapodiformes (from
the Greek for "ten legs"). Two other orders of decapodiform cephalopods are also called squid,
although they are taxonomically distinct from squids and differ recognizably in their gross
anatomical features. They are the bobtail squid of order Sepiolida and the ram's horn squid of the
monotypic order Spirulida. The vampire squid, however, is more closely related to the octopuses
than to any squid.