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The kingdom Animalia has been estimated to contain about 7.77 million species. Examples of these are:
- Balaenoptera musculus (Blue Whale)
- Felis Catus (Cat)
- Bos tarus (Cattle)
- Lumbricus terrestris (Common earthworm)
- Orcinus Orca (Orca)
- Alces alces (Moose)
- Ailuropoda melanoleuca (Giant Panda)
With few exceptions, animals are organisms with the ability to consume organic food, breathe oxygen, move on their own, and sexually produce.

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The phylum Mollusca is the largest marine phylum, divided into 7 or 8 classes, two of which are entirely extinct.
From class Gastropoda:
- Cepaea nemoralis (Grove snail)
- Trimusculus reticulatus (Button snail)
- Chromodoris willani (Willan's chromodoris)
From class Bivalvia:
- Acila cobboldiae (Nuculida)
- Pinna nobilis (Nobel pen shell)
- Magallana gigas (Pacific oyster)
The most universal features shared by this phylum are: a mantel with a noticeable room for breathing and excretion, the presence of a radula (a structure for eating that functions almost like teeth), and the structure of the nervous system.

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The class Cephlopoda contains two distantly related subclasses: Coledoiea and Nautiloidea. Coledoiea is a class characterized as the population of cephalopods popularly thought of "shell-less" whereas Nautiloidea is a class characterized as having shells.
Under subclass Nautiloidea:
- Nautilus pompilius (Chambered nautilus)
Under subclass Coledoiea:
- Sepia officinalis (Common cuttlefish)
- Sepiola atlantica (Atlantic bobtail)
- Octopus vulgaris (Common octopus)
- Loligo vulgaris (European squid)
The organisms in this class are similar in: they have bilateral body symmetry, arms or tentacles, and an obvious head.

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The order Oegopsida is one of two in the superorder Decapodiformes, and has 24 families and 64 genera.
Organisms in the order include those from family Cranchiidae as well as:
Under Family Ancistrocheiridae:
* This family and the included genus has one recognized species, the Ancistrocheirus lesueurii. (Sharpear enope squid)
Under Family Architeuthidae:
* This family has a complicated list of proposed species, however, the distinction between them is so debated there could be as many as 17 or as few as 1. One recognized species is Architeuthis dux. (Giant Squid)
Under Family Bathyteuthis:
* Inside this family there is one recognized genus, with three recognized species inside:
- Bathyteuthis abyssicola (Deep Sea Squid)
- Bathyteuthis bacidifera (Deep Sea Squid)

- Bathyteuthis berryi (Not listed)

They all have common physical characteristics of: A head without tentacle pockets, arms and the clubs of tentacles can have hooks, and the female oviducts are paired. They are also all squids, mostly pelagic but with some neritio-oceanic species.

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The family Cranchiidae has two subfamilies, one of which is Taoniinae, that houses genus Mesonychoteuthis as well as many others including:
Genus Taonius with three recognized species
- Taonius borealis
- Taonius belone
- Taonius pavo
All three are commonly referred to as glass squid.
All the specimens are considered squid and have similar biology: Mantle, tentacles, arms, suckers, eyes.

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The Colossal Squid is the only recognized species of the genus Mesonychoteuthis and the species Hamiltoni

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Domain> Eukaryota
Kingdom> Animalia
Phylum> Mollusca
Class> Cephalopod
Order> Oegopsida
Family> Cranchiidae
Genus> Mesonychoteuthis

Species> Hamiltoni