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| Greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) | |
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| Octopus vulgaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Superfamily: | Octopodoidea |
| Family: | Octopodidae Orbigny, 1839 |
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The Octopodidae comprise the family containing the majority of known octopus species (about 175 species).
Genera
[edit]The World Register of Marine Species lists these 23 genera:[1]
- Abdopus Norman & Finn, 2001 (7 species)
- Ameloctopus Norman, 1992 (monotypic)
- Amphioctopus P. Fischer, 1882 (16 species)
- Callistoctopus Taki, 1964 (11 species)
- Cistopus Gray, 1849 (4 species)
- Euaxoctopus Voss, 1971 (3 species)
- Galeoctopus Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004 (monotypic)
- Grimpella Robson, 1928 (monotypic)
- Hapalochlaena Robson, 1929 (4 species)
- Histoctopus Norman, Boucher-Rodoni & Hochberg, 2009 (2 species)
- Lepidoctopus Haimovici & Sales, 2019 (monotypic)
- Macrochlaena Robson, 1929 (monotypic)
- Macroctopus Robson, 1928 (monotypic)
- Macrotritopus Grimpe, 1922 (2 species)
- Octopus Cuvier, 1798 (99 species)
- Paroctopus Naef, 1923 (3 species)
- Pinnoctopus d'Orbigny, 1845 (2 species)
- Pteroctopus P. Fischer, 1882 (6 species)
- Robsonella Adam, 1938 (2 species)
- Scaeurgus Troschel, 1857 (5 species)
- Teretoctopus Robson, 1929 (2 species)
- Thaumoctopus Norman & Hochberg, 2005 (monotypic)
- Wunderpus Hochberg, Norman & Finn, 2006 (monotypic)
Several undescribed species are known, such as the white V octopus which may or may not be placed in the genus Thaumoctopus.[2] Two fossil genera are also known: Styletoctopus from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Sannine Formation in Lebanon, and Bolcaoctopus from the Early Eocene (Ypresian) of Monte Bolca, Italy.[3]
The following is a maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree based on 13 protein-coding genes partitioned by codon, and nodes with less than 70% bootstrap support are collapsed, forming polytomies. The root, being Vampyroteuthis infernalis, is not shown:[4]
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References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet, Philippe (2015). "Octopodidae d'Orbigny, 1839". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- ^ CHRISTINE L. HUFFARD; NORAH SAARMAN2; HEALY HAMILTON; W. BRIAN SIMISON4 (2010). "The evolution of conspicuous facultative mimicry in octopuses: an example of secondary adaptation?" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 101: 68–77. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01484.x. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Mironenko, Aleksandr; Giusberti, Luca; Serafini, Giovanni; Zorzin, Roberto; Bannikov, Alexandre F. (2024-09-16). "The First Cenozoic Octopod: A Lower Eocene Record from Bolca, Northeastern Italy". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 130 (3). doi:10.54103/2039-4942/23207. hdl:11380/1367975. ISSN 2039-4942.
- ^ M. Taite; F.Á. Fernández-Álvarez; H.E. Braid; S.L. Bush; K. Bolstad; J. Drewery; S. Mills; J.M. Strugnell; M. Vecchione; R. Villanueva; J.R. Voight; A.L. Allcock (May 2023). "Genome skimming elucidates the evolutionary history of Octopoda". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 182. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107729. hdl:10261/329953.
External links
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- Tree of Life Octopodidae
- Octopodidae movies
- TONMO.com provides cephalopod family discussion forums, videos, etc.
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