The Octopodidae comprise the family containing the majority of known octopus species (about 175 species).
Genera
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)
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.2
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Octopodidae.- Tree of Life Octopodidae
- Octopodidae movies
- TONMO.com provides cephalopod family discussion forums, videos, etc.
References
Bouchet, Philippe (2015). "Octopodidae d'Orbigny, 1839". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-01-31. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11782 ↩
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. ISSN 2039-4942. https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/23207/22109 ↩