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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

• Tree of Life Octopodidae
• Octopodidae movies
• TONMO.com provides cephalopod family discussion forums, videos, etc.

References

1. 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 ↩

2. 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 ↩