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Octopodidae
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<h2 id="genera">Genera</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/World_Register_of_Marine_Species/lfmyq6bH">World Register of Marine Species</a> lists these 23 genera:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Abdopus/Mme5Vc2Q">Abdopus</a></i> Norman & Finn, 2001 (7 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Ameloctopus/ew2pUBS5">Ameloctopus</a></i> Norman, 1992 (monotypic)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Amphioctopus/BMTqMrpl">Amphioctopus</a></i> P. Fischer, 1882 (16 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Callistoctopus/tFlLNemB">Callistoctopus</a></i> Taki, 1964 (11 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Cistopus/uykP5SvU">Cistopus</a></i> Gray, 1849 (4 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Euaxoctopus/kEJqKMXI">Euaxoctopus</a></i> Voss, 1971 (3 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Galeoctopus/oSeVtuVX">Galeoctopus</a></i> Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004 (monotypic)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Grimpella/sxUncUII">Grimpella</a></i> Robson, 1928 (monotypic)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Hapalochlaena/Cun08eH0">Hapalochlaena</a></i> Robson, 1929 (4 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Histoctopus/RIJKW80Q">Histoctopus</a></i> Norman, Boucher-Rodoni & Hochberg, 2009 (2 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lepidoctopus/Qpz5ugEc">Lepidoctopus</a></i> Haimovici & Sales, 2019 (monotypic)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Macrochlaena/6gHrre6j">Macrochlaena</a></i> Robson, 1929 (monotypic)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Macroctopus/P92F43L9">Macroctopus</a></i> Robson, 1928 (monotypic)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Macrotritopus/5zIyS01F">Macrotritopus</a></i> Grimpe, 1922 (2 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Octopus_(genus)/7ywvdtEW">Octopus</a></i> <a href="/facts/Georges_Cuvier/4mmE7NzN">Cuvier</a>, 1798 (99 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Paroctopus/jykWpzGr">Paroctopus</a></i> Naef, 1923 (3 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pinnoctopus/VdeTo13J">Pinnoctopus</a></i> d'Orbigny, 1845 (2 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pteroctopus/2fYnDFee">Pteroctopus</a></i> P. Fischer, 1882 (6 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Robsonella/mxJdjyAf">Robsonella</a></i> Adam, 1938 (2 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Scaeurgus/GCFTP2fv">Scaeurgus</a></i> Troschel, 1857 (5 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Teretoctopus/MuGfMB5N">Teretoctopus</a></i> Robson, 1929 (2 species)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Thaumoctopus/fAmf4S6t">Thaumoctopus</a></i> Norman & Hochberg, 2005 (monotypic)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Wunderpus/YjWVQfD4">Wunderpus</a></i> Hochberg, Norman & Finn, 2006 (monotypic)</li></ul> <p>Two fossil genera are also known: <i><a href="/facts/Styletoctopus/NVoYBbSB">Styletoctopus</a></i> from the <a href="/facts/Late_Cretaceous/pcHa4fBg">Late Cretaceous</a> (<a href="/facts/Cenomanian/atR50Pe7">Cenomanian</a>) of the <a href="/facts/Sannine_Formation/6EkH3okw">Sannine Formation</a> in <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a>, and <i>Bolcaoctopus</i> from the <a href="/facts/Ypresian/KdIvHqv5">Early Eocene</a> (Ypresian) of <a href="/facts/Monte_Bolca/0JCDrmux">Monte Bolca</a>, Italy.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Octopodidae. <ul><li><a href="http://tolweb.org/Octopodidae/20194">Tree of Life Octopodidae</a></li> <li><a href="http://tolweb.org/movies/Octopodidae/20194">Octopodidae movies</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tonmo.com">TONMO.com provides cephalopod family discussion forums, videos, etc.</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Bouchet, Philippe (2015). "Octopodidae d'Orbigny, 1839". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-01-31. <a href="https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11782" target="_blank">https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11782</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>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. <a href="https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/23207/22109" target="_blank">https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/23207/22109</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>