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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
SuperOrdo: Octopodiformes
Ordo: Octopoda
SubOrdo: Incirrina

Familia: Octopodidae
Subfamiliae: Bathypolypodinae - Eledoninae - Graneledoninae - Megaleledoninae - Octopodinae

Genera Incertae sedis: Adelieledone – Amphioctopus – Bathypurpurata – CallistoctopusGaleoctopusHistoctopusMacrochlaenaMacroctopus – Macrotritopus – MicroeledoneMuusoctopusParoctopus – Praealtus – Sasakiopus – Styletoctopus – ThaumoctopusVulcanoctopusWunderpus
Name

Octopodidae D'Orbigny, 1840
References

Férussac and d'Orbigny: Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères. (1834-1848)
Zheng, X-D., Xu, C-X. & Li, J-H. 2022. Morphological description and mitochondrial DNA-based phylogenetic placement of a new species of Callistoctopus Taki, 1964 (Cephalopoda, Octopodidae) from the southeast waters of China. Zookeys 1121ː 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1121.86264 Open access Reference page.

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Octopodidae – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).

Vernacular names
日本語: マダコ科

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]
References

Bouchet, Philippe (2015). "Octopodidae d'Orbigny, 1839". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
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.

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