Octopodidae Explained
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]
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Notes and References
- Bouchet, Philippe . 2015 . Octopodidae d'Orbigny, 1839 . 11782 . 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 . en . 130 . 3 . 10.54103/2039-4942/23207 . 2039-4942.
