Octopodidae

Octopodidae
	Greater blue-ringed octopus; (Hapalochlaena lunulata)
	Octopus vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Superfamily:	Octopodoidea
Family:	Octopodidae; Orbigny, 1839
Genera
	See text

The Octopodidae comprise the family containing the majority of known octopus species.

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera:[1]

Abdopus Norman & Finn, 2001
Ameloctopus Norman, 1992
Amphioctopus Fischer, 1882
Callistoctopus Taki, 1964
Cistopus Gray, 1849
Euaxoctopus Voss, 1971
Galeoctopus Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004
Grimpella Robson, 1928
Hapalochlaena Robson, 1929
Histoctopus Norman, Boucher-Rodoni & Hochberg, 2009
Lepidoctopus Haimovici & Sales, 2019
Macrochlaena Robson, 1929
Macroctopus Robson, 1928
Macrotritopus Grimpe, 1922
Octopus Cuvier, 1798
Paroctopus Naef, 1923
Pinnoctopus d'Orbigny, 1845 in 1845–1847
Pteroctopus Fischer, 1882 in 1880–1887
Robsonella Adam, 1938
Scaeurgus Troschel, 1857
Teretoctopus Robson, 1929
Thaumoctopus Norman & Hochberg, 2005
Wunderpus Hochberg, Norman & Finn, 2006

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References

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

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, Philippe (2015). "Octopodidae d'Orbigny, 1839". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-01-31.