The Octopodidae are a family containing the majority of known octopus species (about 175 species).

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species lists these 23 genera:

• 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 (8 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)

Several undescribed species are known, such as the white V octopus which may or may not be placed in the genus Thaumoctopus. 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.

The following is a maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree based on 13 protein-coding genes partitioned by codon, and nodes with less than 70% bootstrap support are collapsed, forming polytomies. The root, being Vampyroteuthis infernalis, is not shown:

References

External links

• Tree of Life Octopodidae

• Octopodidae movies

• TONMO.com provides cephalopod family discussion forums, videos, etc.