Biology:Octopodidae
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:[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 (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.[2] 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.[3]
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:[4]
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References
- ↑ Bouchet, Philippe (2015). "Octopodidae d'Orbigny, 1839". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11782.
- ↑ CHRISTINE L. HUFFARD; NORAH SAARMAN2; HEALY HAMILTON; W. BRIAN SIMISON4 (2010). "The evolution of conspicuous facultative mimicry in octopuses: an example of secondary adaptation?". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 101: 68–77. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01484.x. https://crissyhuffard.com/uploads/3/0/9/5/3095637/huffard_et_al_conspicuous_facultative_mimicry_octopus_2010.pdf. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ↑ 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" (in en). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 130 (3). doi:10.54103/2039-4942/23207. ISSN 2039-4942. https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/23207/22109.
- ↑ M. Taite; F.Á. Fernández-Álvarez; H.E. Braid; S.L. Bush; K. Bolstad; J. Drewery; S. Mills; J.M. Strugnell et al. (May 2023). "Genome skimming elucidates the evolutionary history of Octopoda". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 182. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107729.
External links
- Tree of Life Octopodidae
- Octopodidae movies
- TONMO.com provides cephalopod family discussion forums, videos, etc.
Wikidata ☰ Q1202874 entry
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