Octopodidae

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Octopodidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–present
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Greater blue-ringed octopus
(Hapalochlaena lunulata)
Octopus vulgaris , Oktopod !.JPG
Octopus vulgaris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Superfamily: Octopodoidea
Family: Octopodidae
Orbigny, 1839
Genera

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

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Genera

The World Register of Marine Species lists these 23 genera: [1]

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]

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe (2015). "Octopodidae d'Orbigny, 1839". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  2. ↑ CHRISTINE L. HUFFARD; NORAH SAARMAN2; HEALY HAMILTON; W. BRIAN SIMISON4 (2010). "The evolution of conspicuous facultative mimicry in octopuses: an example of secondary adaptation?" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 101: 68–77. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01484.x . Retrieved 12 October 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ 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. hdl: 11380/1367975 . ISSN   2039-4942.
  4. ↑ M. Taite; F.Á. Fernández-Álvarez; H.E. Braid; S.L. Bush; K. Bolstad; J. Drewery; S. Mills; J.M. Strugnell; M. Vecchione; R. Villanueva; J.R. Voight; A.L. Allcock (May 2023). "Genome skimming elucidates the evolutionary history of Octopoda". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 182. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107729. hdl: 10261/329953 .
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