Octopodoidea

Octopodoidea
Greater blue-ringed octopus
(Hapalochlaena lunulata)
Benthoctopus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Suborder: Incirrina
Superfamily: Octopodoidea
Families
A member of the family Amphitretidae.
A member of the family Bolitaenidae.
A member of the family Octopodidae.
A member of the family Vitreledonellidae.

Octopodoidea is a superfamily of the suborder Incirrata containing all octopods except for the argonauts (Alloposidae, Argonautidae, Ocythoidae and Tremoctopodidae) and the vampire squid.[1]

Families[2]

References

  1. Strugnell, Jan M.; Norman, Mark D.; Vecchione, Michael; Guzik, Michelle; Allcock, A. Louise (2013-05-28). "The ink sac clouds octopod evolutionary history". Hydrobiologia. 725 (1): 215–235. doi:10.1007/s10750-013-1517-6. ISSN 0018-8158.
  2. Octopus
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