Umbrella octopus
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| Umbrella octopuses | |
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| Opisthoteuthis extensa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Suborder: | Cirrina |
| Family: | Opisthoteuthidae Verrill, 1896 |
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Cirroctopus |
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Umbrella octopuses (family Opisthoteuthidae) are a group of pelagic octopuses.
[edit] Taxonomy
- Genus Cirroctopus
- Cirroctopus antarctica
- Cirroctopus glacialis
- Cirroctopus hochbergi, Four-blotched Umbrella Octopus
- Cirroctopus mawsoni
- Genus Cryptoteuthis
- Genus Grimpoteuthis
- Grimpoteuthis abyssicola, Red Jellyhead
- Grimpoteuthis bathynectes
- Grimpoteuthis challengeri
- Grimpoteuthis discoveryi
- Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium
- Grimpoteuthis innominata, Small Jellyhead
- Grimpoteuthis meangensis
- Grimpoteuthis megaptera
- Grimpoteuthis pacifica
- Grimpoteuthis plena
- Grimpoteuthis tuftsi
- Grimpoteuthis umbellata
- Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri – possibly same as G. umbellata or G. plena
- Genus Luteuthis
- Luteuthis dentatus, Lu's Jellyhead
- Luteuthis shuishi
- Genus Opisthoteuthis
- Opisthoteuthis agassizii
- Opisthoteuthis albatrossi
- Opisthoteuthis bruuni
- Opisthoteuthis californiana, Flapjack Octopus
- Opisthoteuthis calypso
- Opisthoteuthis chathamensis, Roughy Umbrella Octopus
- Opisthoteuthis depressa, Japanese Pancake Devilfish
- Opisthoteuthis extensa
- Opisthoteuthis grimaldii
- Opisthoteuthis hardyi
- Opisthoteuthis massyae
- Opisthoteuthis medusoides
- Opisthoteuthis mero, Mero's Umbrella Octopus
- Opisthoteuthis persephone
- Opisthoteuthis philipii
- Opisthoteuthis pluto
- Opisthoteuthis robsoni, Deep-water Umbrella Octopus
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