Opisthoteuthis
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| Opisthoteuthis agassizii in the Gulf of Mexico in 2019 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Opisthoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Opisthoteuthis Verrill, 1883[1] |
| Type species | |
| Opisthoteuthis agassizii Verrill, 1883
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Cirroteuthopsis Grimpe, 1920 | |
Opisthoteuthis is a genus of cirrate octopuses, sometimes known as flapjack octopuses which are found in all the world's oceans.[2]
Species
The following 24 species have been placed in Opisthoteuthis:[1]
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Notes
- ^ A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Opisthoteuthis.
References
- ^ a b Philippe Bouchet (2018). "Opisthoteuthis Verrill, 1883". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ Patrizia Jereb; Clyde F.E. Roper; Mark D. Norman; Julian K. Finn, eds. (2016). "Cephalopds of the World An Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Cephalopods species known to date Volume 3 Octopods and Vampire Squids" (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. ISBN 9789251079898.