Octopodoidea

Octopodoidea
Greater blue-ringed octopus
(Hapalochlaena lunulata)
Benthoctopus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Suborder: Incirrata
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 extant octopods except for the cirrate octopodes, argonauts (Alloposidae, Argonautidae, Ocythoidae and Tremoctopodidae), and the vampire squid.[1]

  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. S2CID 254552965.