| Megaleledonidae | |
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| Graneledone boreopacifica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Superfamily: | Octopodoidea |
| Family: | Megaleledonidae Taki, 1961 |
| Type genus | |
| Megaleledone Taki, 1961
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Megaleledonidae is a family of octopuses in the superfamily Octopodoidea. It was formerly placed in the family Octopodidae sensu lato as the subfamily Megaleledoninae but more recent studies have raised this taxon as a valid family.[1] Megaleledonidae contains about 43 species in 12 genera.
- ^ Phillipe Bouchet (2015). "Megaleledonidae Taki, 1961". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 31 January 2018.