Umbrella octopus
| Umbrella octopuses | |
|---|---|
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| Opisthoteuthis californiana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Suborder: | Cirrina |
| Family: | Opisthoteuthidae Verrill, 1896 |
| Genera | |
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Cirroctopus | |
Opisthoteuthis extensa
Opisthoteuthis medusoides
Umbrella octopuses (family Opisthoteuthidae) are a group of pelagic octopuses.
Taxonomy
- Genus Cirroctopus
- Cirroctopus antarctica
- Cirroctopus glacialis
- Cirroctopus hochbergi, four-blotched umbrella octopus
- Cirroctopus mawsoni
- Genus Cryptoteuthis
- Cryptoteuthis brevibracchiata
- Genus Grimpoteuthis
- Grimpoteuthis abyssicola, red jellyhead
- Grimpoteuthis bathynectes, Dumbo octopus
- 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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