Enteroctopodidae
Appearance
Enteroctopodidae | |
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Enteroctopus zealandicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Superfamily: | Octopodoidea |
Family: | Enteroctopodidae Strugnell, Norman, Vecchione, Guzik & Allcock, 2014 |
Type genus | |
Enteroctopus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
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Enteroctopodidae is a small family of octopuses. This family was formerly considered a subfamily of the family Octopodidae sensu lato but this family has now been divided into a number of separate families with Enteroctopodidae as one of them.[1]
Genera
[edit]These genera are included in the family Enteroctopodidae:
- Enteroctopus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
- Muusoctopus Gleadall, 2004
- Sasakiopus Jorgensen, Strugnell & Allcock, 2010
- Vulcanoctopus González & Guerra, 1998
References
[edit]- ^ Phillipe Bouchet (2015). "Enteroctopodidae Strugnell, Norman, Vecchione, Guzik & Allcock, 2014". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 31 January 2018.