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Octopoda Leach 1818

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Octopoda Leach 1818
Order recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopoda
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Octopoda
Recognized by CephBase, Egypt Species List, Australia Species List, Belgium Species List, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Cocos Islands Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Cyprus Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Dominica Species List, Ecuador Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Fiji Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Greece Species List, Guam Species List, Honduras Species List, India Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Italy Species List, Kiribati Species List, Maldives Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritius Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Russia Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saint Kitts and Nevis Species List, Seychelles Species List, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Korea Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tajikistan Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Tonga Species List, Turkey Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Gulf of Suez Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Ligurian Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Hudson Strait Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Red Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Sea of Okhostk Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Furui 2020, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, Ceram Sea Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United States Species List, Flickr BHL, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Octopoda Leach 1818
Order recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Alternative Names

Kapal Martin 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Octopoda
Harvest ancestor according to Arkive, Arkive, EOL authors, Animal Diversity Web, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, Anguilla Species List, Aruba Species List, GBIF national node type records Sweden, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, Flickr Group, literature body sizes metazoa, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, World Register of Marine Species, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Octopoda Leach 1818
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors
Paleocirroteuthis Tanabe 2008
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

devilfishes preferred
Recognized by admin
Octopods
prefer
Recognized by admin
Bristle bearing octopus
prefer
Recognized by Flickr BHL

Afrikaans

Seekat preferred
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Akan

Posena preferred
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Albanian

Oktapodi preferred
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Arabic

أخطبوطيات preferred
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Armenian

Ութոտանիներ preferred
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Azerbaijani

Osminoqlar preferred
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Basque

Olagarro preferred
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Belarusian

васьміногі preferred
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Bengali

অক্টোপাস preferred
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Bislama

Nawita preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bosnian

Hobotnica preferred
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Breton

Morgazh preferred
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Bulgarian

октоподи preferred
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Burmese

ရေဘဝဲ preferred
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Catalan; Valencian

polp preferred
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Cebuano

Kugita preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chechen

БархӀкогберг preferred
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Chinese

章魚目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Hobotnica preferred
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Czech

chobotnice preferred
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Danish

Ottearmede blæksprutter preferred
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Esperanto

Oktopieduloj preferred
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Estonian

Kaheksahaarmelised preferred
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Finnish

Tursaat
prefer
Recognized by admin
tursaat preferred
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Galician

Polbo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Kraken preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Χταπόδι preferred
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Guarani

Mymba ijyva poapy preferred
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Haitian; Haitian Creole

Pyèv preferred
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Hebrew

תמנונאים preferred
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Hindi

अष्टबाहु preferred
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Icelandic

Kolkrabbi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ido

Polpo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Indonesian

Gurita preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Inupiaq

Nipitchaq preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

ochtapas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

タコ目 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Javanese

Gurita preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kannada

ಆಕ್ಟೊಪಸ್ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kazakh

Сегізаяқтылар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Осьминогдор preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

문어목 preferred
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Kurdish

Heştpê preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latin

Octopus preferred
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Latvian

Astoņkāji preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lingua Franca Nova

Polpo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Aštuonkojai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Low Saxon

Kraken preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

октопод preferred
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Malay

Sotong Gurita preferred
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Malayalam

നീരാളി preferred
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Marathi

अष्टपाद preferred
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Moroccan Arabic

زايز preferred
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Nauru

Dogiga preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Łóóʼ bigaan tseebíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nepali

अक्टोपस preferred
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North Frisian

Kraaken preferred
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Norwegian

åttearmete blekkspruter preferred
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Oriya

ଅକ୍ଟୋପସ preferred
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Ossetian; Ossetic

Асткъахыг preferred
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Persian

هشت‌پا preferred
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Polish

ośmiornice preferred
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Portuguese

Polvo preferred
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Punjabi

ਆਕਟੋਪਸ preferred
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Quechua

Pulpu preferred
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Russian

осьминоги preferred
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Santali

ᱚᱠᱴᱚᱯᱚᱥ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sardinian

Prupu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Scots

octopus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

хоботница preferred
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Shambala

Hobotnica preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sicilian

Purpu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

Osmonohy preferred
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Spanish; Castilian

Hobotnice preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sundanese

Gurita preferred
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Swahili

Pweza preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Åttaarmade bläckfiskar preferred
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Tagalog

Pugita preferred
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Tamil

பேய்க்கணவாய் preferred
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Telugu

ఆక్టోపస్ preferred
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Thai

หมึกสาย preferred
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Tibetan

ཆུ་སྲིན་ལག་བརྒྱད། preferred
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Turkish

ahtapot preferred
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Ukrainian

восьминіг preferred
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Unspecified

ᎠᏓᏢᎢᎯ preferred
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Urdu

آکٹوپس preferred
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Uzbek

Osminoglar preferred
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Vietnamese

Bạch tuộc preferred
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Waray

Kugita preferred
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Welsh

Octopws preferred
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Wu

八腕目 preferred
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Arz

اخطبوط preferred
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Azb

اوْسمینوقلار preferred
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Bcl

Kugita preferred
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Lzh

章魚 preferred
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Nan

Chiuⁿ-hî preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nrm

Pieuvre preferred
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Yue

八爪魚 preferred
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Zh Cn

章魚目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

章鱼目 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Octopoda Leach 1818

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1795
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Octopodiformes Berthold & Engeser 1987
Octopoda Leach 1818 (this page)
Cirrata
Incirrata
Vampyromorpha Robson 1929

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1795
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Octopodiformes Berthold & Engeser 1987
Octopoda Leach 1818 (this page)
Cirrata
Incirrata
Vampyromorpha G. C. Robson 1929

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1795
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Octopodiformes Berthold & Engeser 1987
Octopoda Leach 1818 (this page)
Cirrata
Incirrata
Vampyromorpha Robson 1929

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1797
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Neocoleoidea Haas 1997
Octopodiformes Berthold & Engeser 1987
Octopoda Leach 1818 (this page)
Cirrata Grimpe 1916
Incirrata Grimpe 1916
Prototeuthidina Naef 1921
Vampyromorpha Robson 1929

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Octopoda (this page)
Alloposidae
Amphitretidae
Argonautidae
Bathypolypodidae
Bolitaenidae
Cirroctopodidae
Cirroteuthidae
Eledonidae
Enteroctopodidae
Idioctopodidae
Laemoteuthidae
Laetmoteuthidae
Megaleledonidae
Octopodidae
Ocythoidae
Opisthoteuthidae
Palaeoctopodidae
Proteroctopus Fischer & Riou 1982
Stauroteuthidae
Tremoctopodidae
Vitreledonellidae
Acanthoplites Sinzow 1907
Aethiosolen Flower 1968
Allotrioceratidae
Ampakabites Collignon 1965
Apocrinoceratidae
Aptychus von Meyer 1831
Arctoteuthis Sachs & Nalnjaeva 1964
Arionoceratidae
Arkonoceras Flower 1945
Bactritidae
Bajkaloceratidae
Baltoceratidae
Barrandoceratidae
Berriasellidae
Brevicoceratidae
Caracoliceras Von Hillebrandt, Kossler & Gröschke 2000
Chihlioceratidae
Choanoceratidae
Chtenopterygidae
Clinoceratidae
Cornaptychus Trauth 1927
Craspeditidae
Cyrtendoceratidae
Dawsonoceratidae
Discoceratidae
Dorsoplanitidae
Ectocentritidae
Ellesmeroceratidae
Emmonsoceratidae
Endoceratidae
Engorthoceratidae
Enigmoceras Hook & Flower 1977
Eotripteroceras Flower 1943
Eskimoceratidae
Estonioceratidae
Geczyceras Martinez Gutierrez 1992
Geisonoceratidae
Geopeltididae
Gouldoceras Stait 1980
Granulaptychus Trauth 1927
Guerangericeras Thomel 1972
Hebetoceratidae
Hematitidae
Hyattoceratidae
Idiosepiidae
Infabricaticeras Cobban, Hook & Kennedy 1989
Infraparkinsonia Westermann 1956
Infrapatoceras Ochoterena 1966
Ingridella Wiedmann 1960
Laevaptychus Trauth 1927
Lamellorthoceratidae
Leurocycloceras Foerste 1928
Leurocycloceratidae
Lituitidae
Lowoceratidae
Loxoceras M'Coy 1844
Mandaloceratidae
Mecynoceratidae
Meekoceratidae
Mesoceratidae
Michelinoceratidae
Nautilida
Oncoceratidae
Ophidioceratidae
Ormoceratidae
Orthoceratidae
Palaeobelemnopsidae
Palaeocycloceras Shimizu & Obata 1936
Palaeololiginidae
Paraphragmitidae
Paratrematoceras Schastlivtseva 1981
Phragmoceratidae
Phricodoceratidae
Pohlsepia Kluessendorf & Doyle 2000
Polydesmiidae
Polyelasmoceratidae
Poterioceratidae
Proteoceratidae
Proterocameroceratidae
Protocycloceratidae
Pseudorthoceratidae
Psuedorthoceratidae
Rhomboteuthis Fischer & Riou 1982
Richmondoceras Frey 1995
Ruedemannoceratidae
Shideleroceratidae
Sinuobactritidae
Siphonium Link 1807
Sphooceratidae
Stereoplasmoceratidae
Tetragonites Kossmat 1895
Tienoceras Chao 1954
Trocholitidae
Troedssonellidae
Westonoceratidae
Wetherbyoceras Foerste 1926
Wutinoceratidae
Yanheceratidae
Yorkoceratidae
Zugmontites Reis 1907
337 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1797
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Octobrachia Fioroni 1981
Octopoda Leach 1818 (this page)
Cirrina Grimpe 1916
Incirrina Grimpe 1916
Vampyromorphida Pickford 1939

IUCN

Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Octopoda (this page)
Alloposidae
Amphitretidae
Argonautidae
Cirroctopodidae
Cirroteuthidae
Enteroctopodidae
Megaleledonidae
Octopodidae
Ocythoidae
Opisthoteuthidae
Stauroteuthidae
Tremoctopodidae
Bathyteuthida
Idiosepiida
Myopsida
Oegopsida
Sepiida
Sepiolida
Spirulida

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Neocoleoidea
Octopodiformes
Octopoda (this page)
Cirrata
Incirrata
unclassified Octopoda
Vampyromorpha

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Octopodiformes
Octopoda (this page)
Cirrata
Cirrina
Cirroctopodidae
Hectocotylus
Incirrata
Incirrina
Palaeoctopodidae
Proteroctopus
Stauroteuthidae
Tremoctopodidae
Vitreledonellidae
Trachyteuthididae
Vampyromorpha

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Octopoda (this page)
Alloposidae
Alloposidae A. E. Verrill 1881
Amphitretidae
Amphitretidae Hoyle 1886
Argonautidae
Argonautidae Cantraine 1841
Argonautoidea Cantraine 1841
Bathypolypodidae
Bathypolypodidae G. C. Robson 1929
Cirrata Grimpe 1916
Cirroctopodidae
Cirroctopodidae M. A. Collins & Villenueva 2006
Cirroteuthidae
Cirroteuthidae W. Keferstein 1866
Eledonidae
Eledonidae Rochebrune 1884
Enteroctopodidae
Enteroctopodidae Strugnell, Norman, Vecchione, Guzik & Allcock 2014
Grimpoteuthidae
Grimpoteuthidae O'Shea 1999
Idioctopodidae
Incirrata Grimpe 1916
Megaleledonidae
Megaleledonidae Taki 1961
Octopodidae
Octopodidae d'Orbigny 1840
Octopodoidea d'Orbigny 1840
Ocythoidae
Ocythoidae Gray 1849
Opisthoteuthidae
Opisthoteuthidae A. E. Verrill 1896
Palaeoctopodidae
Palaeoctopodidae Dollo 1912
Stauroteuthidae
Stauroteuthidae Grimpe 1916
Tremoctopodidae
Tremoctopodidae Tryon 1879
Actinoceras
Actinoceras Bronn 1835
Agoniatitida Ruchencev 1957
Ammonitida
Ammonitida Haeckel 1866
Ammonoida Haeckel 1866
Bactritoidea Shimansky 1951
Bathyteuthida
Bathyteuthida
Belemnitida
Belemnitida Haeckel 1866
Ceratitida Hyatt 1884
Clymeniida Hyatt 1884
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Decapodiformes R. E. Young, Vecchione & Donovan 1998
Diplobelida Jeletzky 1965
Endoceratoidea Teichert 1933
Goniatitida Hyatt 1884
Idiosepida
Idiosepida
Multiceratoidea Mutvei 2013
Myopsida
Myopsida
Nautilida
Nautilida Agassiz 1847
Nautiloidea Agassiz 1847
Octopoda Leach 1818
Octopodiformes Berthold & Engeser 1987
Oegopsida
Oegopsida d'Orbigny 1845
Orthoceratoidea Teichert 1967
Orthocerida
Orthocerida
Phylloceratida Schindewolf 1923
Prolecanitida Miller & Furnish 1954
Sepiida
Sepiida Zittel 1895
Spirulida
Spirulida Stolley 1919
Tarphyceratia
Uralharuspex
Uralharuspex Ceccolini & Cianferoni 2023
Vampyromorpha
Vampyromorpha G. C. Robson 1929
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