Octopoda

Haliphron atlanticus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanobionta
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
Superordo: Octopodiformes
Ordo: Octopoda
Subordo: Cirrina  - Incirrina  - †Incertae Sedis

Name

Octopoda Leach, 1818

Synonyms

• Octopoida Leach, 1817

References

• Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods: A World Guide. Hackenheim, ConchBooks, p. 214.
• O'Shea, S. 1999: The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). NIWA biodiversity memoir, ( 112 ).

Vernacular names

Akan: Posena
Diné bizaad: Łóóʼ bigaan tseebíí
Ελληνικά: Οκτώποδα
English: Octopi/Octopuses
latviešu: Astoņkāji
日本語: タコ目 (八腕目)
suomi: Tursaat
ไทย: หมึกยักษ์, หมึกสาย

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