Octopoda

Thaumoctopus mimicus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
Superordo: Octopodiformes
Ordo: Octopoda
Subordo: Cirrina – Incirrina
Genera incertae sedis: †Pohlsepia – †Proteroctopus – †Palaeoctopus

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
беларуская: Васьміногі
Ελληνικά: Οκτώποδα
English: Octopi/Octopuses
suomi: Tursaat
日本語: タコ目 (八腕目)
latviešu: Astoņkāji
Diné bizaad: Łóóʼ bigaan tseebíí
ไทย: หมึกสาย
Tagalog: Pugita

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