NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Bathypolypodinae
  Family - Octopodidae
  Suborder - Incirrina
  Order - Octopoda
  Superorder - Octobrachia
  Subclass - Coleoidea
  Class - Cephalopoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Benthoctopus januarii
      Species - Benthoctopus piscatorum
      Species - Benthoctopus ergasticus
      Species - Benthoctopus hokkaidensis
      Species - Benthoctopus levis
      Species - Benthoctopus sibiricus
      Species - Benthoctopus berryi
      Species - Benthoctopus eureka
      Species - Benthoctopus magellanicus
      Species - Benthoctopus profundorum
      Species - Benthoctopus thielei
      Species - Benthoctopus abruptus
      Species - Benthoctopus fuscus
      Species - Benthoctopus oregonae
      Species - Benthoctopus canthylus
      Species - Benthoctopus macrophallus
      Species - Benthoctopus oregonensis
      Species - Benthoctopus robustus
      Species - Benthoctopus yaquinae
      Species - Benthoctopus pseudonymus
      Species - Benthoctopus lothei
      Species - Benthoctopus leioderma