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 - Eledoninae
  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 - Eledone cirrhosa
      Species - Eledone caparti
      Species - Eledone gaucha
      Species - Eledone nigra
      Species - Eledone moschata
      Species - Eledone palari
      Species - Eledone thysanophora
      Species - Eledone massyae
      Species - Eledone microsicya