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

  Family - Opisthoteuthidae
  Suborder - Cirrina
  Order - Octopoda
  Superorder - Octobrachia
  Subclass - Coleoidea
  Class - Cephalopoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Opisthoteuthis californiana
      Species - Opisthoteuthis agassizii
      Species - Opisthoteuthis persephone
      Species - Opisthoteuthis pluto
      Species - Opisthoteuthis depressa
      Species - Opisthoteuthis philipii
      Species - Opisthoteuthis vossi
      Species - Opisthoteuthis japonica
      Species - Opisthoteuthis extensa
      Species - Opisthoteuthis grimaldii
      Species - Opisthoteuthis medusoides