Octopodidae

Translingual

Etymology

Octopus +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Octopodidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Octopoda – benthic octopuses.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda - class; Coleoidea - subclass; Octobrachia - superorder; Octopoda - order; Incirrina – suborder

Hyponyms

• (family): Bathypolypodinae, Eledoninae, Graneledoninae, Megaleledoninae, Octopodinae – subfamilies
  • Bathypolypus, Benthoctopus, Grimpella, Teretoctopus; Acantheledone, Eledone, Pareledone, Tetracheledone, Velodona, Vosseledone; Bentheledone, Graneledone, Thaumeledone; Megaleledone; Abdopus, Ameloctopus, Aphrodoctopus, Cistopus, Enteroctopus, Euaxoctopus, Hapalochlaena, Octopus, Pinnoctopus, Pteroctopus, Robsonella, Scaeurgus; Adelieledone, Amphioctopus, Bathypurpurata, Callistoctopus, Galeoctopus, Histoctopus, Macrochlaena, Macroctopus, Macrotritopus, Microeledone, Muusoctopus, Paroctopus, Praealtus, Sasakiopus, Styletoctopus, Thaumoctopus, Vulcanoctopus, Wunderpus – genera

References

• Octopodidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Octopodidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Octopodidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons