Umbrella octopus

Umbrella octopuses

Opisthoteuthis extensa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Suborder:	Cirrina
Family:	Opisthoteuthidae Verrill, 1896
Genera
Cirroctopus Cryptoteuthis Grimpoteuthis Luteuthis Opisthoteuthis

Umbrella octopuses (family Opisthoteuthidae) are a group of pelagic octopuses.

Taxonomy

Genus Cirroctopus
- Cirroctopus antarctica
- Cirroctopus glacialis
- Cirroctopus hochbergi, Four-blotched Umbrella Octopus
- Cirroctopus mawsoni
Genus Cryptoteuthis
- Cryptoteuthis brevibracchiata
Genus Grimpoteuthis
- Grimpoteuthis abyssicola, Red Jellyhead
- Grimpoteuthis bathynectes
- Grimpoteuthis challengeri
- Grimpoteuthis discoveryi
- Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium
- Grimpoteuthis innominata, Small Jellyhead
- Grimpoteuthis meangensis
- Grimpoteuthis megaptera
- Grimpoteuthis pacifica
- Grimpoteuthis plena
- Grimpoteuthis tuftsi
- Grimpoteuthis umbellata
- Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri – possibly same as G. umbellata or G. plena
Genus Luteuthis
- Luteuthis dentatus, Lu's Jellyhead
- Luteuthis shuishi
Genus Opisthoteuthis
- Opisthoteuthis agassizii
- Opisthoteuthis albatrossi
- Opisthoteuthis bruuni
- Opisthoteuthis californiana, Flapjack Octopus
- Opisthoteuthis calypso
- Opisthoteuthis chathamensis, Roughy Umbrella Octopus
- Opisthoteuthis depressa, Japanese Pancake Devilfish
- Opisthoteuthis extensa
- Opisthoteuthis grimaldii
- Opisthoteuthis hardyi
- Opisthoteuthis massyae
- Opisthoteuthis medusoides
- Opisthoteuthis mero, Mero's Umbrella Octopus
- Opisthoteuthis persephone
- Opisthoteuthis philipii
- Opisthoteuthis pluto
- Opisthoteuthis robsoni, Deep-water Umbrella Octopus