Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Main Groups of Protostomes   Incirrata - octopods

After "The Tree of Life" and Felley, Vecchione, Roper, Sweeney & Christensen, 2001-

<==o Incirrata Grimpe, 1916 [Incirrana Grimpe, 1916 sensu Felley, et al., 2001-] (aitotursaat, octopods)
   |--o Amphitretus Hoyle, 1885 [Amphitrenidae Hoyle, 1886]
   |  |-- A. pelagicus Hoyle, 1885
   |  `-- A. thielei Robson, 1930
   |--o Bolitaenidae Chun, 1911
   |  |--o Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859
   |  |  |-- B. macrocotyla Steenstrup, 1886 in Hoyle, 1886
   |  |  `?-o B. ?massyae (Robson, 1924) [status doubtful]
   |  |     |-- B. ?m. massyae (Robson, 1924)
   |  |     `-- B. ?m. purpurea (Robson, 1924)
   |  |--o Japetella Hoyle, 1885
   |  |  |-- J. diaphana Hoyle, 1885
   |  |  `-- J. heathi (Berry, 1911)
   |  |--o Eledonella Verrill, 1884
   |  |  |-- E. pygmaea Verrill, 1884
   |  |  `?- E. sheardi Allan, 1945 [status doubtful]
   |  `-- Dorsopsis taningi Thore, 1949 [type lost]
   |-- Vitreledonella richardi Joubin, 1918 [Vitreledonellidae Robson, 1932]
   |?- Idioctopus gracilipes Taki, 1962 [Idioctopodidae Taki, 1962] [status doubtful]
   |-- Argonautoidea Lamarck, 1809 (Paper Nautiluses & related octopods; paperiveneensukuiset tursaat)
   `--o Octopodidae Rafinesque, 1815 non d'Orbigny, 1840 in Ferussac & d'Orbigny, 1834-1848?? (octopods; tursaat, meritursaat)
      |?- Berrya [not recognized by Felley, et al., 2001-]
      |-- Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis Gonzales, Guerra, Pascual & Briand, 1998
      |-- Octopodinae (d'Orbigny, 1840 in Ferussac & d'Orbigny, 1834-1848) Grimbe, 1921 (true octopods; aitotursaat) [10 genera / 127-146 species]
      |-- Eledoninae Grimbe, 1921 ()? [5 genera / 18-20 spacies]
      |-- Graneledoninae Voss, 1988 ()? [3 genera / 13-14 species]
      |-- Megaleledone senoi Taki, 1961 [Megaleledoninae Taki, 1961]
      `-- Bathypolypodinae Robson, 1928 ()? [4 genera / 32-34 species]

Reference(s):

Felley, J., Vecchione, M., Roper, C. F. E., Sweeney, M. & Christensen, T., 2001-2003: Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda.
–iNet: National Museum of Natural History: Departent of Systematic Biology: Invertebrate Zoology: http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/

Mangold, K. M. & Young, R. E., 1996-1999: Incirrata - Common octopods, octopuses or devilfishes.
–iNet: The Tree of Life: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/tree/cephalopoda/coleoidea/octopodiformes/octopoda/incirrata/incirrata.html

Mangold, K. M., Young, R. E. & Vecchione, M., 1996-1999: Octopoda - Octopods or devilfishes.
–iNet: The Tree of Life: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/tree/cephalopoda/coleoidea/octopodiformes/octopoda/octopoda.html

Parker, S. P. (ed.), 1982: Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vols. 1 & 2
–McGrew-Hill Book Company

Young, R. E., 1995-1999: Bolitaenidae
–iNet: The Tree of Life: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/tree/cephalopoda/coleoidea/octopodiformes/octopoda/incirrata/bolitaenidae/bolitaenidae.html

Young, R. E. & Vecchione, M., 1999: Argonautoid families
–iNet: The Tree of Life: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/tree/cephalopoda/coleoidea/octopodiformes/octopoda/incirrata/argonautoidfamilies/argonautoidfamilies.html