Octopodidae
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Octopodidae is a family of octopuses.[1] The World Register of Marine Species lists 23 genera within this family.[1]
Quick Facts
- Species count
- about 175
- Genera count
- 23
- Largest genus
- Octopus (99 species)
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
A 2023 phylogenetic study used 13 protein-coding genes partitioned by codon to analyze the group.[2] That study collapsed nodes with less than 70% bootstrap support, forming polytomies.[2] The root of the tree was the vampire squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis.[2] The study was published in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution in May 2023.[2]
d'Orbigny (1839) is the authority cited for the family Octopodidae in the World Register of Marine Species.[1]
What the cited sources add
The World Register of Marine Species entry, with Bouchet (2015) as the cited source, lists 23 accepted genera.[1]
References
- Wikipedia, "Octopodidae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bouchet, Philippe, "Octopodidae d'Orbigny, 1839", 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Octopodidae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Genome skimming elucidates the evolutionary history of Octopoda", Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, May 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Octopodidae (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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