Cirroteuthidae
Encyclopedia
Cirroteuthidae is a family
of cirrate octopus
es comprising three species in two genera
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of cirrate octopus
Octopus
The octopus is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms, and like other cephalopods they are bilaterally symmetric. An octopus has a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms...
es comprising three species in two genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
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Species
- Genus CirroteuthisCirroteuthisCirroteuthis muelleri is one of the largest cirrate octopuses, growing to a length of 1.5 m. It is the only species of the genus Cirroteuthis.-Description:...
- Cirroteuthis muelleri
- Genus Cirrothauma
- Cirrothauma magna
- Cirrothauma murrayi, Blind Cirrate