241 Species in Family Octopodidae
| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Abdopus abaculus | (Norman & Sweeney, 1997) | Mosaic drop-arm octopus |
| Abdopus aculeatus | (D'Orbigny, 1834) | Prickly octopus |
| Abdopus capricornicus | (Norman & Flinn, 2001) | |
| Abdopus horridus | (D'Orbigny, 1826) | Red Sea octopus |
| Abdopus tenebricus | (Smith, 1884) | |
| Abdopus tonganus | (Hoyle, 1885) | |
| Abdopus undulatus | Huffard, 2007 | |
| Adelieledone adelieana | (Berry, 1917) | |
| Adelieledone piatkowski | Allcock, Hochberg, Rodhouse & Thorpe, 2003 | |
| Adelieledone polymorpha | (Robson, 1930) | Antarctic knobbed octopus |
| Ameloctopus litoralis | Norman, 1992 | Stringarm octopus |
| Amphioctopus aegina | (Gray, 1849) | Sandbird octopus |
| Amphioctopus arenicola | Huffard & Hochberg, 2005 | |
| Amphioctopus burryi | (Voss, 1950) | Brown-striped octopus |
| Amphioctopus exannulatus | (Norman, 1993) | Plain-spot octopus |
| Amphioctopus fangsiao | (D'Orbigny, 1839-1841) | Gold-spot octopus |
| Amphioctopus kagoshimensis | (Ortmann, 1888) | Stareye octopus |
| Amphioctopus marginatus | (Taki, 1964) | Veined octopus |
| Amphioctopus membranaceus | (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | Webfoot octopus |
| Amphioctopus mototi | (Norman, 1992) | Poison ocellate octopus |
| Amphioctopus neglectus | (Nateewathana & Norman, 1999) | Neglected ocellate octopus |
| Amphioctopus ovulum | (Sasaki, 1917) | |
| Amphioctopus polyzenia | (Gray, 1849) | Arm-banded ocellate octopus |
| Amphioctopus rex | (Nateewathana & Norman, 1999) | King ocellate octopus |
| Amphioctopus robsoni | (Adam, 1941) | |
| Amphioctopus siamensis | (Nateewathana & Norman, 1999) | Siamese ocellate octopus |
| Amphioctopus varunae | (Oommen, 1971) | |
| Bathypolypus arcticus | (Prosch, 1847) | North Atlantic octopus |
| Bathypolypus bairdii | Prosch, 1847 | |
| Bathypolypus ergasticus | (Fischer & Fischer, 1892) | Fischers' bathyal octopus |
| Bathypolypus faeroensis | (Russell, 1909) | |
| Bathypolypus pugniger | Muus, 2002 | |
| Bathypolypus rubrostictus | Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008 | |
| Bathypolypus salebrosus | (Sasaki, 1920) | |
| Bathypolypus sponsalis | (Fischer & Fischer, 1892) | Globose octopus |
| Bathypolypus valdiviae | (Thiele, 1915) | Valdivia bathyal octopus |
| Bathypurpurata profunda | Vecchione, Allcock & Piatkowski, 2005 | Purplish octopus |
| Bentheledone albida | (Berry, 1917) | |
| Bentheledone rotunda | (Hoyle, 1885) | Rounded octopus |
| Benthoctopus behni | (Steenstrup, 1882) | |
| Benthoctopus fuscus | Taki, 1964 | |
| Benthoctopus johnsonianus | Allcock, Strugnell, Ruggiero & Collins, 2006 | |
| Benthoctopus leioderma | (Berry, 1911) | Smoothskin octopus |
| Benthoctopus lothei | (Chun, 1913) | |
| Benthoctopus macrophallus | Voss & Pearcy, 1990 | |
| Benthoctopus magellanicus | Robson, 1930 | |
| Benthoctopus piscatorum | (Verrill, 1879) | |
| Callistoctopus alpheus | (Norman, 1993) | Capricorn octopus |
| Callistoctopus aspilosomatis | (Norman, 1993) | Plain-body octopus |
| Callistoctopus bunurong | (Stranks, 1990) | Southern white-spot octopus |
| Callistoctopus dierythraeus | (Norman, 1993) | |
| Callistoctopus graptus | (Norman, 1993) | Scribbled octopus |
| Callistoctopus kermadecensis | (Berry, 1914) | |
| Callistoctopus lechenaultii | (D'Orbigny, 1826) | |
| Callistoctopus luteus | (Sasaki, 1929) | Small-spot octopus |
| Callistoctopus macropus | (Risso, 1826) | White-spotted octopus |
| Callistoctopus nocturnus | (Norman & Sweeney, 1997) | Philippine octopus |
| Callistoctopus ornatus | (Gould, 1852) | White-striped octopus |
| Callistoctopus rapanui | (Voss, 1979) | Rapanui octopus |
| Callistoctopus xiaohongxu | Zheng, Xu & Li, 2022 | |
| Cistopus chinensis | Zheng, Lin, Lu & Ma, 2012 | White-spotted pouched octopus |
| Cistopus indicus | (Rapp, 1835) | Old woman octopus |
| Cistopus taiwanicus | Liao & Lu, 2009 | Taiwan pouched octopus |
| Euaxoctopus panamensis | Voss, 1971 | Crescent octopus |
| Euaxoctopus pillsburyae | Voss, 1975 | Map octopus |
| Euaxoctopus scalenus | (Hoyle, 1904) | |
| Galeoctopus lateralis | Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004 | Sharkclub octopus |
| Graneledone antarctica | Voss, 1976 | |
| Graneledone boreopacifica | Nesis, 1982 | |
| Graneledone challengeri | (Berry, 1916) | |
| Graneledone gonzalezi | Guerra, Gonzalez & Cherel, 2000 | |
| Graneledone macrotyla | Voss, 1976 | |
| Graneledone pacifica | Voss & Pearcy, 1990 | |
| Graneledone taniwha | O'Shea, 1999 | |
| Graneledone verrucosa | (Verrill, 1881) | Warty octopus |
| Graneledone yamana | Kommritz, 2000 | |
| Grimpella thaumastocheir | Robson, 1928 | Velvet octopus |
| Hapalochlaena fasciata | (Hoyle, 1886) | Blue-lined octopus |
| Hapalochlaena lunulata | (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | Greater blue-ringed octopus |
| Hapalochlaena maculosa | (Hoyle, 1883) | Southern blue-ringed octopus |
| Hapalochlaena nierstraszi | (Adam, 1938) | |
| Histoctopus discus | Norman, Boucher-Rodoni & Hochberg, 2009 | |
| Histoctopus zipkasae | Norman, Boucher-Rodoni & Hochberg, 2009 | Zippy's octopus |
| Macrochlaena winckworthi | (Robson, 1926) | Winckworth’s octopus |
| Macroctopus maorum | (Hutton, 1880) | Maori octopus |
| Macrotritopus defilippi | (Vérany, 1851) | Lilliput longarm octopus |
| Megaleledone senoi | Taki, 1961 | Giant Antarctic octopus |
| Megaleledone setebos | (Robson, 1932) | Giant antactic octopus |
| Octopus alatus | (Sasaki, 1920) | |
| Octopus alecto | Berry, 1953 | Snakearm octopus |
| Octopus americanus | Froriep, 1806 | |
| Octopus araneoides | (Taki, 1964) | |
| Octopus arborescens | (Hoyle, 1904) | |
| Octopus areolatus | De Haan, 1839 | |
| Octopus australis | Hoyle, 1885 | Hammer octopus |
| Octopus balboai | Voss, 1971 | |
| Octopus berenice | Gray, 1849 | |
| Octopus berrima | Stranks & Norman, 1993 | Southern keeled octopus |
| Octopus bimaculatus | Verrill, 1883 | California two-spot octopus |
| Octopus bimaculoides | Pickford & McConnaughey, 1949 | Lesser twospotted octopus |
| Octopus bocki | Adam, 1941 | Bock's pygmy octopus |
| Octopus briareus | Robson, 1929 | Caribbean reef octopus |
| Octopus brocki | Ortmann, 1888 | |
| Octopus bulbus | Norman, 2001 | |
| Octopus burryi | Voss, 1950 | Brownstriped octopus |
| Octopus californicus | (Berry, 1911) | North Pacific bigeye octopus |
| Octopus campbelli | (Smith, 1902) | |
| Octopus carolinensis | Verrill, 1884 | Carolinian octopus |
| Octopus chierchiae | Jatta, 1889 | |
| Octopus conispadiceus | (Sasaki, 1917) | Chestnut octopus |
| Octopus cyanea | Gray, 1849 | Big blue octopus |
| Octopus dierythraeus | Norman, 1993 | Red-spot octopus |
| Octopus diminutus | Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008 | |
| Octopus dollfusi | Robson, 1928 | Marbled octopus |
| Octopus favonius | Gray, 1849 | |
| Octopus filamentosus | Blainville, 1826 | |
| Octopus fitchi | Berry, 1953 | Lilliput octopus |
| Octopus fujitai | (Sasaki, 1929) | |
| Octopus fusiformis | Brock, 1887 | |
| Octopus gardineri | (Hoyle, 1905) | |
| Octopus gibbsi | O'Shea, 1999 | |
| Octopus globosus | Appellöf, 1886 | Globe octopus |
| Octopus gorgonus | Huffard, 2007 | |
| Octopus guangdongenis | Dong, 1976 | |
| Octopus harpedon | Norman, 2001 | |
| Octopus hattai | (Sasaki, 1929) | |
| Octopus hawaiiensis | Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852 | Hawaiian octopus |
| Octopus hongkongensis | Hoyle, 1885 | |
| Octopus hubbsorum | Berry, 1953 | Hubb's octopus |
| Octopus humilis | Huffard, 2007 | |
| Octopus hummelincki | Adam, 1936 | Bumblebee octopus |
| Octopus huttoni | Benham, 1943 | |
| Octopus hyadesi | Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 | |
| Octopus incella | Kaneko & Kubodera, 2007 | Large-eared pika |
| Octopus insularis | Leite & Haimovici, 2008 | Brazil reef octopus |
| Octopus jeraldi | Pratt, Baldwin & Vecchione, 2020 | |
| Octopus joubini | Robson, 1929 | Atlantic pygmy octopus |
| Octopus kaharoa | O'Shea, 1999 | |
| Octopus kaurna | Stranks, 1990 | Southern sand octopus |
| Octopus laqueus | Kaneko & Kubodera, 2005 | |
| Octopus lobensis | Castellanos & Menni, 1969 | Lobed octopus |
| Octopus longispadiceus | (Sasaki, 1917) | |
| Octopus mariles | Huffard, 2007 | |
| Octopus maya | Voss & Solis Ramirez, 1966 | Mexican four-eyed octopus |
| Octopus mercatoris | Adam, 1937 | |
| Octopus mernoo | O'Shea, 1999 | |
| Octopus microphthalmus | Goodrich, 1896 | |
| Octopus micropyrsus | Berry, 1953 | California lilliput octopus |
| Octopus micros | Norman, 2001 | |
| Octopus mimus | Gould, 1852 | Changos octopus |
| Octopus minor | (Sasaki, 1920) | Long arm octopus |
| Octopus mutilans | Taki, 1942 | |
| Octopus nanhaiensis | Dong, 1976 | |
| Octopus nanus | Adam, 1973 | |
| Octopus niveus | Lesson, 1830 | |
| Octopus occidentalis | Steenstrup, 1886 | |
| Octopus ochotensis | (Sasaki, 1920) | |
| Octopus oculifer | (Hoyle, 1904) | Galapagos octopus |
| Octopus oliveri | (Berry, 1914) | |
| Octopus oshimai | (Sasaki, 1929) | |
| Octopus pallidus | Hoyle, 1885 | Pale octopus |
| Octopus parvus | (Sasaki, 1917) | Japanese pygmy octopus |
| Octopus penicillifer | Berry, 1954 | |
| Octopus pentherinus | Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 | |
| Octopus prashadi | Adam, 1939 | |
| Octopus pricei | (Berry, 1913) | |
| Octopus pumilus | Norman & Sweeney, 1997 | |
| Octopus pyrum | Norman et al., 1997 | |
| Octopus roosevelti | Stuart, 1941 | |
| Octopus rubescens | Berry, 1953 | East Pacific red octopus |
| Octopus salutii | Verany, 1839 | Spider octopus |
| Octopus sanctaehelenae | Robson, 1929 | |
| Octopus sasakii | Taki, 1942 | |
| Octopus selene | Voss, 1971 | Moon octopus |
| Octopus spinosus | (Sasaki, 1920) | |
| Octopus striolatus | Dong, 1976 | |
| Octopus superciliosus | Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 | Frilled pygmy octopus |
| Octopus taprobanensis | Robson, 1926 | |
| Octopus tehuelchus | D'Orbigny, 1834 | Tehuelche octopus |
| Octopus tenuipulvinus | (Sasaki, 1920) | |
| Octopus tetricus | Gould, 1852 | Gloomy octopus |
| Octopus tsugarensis | (Sasaki, 1920) | |
| Octopus validus | (Sasaki, 1920) | |
| Octopus variabilis | (Sasaki, 1929) | Whiparm octopus |
| Octopus veligero | Berry, 1953 | Veiled octopus |
| Octopus verrucosus | Hoyle, 1885 | |
| Octopus vitiensis | Hoyle, 1885 | Bighead octopus |
| Octopus vulgaris | Cuvier, 1797 | Common octopus |
| Octopus warringa | Stranks, 1990 | Club pygmy octopus |
| Octopus wolfi | (Wülker, 1913) | Star-sucker pygmy octopus |
| Octopus yendoi | (Sasaki, 1920) | |
| Octopus zonatus | Voss, 1968 | Atlantic banded squid |
| Pareledone aequipapillae | Allcock, 2005 | |
| Pareledone albimaculata | Allcock, 2005 | |
| Pareledone antarctica | (Thiele, 1920) | |
| Pareledone aurata | Allcock, 2005 | |
| Pareledone aurorae | (Berry, 1917) | |
| Pareledone charcoti | (Joubin, 1905) | Charcot's octopus |
| Pareledone cornuta | Allcock, 2005 | |
| Pareledone felix | Allcock, Strugnell, Prodohl, Piatkowski & Vecchione, 2007 | |
| Pareledone framensis | Lu & Stranks, 1994 | |
| Pareledone harrissoni | (Berry, 1917) | |
| Pareledone panchroma | Allcock, 2005 | |
| Pareledone prydzensis | Lu & Stranks, 1994 | |
| Pareledone serperastrata | Allcock, 2005 | |
| Pareledone subtilis | Allcock, 2005 | |
| Pareledone turqueti | (Joubin, 1905) | Turquet's octopus |
| Paroctopus cthulu | Leite, Lima, Lima & Haimovici, 2021 | |
| Paroctopus digueti | (Perrier & Rocheburne, 1894) | Diguet's pygmy octopus |
| Pinnoctopus cordiformis | (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | |
| Pinnoctopus kermadecensis | (Berry, 1914) | |
| Praealtus paralbida | Allcock, Collins, Piatkowski & Vecchione, 2004 | White octopus |
| Praealtus paralbidus | Allcock, Collins, Piatkowski & Vecchione, 2004 | |
| Pteroctopus eurycephala | (Taki, 1964) | |
| Pteroctopus hoylei | (Berry, 1909) | Pacific fourhorn octopus |
| Pteroctopus keralensis | (Oommen, 1966) | |
| Pteroctopus schmidti | (Joubin, 1933) | Dana octopus |
| Pteroctopus tetracirrhus | (delle Chiaje, 1830) | Fourhorn octopus |
| Pteroctopus witjazi | Akimushkin, 1963 | |
| Robsonella fontaniana | (D'Orbigny, 1834) | Small octopus |
| Robsonella huttoni | Benham, 1943 | |
| Sasakiopus salebrosus | (Sasaki, 1920) | Rough octopus |
| Scaeurgus jumeau | Norman, Hochberg, & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005 | |
| Scaeurgus nesisi | Norman, Hochberg, & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005 | |
| Scaeurgus patagiatus | Berry, 1913 | |
| Scaeurgus tuber | Norman, Hochberg, & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005 | |
| Scaeurgus unicirrhus | (Delle Chiaje, 1841) | Unihorn octopus |
| Teretoctopus alcocki | Robson, 1932 | |
| Teretoctopus indicus | Robson, 1929 | Fourpad octopus |
| Tetracheledone spinicirrhus | Voss, 1955 | Spiny-horn octopus |
| Tetracheledone spinicurrus | Voss, 1955 | |
| Thaumeledone brevis | (Hoyle, 1885) | |
| Thaumeledone gunteri | Robson, 1930 | Gunter's octopus |
| Thaumeledone marshalli | O'Shea, 1999 | |
| Thaumeledone peninsulae | Allcock, Collins, Piatkowski & Vecchione, 2004 | |
| Thaumeledone zeiss | O'Shea, 1999 | |
| Thaumoctopus mimicus | Norman & Hochberg, 2005 | Mimic octopus |
| Velodona togata | Chun, 1915 | Angel octopus |
| Vosseledone charrua | Palacio, 1978 | Charrua octopus |
| Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis | Gonzalez et al., 1998 | Vent octopus |
| Wunderpus photogenicus | Hochberg, Norman & Finn, 2006 | Wunderpus |