Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Cryptoteuthis brevibracchiata	Short-arm flapjack octopod	Northeast Atlantic.	12.1 TL	2004
Grimpoteuthis abyssicola		Southwest Pacific.		1999
Grimpoteuthis angularis		Southwest Pacific.		2022
Grimpoteuthis bathynectes		Northeast Pacific.		1990
Grimpoteuthis boylei	Boyle's flapjack octopod	Eastern Atlantic.	11.5 ML	2003
Grimpoteuthis challengeri		Northwest Atlantic.	37 TL	2003
Grimpoteuthis discoveryi		Northeast Atlantic.	21 TL	2003
Grimpoteuthis greeni		Northeast Atlantic.		2022
Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium		Southeast Pacific.		1904
Grimpoteuthis imperator		Southeast Pacific.		2021
Grimpoteuthis innominata		Southwest Pacific.		1999
Grimpoteuthis meangensis		Western Pacific		1885
Grimpoteuthis megaptera		Western Atlantic	2.5 ML	1885
Grimpoteuthis pacifica		Western Central Pacific.		1885
Grimpoteuthis plena		Northwest Atlantic.	5.7 ML	1885
Grimpoteuthis tuftsi		Northeast Pacific.		1990
Grimpoteuthis umbellata		Northeast Atlantic		1883
Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri	Wülker's flapjack octopod	Atlantic Ocean. Temperat	40 TL	1920
Opisthoteuthis agassizii	Agassiz's flapjack octopod	Western Atlantic	18.6 TL	1883
Opisthoteuthis albatrossi		Northwest Pacific	3.6 ML	1920
Opisthoteuthis borealis		Northern Atlantic	7.5 ML	2005
Opisthoteuthis bruuni		Southeast Pacific	2.9 ML	1982
Opisthoteuthis californiana	Flapjack octopus	Eastern Pacific.	8 ML	1949
Opisthoteuthis calypso	Calypso flapjack octopod	Northeastern Atlantic and	48.2 TL	2002
Opisthoteuthis chathamensis		Southwest Pacific	18 TL	1999
Opisthoteuthis depressa	Japanese pancake devilfish	Northwest Pacific	3.8 ML	1895
Opisthoteuthis dongshaensis		Northwest Pacific	22.6 TL	2010
Opisthoteuthis extensa		Eastern Indian Ocean		1915
Opisthoteuthis grimaldii	Grimaldi’s flapjack octopod	Eastern Atlantic	25 TL	1903
Opisthoteuthis hardyi		Antarctic Atlantic	28.5 TL	2002
Opisthoteuthis japonica		Northwest Pacific	4.5 ML	1962
Opisthoteuthis massyae	Massy's flapjack octopod	Eastern Atlantic	35 TL	1920
Opisthoteuthis medusoides		Western Indian Ocean		1915
Opisthoteuthis mero		Southwest Pacific	34 TL	1999
Opisthoteuthis persephone		Eastern Indian Ocean	20 TL	1918
Opisthoteuthis philipii		Western Indian Ocean.	47 TL	1976
Opisthoteuthis pluto		Indo-Pacific	4.4 ML	1918
Opisthoteuthis robsoni		Southwest Pacific	36.2 TL	1999
Opisthoteuthis vossi		Southeast Atlantic.		1989

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Family: Opisthoteuthidae flapjack octopods(See list of species below)

Family: Opisthoteuthidae flapjack octopods

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