Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Cirrata > Superfamily Opisthoteuthoidea > Family Grimpoteuthidae

Grimpoteuthis G. C. Robson, 1932

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Grimpoteuthis boylei M. A. Collins, 2003
Grimpoteuthis challengeri M. A. Collins, 2003
Grimpoteuthis umbellata (P. Fischer, 1884)
Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri (Grimpe, 1920)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ジュウモンジダコ属

Literature

original description	Robson, G. C. (1932). A monograph of the recent Cephalopoda based on the collections in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. The Octopoda. London.
additional source	Collins, M.A. (2003). The genus Grimpoteuthis (Octopoda: Grimpoteuthidae) in the north-east Atlantic, with descriptions of three new species. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 139(1): 93-127
additional source	Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Opisthoteuthidae. pp. 248-261, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
additional source	Verhoeff, T. J. & O'Shea, S. (2022). New records and two new species of Grimpoteuthis (Octopoda: Cirrata: Grimpoteuthididae) from southern Australia and New Zealand. Molluscan Research. 42.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Grimpoteuthis G. C. Robson, 1932. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138293