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

Opisthoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1883

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cirroteuthopsis*	Grimpe, 1920	synonym

Children

Opisthoteuthis agassizii A. E. Verrill, 1883
Opisthoteuthis borealis M. A. Collins, 2005
Opisthoteuthis calypso Villanueva, M. A. Collins, P. Sánchez & N. A. Voss, 2002
Opisthoteuthis grimaldii (Joubin, 1903)
Opisthoteuthis massyae (Grimpe, 1920)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: メンダコ属

Literature

original description	Verrill, A. E. (1883). Supplementary report on the "Blake" cephalopods. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 11(5): 105-115.
basis of record	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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
taxonomy source	Collins M.A. & Villanueva R. (2006) Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 44: 277-322.
taxonomy source	Villanueva, R.; Collins, M.A.; Sánchez, P.; Voss, N.A. (2002). Systematics, distribution and biology of the cirrate octopods of the genus Opisthoteuthis (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) in the Atlantic Ocean, with description of two new species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 71(2): 933-985

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opisthoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1883. 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:138294