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

Stauroteuthidae Grimpe, 1916

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Stauroteuthinae*	Grimpe, 1916	synonym

Children

Stauroteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1879

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ジュウモンジダコ科

Literature

basis of record	Collins, M.A.; Henriques, C. (2000). A revision of the family Stauroteuthidae (Octopoda: Cirrata) with redescriptions of Stauroteuthis syrtensis and S. gilchristi. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 80(4): 685-697
additional source	Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Stauroteuthidae. pp. 266-267, 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.
status source	Taite, M.; Fernández-Álvarez, F.; Braid, H.; Bush, S.; Bolstad, K.; Drewery, J.; Mills, S.; Strugnell, J.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Voight, J.; Allcock, A. (2023). Genome skimming elucidates the evolutionary history of Octopoda. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 182: 107729.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Stauroteuthidae Grimpe, 1916. 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:153105