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

Cirroteuthidae W. Keferstein, 1866

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cirroteuthis Eschricht, 1838
Cirrothauma Chun, 1911

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒゲナガダコ／ヒゲダコ科

Literature

original description	Keferstein, W. M. (1866). Kopffüsser: Cephalopoda Cuv., pages 1307-1464, plates 110-136. In H.G. Bronn, Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-reiches: Weichthiere (Malacozoa). 1500 pages, 136 plates. Leipzig und Heidelberg, 1862-1866.
additional source	Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Cirroteuthidae. pp. 262-265, 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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cirroteuthidae W. Keferstein, 1866. 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:11776