Familia Octopodidae

d'Orbigny, 1840

Body saccular, without an internal shell. Head and mantle fused dorsally, with only a restricted ventral mantle aperture. Eight arms only, bearing sessile suckers without chitinous teeth.

Source: Hayward, 1990.

The following subtaxa of this family occur in the region:

Genus Eledone
Eledone cirrhosa
Genus Octopus
Octopus vulgaris

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