Order Octopoda Leach 1818 (octopus)
Alternative spellings: Octopida, Octopodida
Parent taxon: Octobrachia according to D. Fuchs et al. 2019
See also Alroy 2007, Boyle and Rodhouse 2005, Doyle et al. 1994, Fuchs et al. 2008, Fuchs et al. 2017, Fuchs and Schweigert 2018, Kretzoi 1942, Martill and Barker 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Tanabe 2008 and Wells and Houston 2001
Sister taxa: Cirroctopodida, Prototeuthina, Vampyromorphida
Subtaxa: Cirrata Cirrina Incirrata Incirrina Kapal Octobrachiata Octopia Octopodidae Palaeoctopodidae Proteroctopus Teudopseina