Family Opisthoteuthidae Verrill 1896 (octopus)
Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Opisthoteuthidae
Parent taxon: Cirrata according to M. Nixon 2011
See also Boyle and Rodhouse 2005
Sister taxon: Cirroteuthidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Opisthoteuthidae in the database