Cirroteuthis
| Cirroteuthis | |
|---|---|
| Cirroteuthis muelleri observed during the Arctic 2005 Exploration, NOAA-OE | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Cirroteuthidae |
| Genus: | Cirroteuthis Eschricht, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Cirroteuthis muelleri Eschricht, 1838
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| Species | |
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Cirroteuthis muelleri Eschricht, 1838 Cirroteuthis kirrilyae Verhoeff & O'Shea, 2025 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sciadephorus Reinhardt and Prosch, 1846 | |
Cirroteuthis is a genus of cirrate octopus containing two species. It was the first genus (and contains the first species) of cirrate octopus to be described (in 1838). It is closely related to the genus Cirrothauma within the family Cirroteuthidae.
The type species (C. muelleri) is restricted to the Arctic Ocean and far North Atlantic. Specimens from the Pacific, Indian Ocean and southern hemisphere, which have been referred to as the big-finned jellyhead or C. cf. muelleri, have recently been attributed to a separate species Cirroteuthis kirrilyae Verhoeff & O'Shea, 2025 (based on both morphological and molecular data).