Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Cephalopoda

Current position

Octopodiformes (Superorder) Young et al., 1998

Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 366.

Alternative positions

Cephalopoda (Class) Cuvier, 1795	Ref: A.C. Campbell, 1994 (1976)
Céphalopodes (Class) Cuvier	Ref: [d'Audebard] de Férussac, [A.E.J.], [1822]: xviii.
Coleoida (Subclass) Bather, 1888	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 332.
Coleoidea (Subclass) Bather, 1888	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 292.
Dibranchiata (Subclass) Owen, 1836	Ref: Schooner Specimen Shells, [2002]
Vampyropoda (Superorder) Boletzky, 1992	Ref: T. Engeser, 1998

Historical positions

Octopodiformes (Superorder) Young et al., 1998	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 366.
Vampyropoda (Superorder) Boletzky, 1992	Ref: T. Engeser, 1998
Coleoida (Subclass) Bather, 1888	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 332.
Coleoidea (Subclass) Bather, 1888	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Coleoidea (Subclass) Bather, 1888	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 292.
Coleoidea (Subclass) Bather, 1888	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1099.
Coleoidea (Subclass) Bather, 1888	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Céphalopodes (Class) Cuvier	Ref: de Férussac, [1822]: xviii.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	14f;55g;287s;17ss; †1f;3g;6s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	14f;45g;282s;17ss
1998	T. Engeser	[2f; †1f]
1997	V.G. Millard: 334	[12f;42g]
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~200s
1982	K.J. Boss: 1099	2so;12[13]f;[43g];200s
[1822]	de Férussac	[1f]