Az Octopoteuthis a fejlábúak (Cephalopoda) osztályának a kalmárok (Teuthida) rendjébe, ezen belül az Octopoteuthidae családjába tartozó nem.[1]
Családjának a típusneme.
A nembe az alábbi 7-8 faj tartozik:
- Octopoteuthis Rüppell, 1844 WoRMS
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
- Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Octopoteuthidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 262–268., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf page(s): 267