Cuvier, 1797
Body muscular. Arm suckers in two rows. Ink sac present. Right 3rd arm hectocotylized in males, with well-differentiated ligula and calamus. No color rings or stripes on mantle and arms in adults.
Planctonic stages recorded for:
Octopus burryi
Octopus defilippi
Octopus macropus
Octopus vulgaris