Cirroctopus

{{Short description|Genus of octopuses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Cirroctopus (YPM IZ 049350) 001.jpeg

| image_alt = Photo of a dead, reddish octopus on a black background. The octopus is between 150 and 200 mm long.

| image_caption = Preserved octopus of genus Cirroctopus found near the Antarctic Peninsula

| display_parents = 2

| parent_authority = Collins & Villenueva, 2006

| taxon = Cirroctopus

| authority = Naef, 1923{{cite web | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325313 | title = Cirroctopodidae Collins & Villenueva, 2006 |accessdate = 5 February 2018 | publisher = Flanders Marine Institute | author = Philippe Bouchet | year = 2017 | work = World Register of Marine Species}}

| type_species = Cirroctopus mawsoni

| type_species_authority = (Berry, 1917)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = *Cirroctopus antarctica (Kubodera & Okutani, 1986)

• Cirroctopus glacialis (Robson, 1930)
• Cirroctopus hochbergi O'Shea, 1999
• Cirroctopus mawsoni (Berry, 1917)

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Cirroctopus is a genus of four species of octopuses within the monotypic family Cirroctopodidae. Members of this genus have larger fins than other cirrate octopuses, and tend to be more muscular.Vecchione, Michael and Richard E. Young. 2016. Cirroctopodidae Collins and Villanueva 2006. Cirroctopus Naef, 1923. Version 27 February 2016 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Cirroctopus/20103/2016.02.27 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/ They are found in the southern hemisphere, where they live at depths of over 300m.{{cite book | url = http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3489e.pdf | title = Cephalopds of the World An Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Cephalopods species known to date Volume 3 Octopods and Vampire Squids | editor1 = Patrizia Jereb | editor2 = Clyde F.E. Roper | editor3 = Mark D. Norman | editor4 = Julian K. Finn | year = 2016 | publisher = Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome |isbn = 9789251079898}}