Inopinoteuthis
| Inopinoteuthis | |
|---|---|
| Inopinoteuthis magna | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Cirroteuthidae |
| Genus: | Inopinoteuthis Verhoeff & O'Shea, 2025 |
| Type species | |
| Inopinoteuthis magna (Hoyle, 1885) | |
Inopinoteuthis is a genus of deepsea octopuses from the cirrate family Cirroteuthidae. The two recognized species are fragile, gelatinous deep-sea octopods with a large 'butterfly-shaped' shell.
One of the two species, I. magna, attains the greatest size of any cirrate octopus at 1.7 m long.