Danoctopus schmidti Joubin, 1933 accepted as Pteroctopus schmidti (Joubin, 1933)
Macrotritopus equivocus (G. C. Robson, 1929) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum )
Moschites harrissoni S. S. Berry, 1917 accepted as Pareledone harrissoni (S. S. Berry, 1917)
Octopus alatus (Sasaki, 1920) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum )
Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849 accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849)
Octopus bairdii A. E. Verrill, 1873 accepted as Bathypolypus bairdii (A. E. Verrill, 1873)
Octopus californicus (S. S. Berry, 1911)
Octopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910) accepted as Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
Octopus ergasticus P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892 accepted as Bathypolypus ergasticus (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)
Octopus gracilis A. E. Verrill, 1884 accepted as Macrotritopus equivocus (G. C. Robson, 1929)
Octopus groenlandicus Dewhurst, 1856 accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849)
Octopus hongkongensis (Hoyle, 1885)
Octopus januarii Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Muusoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885)
Octopus joubini G. C. Robson, 1929
Octopus leioderma (S. S. Berry, 1911) accepted as Benthoctopus leioderma (S. S. Berry, 1911) accepted as Muusoctopus leioderma (S. S. Berry, 1911)
Octopus lentus A. E. Verrill, 1880 accepted as Bathypolypus bairdii (A. E. Verrill, 1873)
Octopus longispadiceus (Sasaki, 1917) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum )
Octopus lothei Chun, 1913 accepted as Bathypolypus ergasticus (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)
Octopus magnificus Villanueva, P. Sánchez & Compagno Roeleveld, 1992 accepted as Enteroctopus magnificus (Villanueva, P. Sánchez & Compagno Roeleveld, 1992)
Octopus obesus A. E. Verrill, 1880 accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849)
Octopus pallidus Hoyle, 1885
Octopus piscatorum A. E. Verrill, 1879 accepted as Bathypolypus bairdii (A. E. Verrill, 1873)
Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862 accepted as Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
Octopus pusillus A. Gould, 1852 (uncertain > nomen dubium )
Octopus pyrum Norman, Hochberg & Lu, 1997
Octopus rubescens S. S. Berry, 1953
Octopus rufus Risso, 1854 accepted as Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
Octopus salutii Vérany, 1839
Octopus sponsalis P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892 accepted as Bathypolypus sponsalis (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)
Octopus validus Sasaki, 1920 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum )
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Polypus faeroensis E. S. Russell, 1909 accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849)
Polypus hokkaidensis S. S. Berry, 1921 accepted as Muusoctopus hokkaidensis (S. S. Berry, 1921)
Polypus hoylei S. S. Berry, 1909 accepted as Pteroctopus hoylei (S. S. Berry, 1909)
Polypus profundicola Massy, 1907 accepted as Bathypolypus ergasticus (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)
Pteroctopus hoylei (S. S. Berry, 1909)
Pteroctopus schmidti (Joubin, 1933)
Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1830)
Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1841)