ahtapotun bir çok türü olmasına karşın sirkülde 2 tür yasak diye bazı güvenlik yetkilileri bilmeden tümden yasak diyorlar. Başlıca bilinen bazı türlerini verelim.

Octopus salutii Verany, 1851
(=Octopus saluzzi)
Sp: Pulpo de membrana ancha Fr: Pulpe à membrane It: Polpo membranaceo, Purpessa inutile Ger: Schirm-Oktopus, Schirm-Krake


Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
(=Octopus vulgaris Lamark, 1798; =Polypus octopus)
Pt: Polvo Sp: Pulpo comùn, Pulpo de roca Cat: Polp roquer Fr: Pieuvre, Poulpe commun, Poupre rouqué It: Polpo comune Ma: Karnita Cr: Hobotnica, Merkacic, Karakatnica, Musgava Gr: Oktapous Is: Tamnum mazuy Tu: Ahtapot Ts: Qarnit En: Common octopus, Poulp Ger: Gewoenlicher Krake, Oktopus


Opisthoteuthis agassizii Verrill, 1883
(=Opisthoteuthis agassizi, wrong specific name)


Pteroctopus tetracyrrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1830)
(=Octopus tetracyrrhus Delle Chiaje, 1830; =Scaergus titanotus Troschel, 1857)
Sp: Pulpo cuatro cuernos Fr: Pulpe à quatres cornes En: Fourhorn octopus


Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Orbigny, 1840)
(=Octopus unicirrhus Orbigny, 1840; =Octopus cocco Verany, 1846; =Scaeurgus patagiatus Berry, 1913)
Sp: Pulpo unicornio Fr: Pulpe liocorne En: Unihorn octopus


Bathypolypus sponsalis (Fischer/Fischer, 1892)


Eledone cirrhosa (Lamark, 1798)
(=Eledone cirrosa?, Octopus cirrhosus Lamark, 1798; =Octopus aldovrandi Montfort, 1802, =Acantheledone cirrhosa, =Ozaena cirrhosa)
Pt: Polvo do alto Sp: Pulpo blanco, Pulpo de alto Cat: Pop blanc, Pop manyuflà Fr: Elédone commune, Poulpe blanc, Pourpre blanc It: Moscardino bianco En: Horned octopus, Curled octopus Ger: Zirrenkrake, Kleiner Krake


Eledone moschata (Lamark, 1798)
(=Octopus moschatus Lamark, 1798, =Ozaena cirrhosa)
Sp: Pulpo almizclado Cat: Pop pudent, Pop mesquer Fr: Elédone musqué, Poulpe musqué, Pourpre musqué, Porpre de mai, Muscardier It: Moscardino rosso Ma: Karnita tal Misch Cr: Muzgavac, Mercac, Perc Gr: Moskoktapoda Tu: Tchamùr ahtapotTun: Bou msik En: Musky octopus Ger: Moschuspolyp, Moschuskrake


Octopus defilippi Verany, 1851
(=Macrotritropus ssp.)
Sp: Pulpito patilargo Fr: Poulpe à long bras En: Lilliput longarm octopus


Octopus macropus Risso, 1826
(=Octopus cuvieri Orbigny, 1840; =Octopus longimanus Orbigny, 1840; =Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885; =Octopus chromatus Heilprins, 1888)
Sp: Pulpo manchado, Pulpòn Fr: Poulpe tacheté, Poulpe à bras longs, Poupressa It: Polpessa Cr: Tracan Gr: Alidona En: White-spotted octopus Ger: Langarmiger Krake, Langarm-Oktopus




Bunlar belli başlı türler dahada pek çok türü var mesela çok zehirli olan mavi halkalı ahtapot burada yok.