Octopoteuthis megaptera är en bläckfiskart som först beskrevs av Addison Emery Verrill 1885. Octopoteuthis megaptera ingår i släktet Octopoteuthis och familjen Octopoteuthidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.
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