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| image2_caption = Female ''Japetella diaphana''<br>from northeastern [[São Tomé Island]]
| taxon = Bolitaeninae
| authority = [[Carl Chun|Chun]], 1911<ref name = WoRMS>{{cite web | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742052 | title = Bolitaeninae Chun, 1911 | accessdate = 3 February 2018 | publisher = Flanders Marine Institute | author = Philippe Bouchet | year = 2013 | publisher = World Register of Marine Species}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]]
| subdivision = ''[[Bolitaena]]''<br>''[[Japetella]]''
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The '''Bolitaeninae''' are a [[subfamily]], in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Amphitretidae]],<ref name = WoRMS/> of small, common [[pelagic zone|pelagic]] [[octopus]]es found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world. The [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]] of this taxon is not entirely certain; recent research suggests just two genera exist, ''[[Bolitaena]]'' and ''[[Japetella]]'', both of which are thought to be [[monotypy|monotypic]]. Under this view, the family would represent two very similar species: ''[[Bolitaena pygmaea]]'' and ''[[Japetella diaphana]]''.
== Physical description ==
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