The specimens for study were collected by the China’s First Southern Ocean Expedition with benthic trawl in January to February 1985 from the Antarctic waters. Three species belonging to 1 genus in 1 subfamily 1 family have been identified and are listed as: Octopodidae Orbigny, 1845 Eledoninae Gray, 1849 Pareledone Robson, 1932 1. Pareledone charcoti (Joubin,1905) 2. Pareledone polymorpha (Robson, 1930) 3. Pareledone turqueti (Joubin, 1905)