Sepiidae
Family of cuttlefishes
Sepiidae Temporal range: Miocene – Recent[1][2] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Sepia sp. | |
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Metasepia pfefferi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Suborder: | Sepiina |
Family: | Sepiidae Leach, 1817 |
Genera and subgenera | |
Sepiidae is a family of cephalopods in the order Sepiida. It includes 116 recognized species, a few of which need further verification.
Classification
- Order Sepiida: cuttlefish
- Family Sepiadariidae
- Family Sepiidae
- Genus Metasepia
- Metasepia pfefferi, flamboyant cuttlefish
- Metasepia tullbergi, paintpot cuttlefish
- Genus Sepia
- Subgenus undetermined
- ? Sepia bartletti
- ? Sepia baxteri *
- ? Sepia dannevigi *
- ? Sepia elliptica, ovalbone cuttlefish
- Sepia filibrachia
- Sepia mira
- Sepia plana
- Sepia senta
- Sepia subplana
- ? Sepia whitleyana
- Subgenus Acanthosepion
- Sepia aculeata, needle cuttlefish
- Sepia brevimana, shortclub cuttlefish
- Sepia esculenta, golden cuttlefish
- Sepia lycidas, kisslip cuttlefish
- Sepia prashadi, hooded cuttlefish
- Sepia recurvirostra, curvespine cuttlefish
- Sepia savignyi, broadback cuttlefish
- Sepia smithi, Smith's cuttlefish
- Sepia stellifera
- Sepia thurstoni
- Sepia vecchioni[3]
- Sepia zanzibarica
- Subgenus Anomalosepia
- Sepia australis, southern cuttlefish
- Sepia omani, Oman cuttlefish
- Sepia sulcata, grooved cuttlefish
- Subgenus Doratosepion
- Sepia adami
- Sepia andreana, Andrea cuttlefish
- Sepia appellofi
- Sepia arabica, Arabian cuttlefish
- Sepia aureomaculata
- Sepia bathyalis
- Sepia bidhaia
- Sepia braggi, slender cuttlefish
- Sepia burnupi
- Sepia carinata
- Sepia confusa
- Sepia cottoni
- Sepia elongata
- Sepia erostrata
- Sepia foliopeza
- Sepia incerta
- Sepia ivanovi
- Sepia joubini
- Sepia kiensis *
- Sepia kobiensis, Kobi cuttlefish
- Sepia koilados
- Sepia limata
- Sepia longipes, longarm cuttlefish
- Sepia lorigera, spider cuttlefish
- Sepia mascarensis
- Sepia mirabilis
- Sepia murrayi, frog cuttlefish
- Sepia pardex
- Sepia peterseni
- Sepia rhoda
- Sepia saya
- Sepia sewelli
- Sepia sokotriensis
- Sepia subtenuipes
- Sepia tala
- Sepia tanybracheia
- Sepia tenuipes
- Sepia tokioensis
- Sepia trygonina, trident cuttlefish
- Sepia vercoi
- Sepia vietnamica
- Subgenus Hemisepius
- Subgenus Rhombosepion
- Sepia acuminata
- Sepia cultrata, knifebone cuttlefish
- Sepia elegans, elegant cuttlefish
- Sepia hedleyi, Hedley's cuttlefish
- Sepia hieronis
- Sepia madokai, Madokai's cuttlefish
- ? Sepia opipara
- Sepia orbignyana, pink cuttlefish
- Sepia reesi
- Sepia rex
- Sepia vossi
- Subgenus Sepia
- Sepia angulata *
- Sepia apama, giant Australian cuttlefish
- Sepia bandensis, stumpy-spined cuttlefish
- Sepia bertheloti, African cuttlefish
- Sepia chirotrema
- Sepia dollfusi
- Sepia elobyana, Guinean cuttlefish
- Sepia gibba
- Sepia hierredda
- Sepia insignis
- Sepia irvingi
- Sepia latimanus, broadclub cuttlefish
- Sepia mestus, reaper cuttlefish
- Sepia novaehollandiae, New Holland cuttlefish
- Sepia officinalis, common cuttlefish
- Sepia papillata
- Sepia papuensis, Papuan cuttlefish
- Sepia pharaonis, Pharaoh cuttlefish
- Sepia plangon, mourning cuttlefish
- Sepia plathyconchalis
- Sepia ramani
- Sepia rozella, rosecone cuttlefish
- Sepia simoniana
- Sepia tuberculata
- Sepia vermiculata
- Subgenus undetermined
- Genus Sepiella
- Sepiella cyanea
- Sepiella inermis, spineless cuttlefish
- Sepiella japonica, Japanese spineless cuttlefish
- Sepiella mangkangunga
- Sepiella ocellata
- Sepiella ornata, ornate cuttlefish
- Sepiella weberi
- Genus Metasepia
The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are a valid species or a synonym. The question mark (?) indicates questionable placement within the genus.
References
- ^ Whiteaves, J.F. 1897. On some remains of a Sepia-like cuttle-fish from the Cretaceous rocks of the South Saskatchewan. The Canadian Record of Science 7: 459–462.
- ^ Hewitt, R.; Pedley, H. M. (1978). "The preservation of the shells of Sepia in the middle Miocene of Malta". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 89 (3): 227–237. Bibcode:1978PrGA...89..227H. doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(78)80013-3.
- ^ Neethiselvan, N. & V.K. Venkataramani 2010. "A New Species of Cuttlefish, Sepia vecchioni (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae) from Colachal Coast, South India".[permanent dead link] Journal of American Science 6(4): 12–21.
External links
Data related to Sepiidae at Wikispecies
- CephBase: Sepiidae
- TONMO.com Sepiidae forum
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