Biology:Sepiidae

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Short description: Family of cuttlefishes

Sepiidae
Temporal range: Miocene – Recent[1][2]
Sepia1.jpg
Sepia sp.
Metasepia pfefferi 1.jpg
Metasepia pfefferi
Scientific classification e
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.

Classification

  • Order Sepiida: cuttlefish
    • Family Sepiadariidae
    • Family Sepiidae
      • Genus Metasepia
      • 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
          • Sepia dubia
          • Sepia faurei
          • Sepia pulchra
          • Sepia robsoni
          • Sepia typica
        • 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
      • Genus Sepiella
        • Sepiella cyanea
        • Sepiella inermis, spineless cuttlefish
        • Sepiella japonica, Japanese spineless cuttlefish
        • Sepiella mangkangunga
        • Sepiella ocellata
        • Sepiella ornata, ornate cuttlefish
        • Sepiella weberi

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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. doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(78)80013-3. Bibcode1978PrGA...89..227H. 
  3. Neethiselvan, N. & V.K. Venkataramani 2010. "A New Species of Cuttlefish, Sepia vecchioni (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae) from Colachal Coast, South India.". http://www.americanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0604. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] Journal of American Science 6(4): 12–21.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q135119 entry