Sepiidae Explained

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^[1]
      - 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.

External links

TONMO.com Sepiidae forum

Notes and References

Neethiselvan, N. & V.K. Venkataramani 2010. Web site: A New Species of Cuttlefish, Sepia vecchioni (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae) from Colachal Coast, South India. . Journal of American Science 6(4): 12–21.