Acanthosepion

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Acanthosepion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Sepiida Family: Sepiidae Genus: Sepia Subgenus: Acanthosepion Rochebrune, 1884
Species
See text.

Acanthosepion is a subgenus of cuttlefish containing 11 recognised species.

[edit] Species

• Needle Cuttlefish, Sepia (Acanthosepion) aculeata
• Shortclub Cutttlefish, Sepia (Acanthosepion) brevimana
• Golden Cuttlefish, Sepia (Acanthosepion) esculenta
• Kisslip Cuttlefish, Sepia (Acanthosepion) lycidas
• Hooded Cuttlefish, Sepia (Acanthosepion) prashadi
• Curvespine Cuttlefish, Sepia (Acanthosepion) recurvirostra
• Broadback Cuttlefish, Sepia (Acanthosepion) savignyi
• Smith's Cuttlefish, Sepia (Acanthosepion) smithi
• Sepia (Acanthosepion) stellifera
• Sepia (Acanthosepion) thurstoni
• Sepia (Acanthosepion) zanzibarica