Sepia (genus)

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Sepia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Sepiida Family: Sepiidae Genus: Sepia Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenera
Acanthosepion Anomalosepia Doratosepion Hemisepius Rhombosepion Sepia

Sepia is a genus of cuttlefish encompassing some of the best known and most common species.

[edit] Classification

• Genus Sepia
  • Subgenus undetermined
    • ? Sepia bartletti
    • ? Sepia baxteri *
    • ? Sepia dannevigi *
    • ? Sepia elliptica
    • Sepia filibrachia
    • Sepia mira
    • Sepia plana
    • Sepia senta
    • Sepia subplana
    • ? Sepia whitleyana
  • Subgenus Acanthosepion
    • 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
  • Subgenus Anomalosepia
    • Southern Cuttlefish, Sepia (Anomalosepia) australis
    • Oman Cuttlefish, Sepia (Anomalosepia) omani
    • Sepia (Anomalosepia) sulcata
  • Subgenus Doratosepion
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) adami
    • Andrea Cuttlefish, Sepia (Doratosepion) andreana
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) appellofi
    • Arabian Cuttlefish, Sepia (Doratosepion) arabica
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) aureomaculata
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) bathyalis
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) bidhaia
    • Slender Cuttlefish, Sepia (Doratosepion) braggi
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) burnupi
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) carinata
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) confusa
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) cottoni
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) elongata
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) erostrata
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) foliopeza
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) incerta
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) ivanovi
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) joubini
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) kiensis *
    • Kobi Cuttlefish, Sepia (Doratosepion) kobiensis
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) koilados
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) limata
    • Longarm Cuttlefish, Sepia (Doratosepion) longipes
    • Spider Cuttlefish, Sepia (Doratosepion) lorigera
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) mascarensis
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) mirabilis
    • Frog Cuttlefish, Sepia (Doratosepion) murrayi
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) pardex
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) peterseni
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) rhoda
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) saya
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) sewelli
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) sokotriensis
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) subtenuipes
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) tala
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) tanybracheia
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) tenuipes
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) tokioensis
    • Trident Cuttlefish, Sepia (Doratosepion) trygonina
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) vercoi
    • Sepia (Doratosepion) vietnamica
  • Subgenus Hemisepius
    • Sepia (Hemisepius) dubia
    • Sepia (Hemisepius) faurei
    • Sepia (Hemisepius) pulchra
    • Sepia (Hemisepius) robsoni
    • Sepia (Hemisepius) typica
  • Subgenus Rhombosepion
    • Sepia (Rhombosepion) acuminata
    • Sepia (Rhombosepion) cultrata
    • Elegant Cuttlefish, Sepia (Rhombosepion) elegans
    • Sepia (Rhombosepion) hedleyi
    • Sepia (Rhombosepion) hieronis
    • Madokai's Cuttlefish, Sepia (Rhombosepion) madokai
    • ? Sepia (Rhombosepion) opipara
    • Pink Cuttlefish, Sepia (Rhombosepion) orbignyana
    • Sepia (Rhombosepion) reesi
    • Sepia (Rhombosepion) rex
    • Sepia (Rhombosepion) vossi
  • Subgenus Sepia
    • Sepia (Sepia) angulata *
    • Australian Giant Cuttlefish, Sepia (Sepia) apama
    • Stumpy-spined Cuttlefish, Sepia (Sepia) bandensis
    • African Cuttlefish, Sepia (Sepia) bertheloti
    • Sepia (Sepia) chirotrema
    • Sepia (Sepia) dollfusi
    • Guinean Cuttlefish, Sepia (Sepia) elobyana
    • Sepia (Sepia) gibba
    • Sepia (Sepia) hierredda
    • Sepia (Sepia) insignis
    • Sepia (Sepia) irvingi
    • Broadclub Cuttlefish, Sepia (Sepia) latimanus
    • Reaper Cuttlefish, Sepia (Sepia) mestus
    • Sepia (Sepia) novaehollandiae
    • Common Cuttlefish, Sepia (Sepia) officinalis
    • Sepia (Sepia) papillata
    • Papuan Cuttlefish, Sepia (Sepia) papuensis
    • Pharaoh Cuttlefish, Sepia (Sepia) pharaonis
    • Mourning Cuttlefish, Sepia (Sepia) plangon
    • Sepia (Sepia) plathyconchalis
    • Sepia (Sepia) ramani
    • Sepia (Sepia) rozella
    • Sepia (Sepia) simoniana
    • Sepia (Sepia) tuberculata
    • Sepia (Sepia) vermiculata

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.

[edit] External links

• CephBase: Sepia