Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
Superordo: Decapodiformes
Ordo: Sepiida
Familia: Sepiidae
Genus: Sepia
Subgenera: S. (Acanthosepion) - S. (Anomalosepia) - S. (Doratosepion) - S. (Hemisepius) - S. (Rhombosepion) - S. (Sepia) - Unassigned
Name
Sepia L., 1758
Vernacular Names
Ελληνικά: Σουπιά
English: Cuttlefish
Español: Sepia
Italiano: Seppia
References
* Cephbase [1]
Sepia is a genus of cuttlefish encompassing some of the best known and most common species. The name of the genus is the Latinized form of the Greek σηπία, sēpía, cuttlefish.
Classification
* Genus Sepia
o Subgenus undetermined
+ ? Sepia bartletti
+ ? Sepia baxteri *
+ ? Sepia dannevigi *
+ ? Sepia elliptica
+ Sepia filibrachia
+ Sepia mira
+ Sepia plana
+ Sepia senta
+ Sepia subplana
+ ? Sepia whitleyana
o Subgenus Acanthosepion
+ Sepia aculeata, Needle Cuttlefish
+ Sepia brevimana, Shortclub Cutttlefish
+ 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
o Subgenus Anomalosepia
+ Sepia australis, Southern Cuttlefish
+ Sepia omani, Oman Cuttlefish
+ Sepia sulcata
o 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
o Subgenus Hemisepius
+ Sepia dubia
+ Sepia faurei
+ Sepia pulchra
+ Sepia robsoni
+ Sepia typica
o Subgenus Rhombosepion
+ Sepia acuminata
+ Sepia cultrata
+ Sepia elegans, Elegant Cuttlefish
+ Sepia hedleyi
+ Sepia hieronis
+ Sepia madokai, Madokai's Cuttlefish
+ ? Sepia opipara
+ Sepia orbignyana, Pink Cuttlefish
+ Sepia reesi
+ Sepia rex
+ Sepia vossi
o Subgenus Sepia
+ Sepia angulata *
+ Sepia apama, Australian Giant 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
+ Sepia officinalis, Common Cuttlefish
+ Sepia papillata
+ Sepia papuensis, Papuan Cuttlefish
+ Sepia pharaonis, Pharaoh Cuttlefish
+ Sepia plangon, Mourning Cuttlefish
+ Sepia plathyconchalis
+ Sepia ramani
+ Sepia rozella
+ Sepia simoniana
+ Sepia tuberculata
+ 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.
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. (1978). "The preservation of the shells of Sepia in the middle Miocene of Malta". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 89: 227–237. doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(78)80013-3. edit
3. ^ Neethiselvan, N. & V.K. Venkataramani 2010. A New Species of Cuttlefish, Sepia vecchioni (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae) from Colachal Coast, South India.PDF Journal of American Science 6(4): 12–21.
