Sepiidae

Taxobox
name = Sepiidae

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image_caption = "Metasepia pfefferi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Sepiida
subordo = Sepiina
familia = Sepiidae
familia_authority = Leach, 1817
subdivision_ranks = Genera and Subgenera
subdivision =
*"Metasepia"
*"Sepia"
**"Acanthosepion"
**"Anomalosepia"
**"Doratosepion"
**"Hemisepius"
**"Rhombosepion"
**"Sepia"
*"Sepiella"

Sepiidae is a family of cephalopods in the order Sepiida.

Classification

*Order Sepiida: cuttlefish
**Family Sepiadariidae
**Family Sepiidae
***Genus "Metasepia"
****Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish, "Metasepia pfefferi"
****Paintpot Cuttlefish, "Metasepia tullbergi"
***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"
***Genus "Sepiella"
****"Sepiella cyanea"
****Spineless Cuttlefish, "Sepiella inermis"
****Japanese Spineless Cuttlefish, "Sepiella japonica"
****"Sepiella mangkangunga"
****"Sepiella ocellata"
****Ornate Cuttlefish, "Sepiella ornata"
****"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

* [http://www.tonmo.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=61 TONMO.com Sepiidae forum]