WoRMS taxon details
Rhombosepion elegans (Blainville, 1827)
1667162 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1667162)
accepted
Species
Sepia biserialis Blainville, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia bisserialis Vérany, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Sepia italica Risso, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia rubens R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sepia rupellaria A. Férussac & A. d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827) Defrance J.L.M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., F[rédéric] Cuvier, ed.). Paris. Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845]. , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42219
page(s): vol. 48, p. 284-285 [details]
page(s): vol. 48, p. 284-285 [details]
Type locality contained in Sicily
type locality contained in Sicily [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rhombosepion elegans (Blainville, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1667162 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827) Defrance J.L.M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., F[rédéric] Cuvier, ed.). Paris. Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845]. , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42219
page(s): vol. 48, p. 284-285 [details]
original description (of Sepia rupellaria A. Férussac & A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): 274 [details]
original description (of Sepia bisserialis Vérany, 1851) Vérany G.B. 1851. Mollusques méditeranéens [sic] observés, décrits, figurés et chromolitographiés d'après le vivant. 1. Céphalopodes de la Méditerranée. Gênes [Genova], imprimerie des Sourds-Muets pp. i-xvi, 1-132, with 44 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104831
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Sepia rubens R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 203 [details]
basis of record Lupše, N.; Reid, A.; Taite, M.; Kubodera, T.; Allcock, A. L. (2023). Cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae): the bare bones—an hypothesis of relationships. Marine Biology. 170(8): 93: 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04195-3 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): vol. 48, p. 284-285 [details]
original description (of Sepia rupellaria A. Férussac & A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): 274 [details]
original description (of Sepia bisserialis Vérany, 1851) Vérany G.B. 1851. Mollusques méditeranéens [sic] observés, décrits, figurés et chromolitographiés d'après le vivant. 1. Céphalopodes de la Méditerranée. Gênes [Genova], imprimerie des Sourds-Muets pp. i-xvi, 1-132, with 44 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104831
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Sepia rubens R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 203 [details]
basis of record Lupše, N.; Reid, A.; Taite, M.; Kubodera, T.; Allcock, A. L. (2023). Cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae): the bare bones—an hypothesis of relationships. Marine Biology. 170(8): 93: 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04195-3 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Type locality
- type locality contained in Sicily [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
- From editor or global species database
- Aegean Sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- Sea of Marmara
- From regional or thematic species database
- Angola
- Unreviewed
- Belgium
- France
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- North Atlantic Ocean
- North Sea
- United Kingdom
- (no group)
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | sepja elegante [from synonym] | [details] |
| Dutch | sierlijke zeekat [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | elegant cuttlefish [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | seiche élégante [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Schlammsepie [from synonym]Kleine Sepie [from synonym] | [details] |
| Italian | seppia elegante [from synonym]castagnola [from synonym] | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ντελικάτη σουπιά [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | sepia elegante [from synonym]castaño [from synonym] | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sepia rupellaria A. Férussac & A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sepia elegans) (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To Malacopics (Rhombosepion elegans (Blainville, 1827) Greece, Notio Aigaio, Dodekanisos, Karpatho...
To PESI (from synonym Sepia italica Risso, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
To PESI (from synonym Sepia rupellaria A. Férussac & A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Sepia bisserialis Vérany, 1851)
To PESI (from synonym Sepia rubens R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sepia rupellaria A. Férussac & A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sepia elegans) (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To Malacopics (Rhombosepion elegans (Blainville, 1827) Greece, Notio Aigaio, Dodekanisos, Karpatho...
To PESI (from synonym Sepia italica Risso, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
To PESI (from synonym Sepia rupellaria A. Férussac & A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Sepia bisserialis Vérany, 1851)
To PESI (from synonym Sepia rubens R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827)
