WoRMS taxon details
Sepioteuthis Blainville, 1824
204951 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204951)
accepted
Genus
Loligo sepiacea Blainville, 1824 accepted as Loligo sepioidea Blainville, 1823 accepted as Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823) (type by monotypy)
Chondrosepia Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
- Species Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831
- Species Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823)
- Species Sepioteuthis arctipinnis Gould, 1852 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis biangulata Rang, 1837 accepted as Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823) (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis bilineata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) accepted as Sepioteuthis australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis blainvilliana A. d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis brevis R. Owen, 1881 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis dorensis A. Férussac, 1835 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis ehrhardti Pfeffer, 1884 accepted as Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823) (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis guinensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1831 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis indica E. S. Goodrich, 1896 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis krempfi G. C. Robson, 1928 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis lunulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis major J. E. Gray, 1828 accepted as Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis malayana Wülker, 1913 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis mauritiana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis neoguinaica Pfeffer, 1884 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis occidentalis G. C. Robson, 1926 accepted as Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis ovata Gabb, 1868 accepted as Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823) (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis sepiacea Blainville, 1824 accepted as Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823) (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis sicula Vérany, 1851 accepted as Chtenopteryx sicula (Vérany, 1851) (original combination)
- Species Sepioteuthis sieboldi Joubin, 1898 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis sinensis A. d'Orbigny, 1848 accepted as Sepioteuthis lessoniana R. P. Lesson, 1831 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis sloanii Gray, 1849 accepted as Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823) (synonym)
- Species Sepioteuthis loliginiformis (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Sepioteuthis madagascariensis Gray, 1849 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1824). Mollusques, Mollusca (Malacoz.), pp. 1-392. In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 32. Levrault, Strasbourg et Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25299230
page(s): 175 [details]
page(s): 175 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sepioteuthis Blainville, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204951 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1824). Mollusques, Mollusca (Malacoz.), pp. 1-392. In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 32. Levrault, Strasbourg et Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25299230
page(s): 175 [details]
original description (of Chondrosepia Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) Rüppell, E. & Leuckart, F. S. (1828-1830). Mollusca. In: Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt, H. L. Brönner. pp. 15-22, pls 4-6 [1828]; pp. 23-47, pls 7-12 [1830]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140891 [details]
basis of record Vecchione, M.; Brakoniecki; T.F.; Natsukari, Y.; Hanlon, R.T. (1998). A provisional generic classification of the family Loliginidae. Pp. 215-222, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599.
page(s): 217 [details]
page(s): 175 [details]
original description (of Chondrosepia Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) Rüppell, E. & Leuckart, F. S. (1828-1830). Mollusca. In: Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt, H. L. Brönner. pp. 15-22, pls 4-6 [1828]; pp. 23-47, pls 7-12 [1830]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140891 [details]
basis of record Vecchione, M.; Brakoniecki; T.F.; Natsukari, Y.; Hanlon, R.T. (1998). A provisional generic classification of the family Loliginidae. Pp. 215-222, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599.
page(s): 217 [details]
Other
additional source
Jereb, P., Vecchione, M. & Roper, C.F.E. (2010). Family Loliginidae. <i>In</i> P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids</i>. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 38-117., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 91 [details]
page(s): 91 [details]
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