WoRMS name details
Sepia capensis A. d'Orbigny, 1835
438954 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:438954)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): pl. 7 figs 1-3, pl. 12 figs 7-11 [1835]; pl. 17 figs 18-19 [1842]; 278 [1848] [details]
page(s): pl. 7 figs 1-3, pl. 12 figs 7-11 [1835]; pl. 17 figs 18-19 [1842]; 278 [1848] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sepia capensis A. d'Orbigny, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=438954 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
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): pl. 7 figs 1-3, pl. 12 figs 7-11 [1835]; pl. 17 figs 18-19 [1842]; 278 [1848] [details]
page(s): pl. 7 figs 1-3, pl. 12 figs 7-11 [1835]; pl. 17 figs 18-19 [1842]; 278 [1848] [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Reid, A., Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (2005). Family Sepiidae. pp. 57-152, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls. [details]
source of synonymy Lupše, N.; Reid, A.; Taite, M.; Kubodera, T.; Allcock, A. L. (2023). Cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae): the bare bones—an hypothesis of relationships. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 170(8): 93: 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04195-3
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Lupše, N.; Reid, A.; Taite, M.; Kubodera, T.; Allcock, A. L. (2023). Cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae): the bare bones—an hypothesis of relationships. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 170(8): 93: 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04195-3
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1845-1847). <i>Mollusques vivants et fossiles ou description des toutes les espèces de coquilles et de mollusques classées suivant leur distribution géologique et géographique</i>. Vol. 1 [all issued]. Paris: Gide & Co.. 605 pp. [1-432 (1845); 433-576 (1846); 577-605 (1847)]; Atlas: 36 pls. [details unknown]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14399494
page(s): 283 [1845] [details]
page(s): 283 [1845] [details]