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Decorisepia Iredale, 1926
877074 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:877074)
accepted
Genus
Decorisepia rex Iredale, 1926 accepted as Decorisepia hedleyi (S. S. Berry, 1918) (type by original designation)
- Species Decorisepia australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Species Decorisepia hedleyi (S. S. Berry, 1918)
- Species Decorisepia madokai (Adam, 1939)
- Species Decorisepia rex Iredale, 1926 accepted as Decorisepia hedleyi (S. S. Berry, 1918) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Iredale, T. (1926). The cuttlefish "bones" of the Sydney beaches (Phylum Mollusca-Class Cephalopoda). <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 4(3):186-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38710237 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Decorisepia Iredale, 1926. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877074 on 2025-04-01
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Iredale, T. (1926). The cuttlefish "bones" of the Sydney beaches (Phylum Mollusca-Class Cephalopoda). <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 4(3):186-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38710237 [details]
additional source Lu, C.C. (2001). Cephalopoda. pp. 129-308 <em>in</em> Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. eds. <em>Zoological Catalogue of Australia</em>. Vol. 17.2. Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp.
note: treated as synonym of Sepia [details]
status source 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 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lu, C.C. (2001). Cephalopoda. pp. 129-308 <em>in</em> Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. eds. <em>Zoological Catalogue of Australia</em>. Vol. 17.2. Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp.
note: treated as synonym of Sepia [details]
status source 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 [details] Available for editors
[request]
