Sepiidae

Sepiidae
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Sepia sp.
Metasepia pfefferi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiida
Suborder:	Sepiina
Family:	Sepiidae Leach, 1817
Genera and Subgenera
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
      • Metasepia pfefferi, Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish
      • Metasepia tullbergi, paintpot cuttlefish
    • Genus Sepia
      • Subgenus undetermined
        • ? Sepia bartletti
        • ? Sepia baxteri *
        • ? Sepia dannevigi *
        • ? Sepia elliptica, ovalbone cuttlefish
        • Sepia filibrachia
        • Sepia mira
        • Sepia plana
        • Sepia senta
        • Sepia subplana
        • ? Sepia whitleyana
      • Subgenus Acanthosepion
        • Sepia aculeata, needle cuttlefish
        • Sepia brevimana, shortclub cutttlefish
        • Sepia esculenta, golden cuttlefish
        • Sepia lycidas, kisslip cuttlefish
        • Sepia prashadi, hooded cuttlefish
        • Sepia recurvirostra, curvespine cuttlefish
        • Sepia savignyi, broadback cuttlefish
        • Sepia smithi, Smith's cuttlefish
        • Sepia stellifera
        • Sepia thurstoni
        • Sepia vecchioni
        • Sepia zanzibarica
      • Subgenus Anomalosepia
        • Sepia australis, southern cuttlefish
        • Sepia omani, Oman cuttlefish
        • Sepia sulcata, grooved cuttlefish
      • Subgenus Doratosepion
        • Sepia adami
        • Sepia andreana, Andrea cuttlefish
        • Sepia appellofi
        • Sepia arabica, Arabian cuttlefish
        • Sepia aureomaculata
        • Sepia bathyalis
        • Sepia bidhaia
        • Sepia braggi, slender cuttlefish
        • Sepia burnupi
        • Sepia carinata
        • Sepia confusa
        • Sepia cottoni
        • Sepia elongata
        • Sepia erostrata
        • Sepia foliopeza
        • Sepia incerta
        • Sepia ivanovi
        • Sepia joubini
        • Sepia kiensis *
        • Sepia kobiensis, Kobi cuttlefish
        • Sepia koilados
        • Sepia limata
        • Sepia longipes, longarm cuttlefish
        • Sepia lorigera, spider cuttlefish
        • Sepia mascarensis
        • Sepia mirabilis
        • Sepia murrayi, frog cuttlefish
        • Sepia pardex
        • Sepia peterseni
        • Sepia rhoda
        • Sepia saya
        • Sepia sewelli
        • Sepia sokotriensis
        • Sepia subtenuipes
        • Sepia tala
        • Sepia tanybracheia
        • Sepia tenuipes
        • Sepia tokioensis
        • Sepia trygonina, trident cuttlefish
        • Sepia vercoi
        • Sepia vietnamica
      • Subgenus Hemisepius
        • Sepia dubia
        • Sepia faurei
        • Sepia pulchra
        • Sepia robsoni
        • Sepia typica
      • Subgenus Rhombosepion
        • Sepia acuminata
        • Sepia cultrata, knifebone cuttlefish
        • Sepia elegans, elegant cuttlefish
        • Sepia hedleyi, Hedley's cuttlefish
        • Sepia hieronis
        • Sepia madokai, Madokai's cuttlefish
        • ? Sepia opipara
        • Sepia orbignyana, pink cuttlefish
        • Sepia reesi
        • Sepia rex
        • Sepia vossi
      • Subgenus Sepia
        • Sepia angulata *
        • Sepia apama, giant Australian cuttlefish
        • Sepia bandensis, stumpy-spined cuttlefish
        • Sepia bertheloti, African cuttlefish
        • Sepia chirotrema
        • Sepia dollfusi
        • Sepia elobyana, Guinean cuttlefish
        • Sepia gibba
        • Sepia hierredda
        • Sepia insignis
        • Sepia irvingi
        • Sepia latimanus, broadclub cuttlefish
        • Sepia mestus, reaper cuttlefish
        • Sepia novaehollandiae, New Holland cuttlefish
        • Sepia officinalis, common cuttlefish
        • Sepia papillata
        • Sepia papuensis, Papuan cuttlefish
        • Sepia pharaonis, Pharaoh cuttlefish
        • Sepia plangon, mourning cuttlefish
        • Sepia plathyconchalis
        • Sepia ramani
        • Sepia rozella, rosecone cuttlefish
        • Sepia simoniana
        • Sepia tuberculata
        • Sepia vermiculata
    • Genus Sepiella
      • Sepiella cyanea
      • Sepiella inermis, spineless cuttlefish
      • Sepiella japonica, Japanese spineless cuttlefish
      • Sepiella mangkangunga
      • Sepiella ocellata
      • Sepiella ornata, ornate cuttlefish
      • 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

• CephBase: Sepiidae
• TONMO.com Sepiidae forumTemplate:Cuttlefish-stub

• Neethiselvan, N. & V.K. Venkataramani 2010. A New Species of Cuttlefish, Sepia vecchioni (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae) from Colachal Coast, South India. PDF Journal of American Science 6(4): 12–21.