Sepiidae

Sepiidae; Temporal range: Miocene – Recent[1][2] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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, 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 cuttlefish
      - 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[3]
      - 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.

References

Whiteaves, J.F. 1897. On some remains of a Sepia-like cuttle-fish from the Cretaceous rocks of the South Saskatchewan. The Canadian Record of Science 7: 459–462.
Hewitt, R.; Pedley, H. M. (1978). "The preservation of the shells of Sepia in the middle Miocene of Malta". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 89 (3): 227–237. doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(78)80013-3.
Neethiselvan, N. & V.K. Venkataramani 2010. "A New Species of Cuttlefish, Sepia vecchioni (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae) from Colachal Coast, South India". Journal of American Science 6(4): 12–21.

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[1] Whiteaves, J.F. 1897. On some remains of a Sepia-like cuttle-fish from the Cretaceous rocks of the South Saskatchewan. The Canadian Record of Science 7: 459–462.

[2] Hewitt, R.; Pedley, H. M. (1978). "The preservation of the shells of Sepia in the middle Miocene of Malta". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 89 (3): 227–237. doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(78)80013-3.

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