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Sepiidae Leach 1817

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Sepiidae Leach 1817
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Anomalosepia
Subgenus recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Sepiidae
Family recognized by CephBase, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, wikipedia EU, wikipedia AF, wikipedia ET, wikipedia DA, wikipedia SK, wikipedia SL, NCBI, wikipedia EO, Biopix Nature Photos, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia gl Galician, GBIF classification, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GBIF data coverage, and GGBN data coverage
Sepiidae
Recognized by CephBase, CephBase, Egypt Species List, Angola Species List, Bailiwick of Jersey Species List, Australia Species List, Belgium Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Croatia Species List, Cyprus Species List, Fiji Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Gibraltar Species List, Greece Species List, Guam Species List, Guernsey Species List, India Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, New Caledonia Species List, Norway Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Tonga Species List, Tunisia Species List, Turkey Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Vietnam Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Japan Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Suez Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Java Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Red Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, FAO Fishery Statistics, Furui 2020, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, Ceram Sea Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List
Sepiidae Keferstein 1866
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
Sepiidae Leach 1817
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, World Register of Marine Species, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Anomalosepia Khromov 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aurosepina Jothinayagam 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Crumenosepia Iredale 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Crumensepia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dorasepion
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudosepia Naef 1923
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sepiidae
Harvest ancestor according to Arkive, Undersea Productions, EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, Animal Diversity Web, Femorale, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, Bahrain Species List, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, vimeo, Shelled animal body mass, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group
Spathidiosepion Rochebrune 1884
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

cuttlefishes preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
cuttlefish
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database
Cuttlefishes
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Chinese

墨斗魚 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Wu-Zéi-Kē
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Czech

sépiovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Zeekatten preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
inktvissen
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
zeekatten
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

French

Seiches preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Galician

Sépidos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

דיונוניים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

törpeszépiák preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Seppie preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

コウイカ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and World Register of Marine Species
クソイカ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

갑오징어과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Mątwowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Chocos preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
Choquitos
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
Jíbias
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
Sepias
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
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Curated hierarchies for Sepiidae Leach 1817

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1795
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Decapodiformes Young, Vecchione & Donovan 1998
Sepiida Zittel 1895
Sepiina Zittel 1895
Sepioidea
Sepiidae Leach 1817 (this page)
Metasepia Hoyle 1885
Sepia Linnaeus 1758
Sepiella Gray 1849
Belosepiidae

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1795
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Decapodiformes R. E. Young, Vecchione & Donovan 1998
Sepiida Zittel 1895
Sepiina Zittel 1895
Sepioidea
Sepiidae Leach 1817 (this page)
Metasepia Hoyle 1885
Pseudosepia Naef 1923
Sepia Linnaeus 1758
Sepiella Gray 1849
Belosaepiidae Dixon 1850

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Sepiidae Leach 1817 (this page)
Metasepia Hoyle 1885
Sepia Linnaeus 1758
Sepiella Gray 1849
Belosepiidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Sepiidae Leach 1817 (this page)
Metasepia Hoyle 1885
Sepia Linnaeus 1758
Sepiella Gray 1849
Belosepiidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Sepiida
Sepiidae (this page)
Belosepia Bronn 1838
Metasepia Hoyle 1885
Sepia Linnaeus 1758
Sepiella Gray 1849
Actinosepiidae
Belemnosis Edwards 1849
Belosaepiidae
Ceratisepia Meyer 1993
Chondrophoridae
Sepiadariidae
Sepiolidae

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1797
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Decabrachia Boettger 1952
Sepiida Zittel 1895
Sepiidae Leach 1817 (this page)
Metasepia Hoyle 1885
Sepia Linnaeus 1758
Sepiella Gray 1849
Sepiadariidae Fischer 1882

IUCN

Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Sepiida
Sepiidae (this page)
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885)
Metasepia tullbergi (Appellöf 1886)
Sepia aculeata Van Hasselt 1835 ex Férussac & d'Orbigny (1834)
Sepia acuminata Smith 1916
Sepia adami Roeleveld 1972
Sepia andreana Steenstrup 1875
Sepia angulata Roeleveld 1972
Sepia apama Gray 1849
Sepia appellofi Wülker 1910
Sepia arabica Massy 1916
Sepia aureomaculata Okutani & Horikawa 1987
Sepia australis Quoy & Gaimard 1832
Sepia bandensis Adam 1939
Sepia bartletti (Iredale 1954)
Sepia bathyalis Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis 1991
Sepia baxteri (Iredale 1940)
Sepia bertheloti d'Orbigny 1835
Sepia bidhaia Reid 2000
Sepia braggi Verco 1907
Sepia brevimana Steenstrup 1875
Sepia burnupi Hoyle 1904
Sepia carinata Sasaki 1920
Sepia chirotrema Berry 1918
Sepia confusa Smith 1916
Sepia cottoni Adam 1979
Sepia cultrata Hoyle 1885
Sepia dollfusi Adam 1941
Sepia dubia Adam & Rees 1966
Sepia elegans Blainville 1827
Sepia elliptica Hoyle 1885
Sepia elobyana Adam 1941
Sepia elongata d'Orbigny (1839)
Sepia erostrata Sasaki 1929
Sepia esculenta Hoyle 1885
Sepia faurei Roeleveld 1972
Sepia filibrachia Reid & Lu 2005
Sepia foliopeza Okutani & Tagawa 1987
Sepia furcata Ho & Lu 2005
Sepia gibba Ehrenberg 1831
Sepia grahami Reid 2001
Sepia hedleyi Berry 1918
Sepia hieronis (Robson 1924)
Sepia hierredda Rang 1835
Sepia hirunda Ho & Lu 2005
Sepia incerta Smith 1916
Sepia insignis Smith 1916
Sepia irvingi Meyer 1909
Sepia ivanovi Khromov 1982
Sepia joubini Massy 1927
Sepia kiensis Hoyle 1885
Sepia kobiensis Hoyle 1885
Sepia koilados Reid 2000
Sepia latimanus Quoy & Gaimard 1832
Sepia limata (Iredale 1926)
Sepia longipes Sasaki 1914
Sepia lorigera Wülker 1910
Sepia lycidas Gray 1849
Sepia madokai Adam 1939
Sepia mascarensis Filippova & Khromov 1991
Sepia mestus Gray 1849
Sepia mira (Cotton 1932)
Sepia mirabilis Khromov 1988
Sepia murrayi Adam & Rees 1966
Sepia novaehollandiae Hoyle 1909
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus 1758
Sepia omani Adam & Rees 1966
Sepia opipara (Iredale 1926)
Sepia orbignyana Férussac ex d'Orbigny 1826
Sepia papillata Quoy & Gaimard 1832
Sepia papuensis Hoyle 1885
Sepia pardex Sasaki 1913
Sepia peterseni Appellöf 1886
Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg 1831
Sepia plana Lu & Reid 1997
Sepia plangon Gray 1849
Sepia plathyconchalis Filippova & Khromov 1991
Sepia prabahari Neethiselvan & Venkatarmani 2002
Sepia prashadi Winckworth 1936
Sepia pulchra Roeleveld & Liltved 1985
Sepia ramani Neethiselvan 2001
Sepia recurvirostra Steenstrup 1875
Sepia reesi Adam 1979
Sepia rhoda (Iredale 1954)
Sepia robsoni (Massy 1927)
Sepia rozella (Iredale 1926)
Sepia savignyi Blainville 1827
Sepia saya Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis 1991
Sepia senta Lu & Reid 1997
Sepia sewelli Adam & Rees 1966
Sepia simoniana Thiele 1920
Sepia smithi Hoyle 1885
Sepia sokotriensis Khromov 1988
Sepia stellifera Homenko & Khromov 1984
Sepia subplana Lu & Boucher-Rodoni 2001
Sepia subtenuipes Okutani & Horikawa 1987
Sepia sulcata Hoyle 1885
Sepia tala Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis 1991
Sepia tanybracheia Reid 2000
Sepia tenuipes Sasaki 1929
Sepia thurstoni Adam & Rees 1966
Sepia tokioensis Ortmann 1888
Sepia trygonina (Rochebrune 1884)
Sepia tuberculata Lamarck 1798
Sepia typica (Steenstrup 1875)
Sepia vecchioni Neethiselvan & Venkataramani 2010
Sepia vercoi Adam 1979
Sepia vermiculata Quoy & Gaimard 1832
Sepia vietnamica Khromov 1987
Sepia vossi Khromov 1996
Sepia whitleyana Iredale 1926
Sepia zanzibarica Pfeffer 1884
Sepiella cyanea Robson 1924
Sepiella inermis (Van Hasselt 1835 ex Férussac & d'Orbigny (1834))
Sepiella japonica Sasaki 1929
Sepiella mangkangunga Reid & Lu 1998
Sepiella ocellata Pfeffer 1884
Sepiella ornata (Rang 1837)
Sepiella weberi Adam 1939
Sepiadariidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Neocoleoidea
Decapodiformes
Sepiida
Sepiina
Sepiidae (this page)
Doratosepion
Metasepia
Sepia
Sepiella
Sepiadariidae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Neocoleoidea
Decapodiformes
Sepiida
Sepiina
Sepiidae (this page)
Acanthosepion
Doratosepion
Hemisepius
Metasepia
Rhombosepion
Sepia
Sepiella
Belosaepiidae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Neocoleoidea
Decapodiformes
Sepiida
Sepiina
Sepiidae
Sepia
Anomalosepia (this page)
Doratosepion
Hemisepius
Sepia aculeata
Sepia adami
Sepia angulata
Sepia apama
Sepia appellofi
Sepia arabica
Sepia aureomaculata
Sepia australis
Sepia barffi
Sepia baxteri
Sepia bertheloti
Sepia bidhaia
Sepia brachycheira
Sepia braggi
Sepia burnupi
Sepia carinata
Sepia chirotrema
Sepia confusa
Sepia cottoni
Sepia cultrata
Sepia dannevigi
Sepia dollfusi
Sepia dubia
Sepia elegans
Sepia elobyana
Sepia elongata
Sepia erostrata
Sepia esculenta
Sepia exsignata
Sepia foliopeza
Sepia furcata
Sepia grahami
Sepia hierredda
Sepia hirunda
Sepia incerta
Sepia insignis
Sepia irvingi
Sepia ivanovi
Sepia joubini
Sepia kiensis
Sepia kobiensis
Sepia limata
Sepia longipes
Sepia lorigera
Sepia lycidas
Sepia madokai
Sepia mascarensis
Sepia media
Sepia mestus
Sepia mira
Sepia mirabilis
Sepia murrayi
Sepia nanshiensis
Sepia natalensis
Sepia octopodia
Sepia omani
Sepia opipara
Sepia orbignyana
Sepia papillata
Sepia papuensis
Sepia pardalis
Sepia pardex
Sepia peterseni
Sepia pfefferi
Sepia pharaonis
Sepia plana
Sepia plangon
Sepia plathyconchalis
Sepia prabahari
Sepia prashadi
Sepia recurvirostra
Sepia rex
Sepia rhoda
Sepia robsoni
Sepia rozella
Sepia savignyi
Sepia saya
Sepia senta
Sepia sewelli
Sepia simoniana
Sepia smithi
Sepia sokotriensis
Sepia stellifera
Sepia tanybracheia
Sepia tenuipes
Sepia tokioensis
Sepia torosa
Sepia tuberculata
Sepia typica
Sepia unguiculata
Sepia vecchioni
Sepia veranyi
Sepia vercoi
Sepia vermiculata
Sepia vietnamica
Sepia vossi
Sepia whitleyana
Sepia zanzibarica
27 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Sepiida
Sepiidae Leach 1817 (this page)
Belosaepiidae
Belosaepiidae Dixon 1850
Belosepiellidae
Belosepiellidae Naef 1921
Sepiadariidae
Sepiadariidae P. Fischer 1882
Sepiidae
Sepiina Zittel 1895
Sepioidea
Sepiolidae
Sepiolidae Leach 1817
Sepiolina Fioroni 1981
Sepioloidea Leach 1817
Vasseuriidae
Vasseuriidae
Vasseurioidea
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