Species Acanthosepion pharaonis (Ehrenberg, 1831)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, C.G. 1831. Symbolae Physicae Evertebrata. 1. Mollusaca. Berolini ex Officina Academica. [no pagination].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMB, Massaouah, Gulf of Suez.
• Sepia rouxii Férussac, A. de & d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des céphalopodes acetabulifères vivants et fossiles. 2 vols Paris : J.-B. Baillière Libraire de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine 361pp. [1835–1848] [271].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP 1-4-94 sex indet. (138 mm ML), Bombay, India; MNHP 1-5-151 sepion (10 mm SL), Bombay, India; MNHP 1-4-105 sex indet (83 mm ML), Red Sea; MNHP 1-5-151 bis, sepion (120 mm SL), Bombay, India;
  Status unknown, MNHP 1-4-95, 96 ♂ & sepion from same specimen (162 mm ML), Bombay, India.
• Sepia torosa Ortmann, A. 1888. Japanische Cephalopoden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 3: 639-670 [652].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (not traced), Tokyo Bay, Japan.

  Secondary source:

   Adam, W. & Rees, W.J. 1966. A review of the cephalopod family Sepiidae. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 11: 1-165.
• Sepia framea Ortmann, A. 1891. Cephalopoden von Ceylon. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 5: 669-679 [675].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (not traced), Ceylon.

  Secondary source:

   Adam, W. & Rees, W.J. 1966. A review of the cephalopod family Sepiidae. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 11: 1-165.
• Sepia singalensis Goodrich, E.S. 1896. Report on a collection of Cephalopoda from the Calcutta Museum. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2)(Zool. 7: 1-24 [3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (not traced), off Point de Galle.

  Secondary source:

   Adam, W. & Rees, W.J. 1966. A review of the cephalopod family Sepiidae. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 11: 1-165.
• Sepia koettlitzi Hoyle, W.E. & Standon, R. 1901. On a new species of Sepia and other shells collected by Dr R. Koettlitz in Somaliland. Memoirs of the Manchester Society 6: 1-6 [1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (not traced), Zeila, nearly opposite to Aden.

  Secondary source:

   Adam, W. & Rees, W.J. 1966. A review of the cephalopod family Sepiidae. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 11: 1-165.
• Sepia formosana Berry, S.S. 1912. A catalogue of Japanese Cephalopoda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 64: 344-380 [420].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (not traced), Kaohsiung, Taiwan (as Takao, Formosa).

  Secondary source:

   Adam, W. & Rees, W.J. 1966. A review of the cephalopod family Sepiidae. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 11: 1-165.
• Crumenasepia hulliana Iredale, T. 1926. The biology of North-West Islet, Capricorn Group. Marine molluscs. The Australian Zoologist 4: 237-240 [239].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C133333 (173 mm SL (180.4 mm including spine)), Howick Is., QLD [14°30'S 144°59'E].
• Crumensepia ursulae Cotton, B.C. 1929. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. 4. Western Australian Sepiidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 15: 87-94 pls 14-16 [90].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D10013 (247 mm SL (spine broken off)), Cottesloe, WA [31°59'S 155°45'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Adam, W. 1979. The Sepiidae (Cephalopoda, Decapoda) in the collections of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 7: 113-212 pls 1-13 [173]

 

Generic Combinations

• Acanthosepion pharaonis (Ehrenberg, 1831). —
  Lŭpse, N., Reid, A., Taitre, M., Kubodera, T. & Allcock, A.L. 2023. Cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae): the bare bones—an hypothesis of relationships. Marine Biology [Date published 16 Jun 2023]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northern Australia from 18º36΄S, 146º28΄47΄΄E to 20º26΄59΄΄S, 115º1΄48΄΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 1-130 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, predator.

 

General References

Lu, C.C. 1998. A synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Sepioidea: Cephalopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 159-190 [178] (Australian distribution)

Lu, C.C. & Phillips, J.U. 1985. An annotated checklist of Cephalopoda from Australian waters. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 2: 21-36 [26] (Australian distribution)

Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [71] (biology)

Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000. A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 96 pp. [29] (biology)

Reid, A., Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. 2005. Family Sepiidae. pp. 57-152 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (Eds). Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4 Rome : FAO Vol. 1 pp. 1-262. [106] (diagnostic features, geographical distribution, habitat and biology)

 

Common Name References

Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [71] (Pharaoh Cuttlefish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	CEPHALOPODA Cuvier, 1795	16-Apr-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Mandy Reid
12-Nov-2013	SEPIIDA	04-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Julian Finn (NMV)
		19-Apr-2012	MODIFIED