Species Ascarosepion latimanus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sepia latimanus Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1832. Mollusques. pp. 1–320 in, Zoologie du voyage de l'Astrolabe sous les ordres du Capitane Dumont d'Urville, pendant les années 1826–1829. Zoologie. 2 vols Paris : J. Tastu, Editeur-Imprimeur. [68].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 1-6-192 ♂ (138 mm ML), Port Dorey, New Guinea.
• Sepia rappiana Ferussac, A. de in Ferussac, A. de & d'Orbigny, A. 1835. Histoire naturelle générale et particuliere des Céphalopodes Acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. Paris : J.-B. Baillière Libraire de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine 2 vols 341pp.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP (not found), not indicated.
• Sepia mozambica Rochebrune, A.T. 1884. Etude monographique de la famille des Sepiadae. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 8: 74-122 pls 3-6 [119].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 1-5-125 sepion (damaged), Madagascar (in publication, but Detroit of Mazambique on labels).

  Secondary source:

   Lu, C.C., Boucher-Rodoni, R. & Tillier, A. 1995. Catalogue of types of recent of Cephalopoda in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 17 4(sec. A, (3–4)): 307-343.
• Sepia hercules Pilsbury, H.A. 1894. Notices of new Japanese mollusks, 1. Nautilus 7: 143-144 [144].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Loo Choo Ils.

  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.
• Ponderisepia eclogaria Iredale, T. 1926. The biology of North-West Islet, Capricorn Group. Marine molluscs. The Australian Zoologist 4: 237-240 [239].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C19085 (320 mm SL (337 mm with spine)), Masthead Is., Capricorn Group, QLD [23°32'S 151°44'E].
• Sepia harmeri Robson, G.C. 1928. Céphalopodes des mers d'Indochine. Notes. Station Maritime de Cauda 10: 1-53 [8].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Poulo-Condor, Indo-China.

  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.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Adam, W. & Rees, W.J. 1966. A review of the cephalopod family Sepiidae. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 11: 1-165 [33]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ascarosepion latimanus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). —
  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

North-western and north-eastern Australia from 14º35΄59΄΄S, 145º37΄12΄΄E to 21º26΄59΄΄S, 151º40΄48΄΄E (based on whole animal specimens). Depth range 8-45 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: continental shelf.

 

General References

Lu, C.C. 1998. A synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Sepioidea: Cephalopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 159-190 [171] (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 [25] (Australian distribution)

Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [60] (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. [91] (diagnostic features, geographical distribution, habitat and biology)

 

Common Name References

Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000. A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 96 pp. [25] (Broadclub Cuttlefish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	CEPHALOPODA Cuvier, 1795	24-Jun-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Mandy Reid
12-Nov-2013	SEPIIDA	16-Sep-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Julian Finn (NMV)
		17-Apr-2012	MODIFIED