Species Ascarosepion mestus (Gray, 1849)
Reaper Cuttlefish
Compiler and date details
2024 - Updated A.L. Reid, CSIRO, Australia.
2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Sepia mestus Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum. 1. Cephalopoda Antepedia. London : British Museum (Natural History) 164 pp. [108].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1842.11.9.84 (67 mm SL (71 mm including spine)), Australia; BMNH 1842.11.11.13 (smaller specimen, anterior end missing), Australia. - Ascarosepion verreauxi 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 [98].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 1-6-175 (130 mm ML), Sydney, NSW [33°53'S 151°13'E]; MNHP 1-6-131 sepion (131 mm SL (139 mm including spine)), Sydney, NSW [33°53'S 151°13'E]. - Solitosepia liliana Iredale, T. 1926. The cuttlefish 'bones' of the Sydney beaches (Phylum Mollusca–Class Cephalopoda). The Australian Zoologist 4: 186-196 pls 22, 23 [188].
Type data:
Holotype AM C133330 (110.4 mm SL (116 mm including spine)), Manly Beach, NSW [33°48'S 151°17'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 [205]
Generic Combinations
- Ascarosepion mestus (Gray, 1849).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern Australia from 10º58΄48΄΄S, 144º1΄12΄΄E to 43º6΄S, 147º15΄΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 0-22 m.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Distribution References
- Reid, A. 2016. Post-mortem drift in Australian cuttlefish sepions: its effect on the interpretation of species ranges. Molluscan Research 36(1): 9-21 [Date published 2016]
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: intertidal.
General References
Lu, C.C. 1998. A synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Sepioidea: Cephalopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 159-190 [172] (Australian distribution)
Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [64] (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. [144] (geographical distribution)
Common Name References
Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000. A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 96 pp. [27] (Reaper Cuttlefish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2013 | SEPIIDA | 01-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Julian Finn (NMV) |
| 17-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED |