Species Ascarosepion pfefferi (Hoyle, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sepia (Metasepia) pfefferi Hoyle, W.E. 1885. Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger. Part 2. The Decapoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 16: 181-203 [199].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 10.9.1874 ♀, S of Papua, Arafura Sea [9°59'S 139°42'E].
• Metasepia pfefferi laxior Iredale, T. 1926. The biology of North-West Islet, Capricorn Group. Marine molluscs. The Australian Zoologist 4: 237-240 [240].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C133326 sepion (50.5 mm SL), Masthead Is., Capricorn Group, QLD [23°32'S 151°44'E] [23°32'S 151°44'E]; AM C19084 2 sepions and 1 incomplete specimen (26.4 mm SL), Masthead Is., Capricorn Group, QLD [23°32'S 151°44'E].
• Metasepia pfefferi wanda Iredale, T. 1954. Cuttlefish 'bones' again. The Australian Zoologist 12: 63-82 pls 4, 5 [78].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C133314 sepion (30 mm SL), Denham Bay, Shark Bay, WA [25°31'S 112°29'E].

 

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 [114]

 

Generic Combinations

• Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle, 1885).
• Ascarosepion pfefferi (Hoyle, 1885). —
  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 26º34΄12΄΄S, 153º40΄11΄΄E to 20º19΄47΄΄S, 118º15΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 3-86 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: continental shelf, subtropical, tropical.

Tropical.

 

General References

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 [201] (biogeography)

Dunning, M., McKinnon, S., Lu, C.C., Yeatman, J. & Cameron, D. 1994. Demersal cephalopods of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45: 351-374 [362] (Australian distribution)

Lu, C.C. 1998. A synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Sepioidea: Cephalopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 159-190 [187] (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 [27] (Australian distribution)

Norman, M. 2000. Cephalopods, a world guide. Hakenheim : ConchBooks 320 pp. [86] (biology)

Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000. A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 96 pp. [22] (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. [60] (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. [22] (Pfeffer's Flamboyant 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	01-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Julian Finn (NMV)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)