Genus Sepioteuthis Blainville, 1824
Compiler and date details
2024 - Updated by A.L. Reid, CSIRO.
2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Sepioteuthis Blainville, H. de 1824. Mollusques, Mollusca (Malacoz.). In, Levrault, F.G. (ed.). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris & Strassburg : Levrault Vol. 32 567 pp. [175].
Type species:
Loligo sepioidea Blainville, 1823 by indication, see Blainville, H. de 1823. Mémoire sur les espèces du genre Calmar (Loligo, Lamarck). Journal de Physique de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 96: 116-135 [133]. - Chondrosepia Rüppell, E. & Leuckart, F.S. (eds) 1828. Neue wirbellose Thiere des rothen Meeres. Part 5 in Rüppell, E. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Frankfurt am Main : Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft 47 pp., pls 1-12. [21] [non Sepioteuthis Blainville, 1823].
Type species:
Chondrosepia loliginiformis Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828 by monotypy.Secondary source:
Adam, W. 1939. Céphalopoda. 1e Partie. Le genre Sepioteuthis Blainville, 1824. Siboga-Expéditie Report 55: 1-33 l pl.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lu, C.C. & Tait, R.W. 1983. Taxonomic studies on Sepioteuthis Blainville (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) from the Australian region. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 95: 181-204 [182]
Introduction
Two of the woeld's three nominal species are found in Australian waters: Sepioteuthis australis and Sepioteuthis lessoniana. Based on allozyme studies, cryptic species have been detected among both species (Triantafillos & Adams 2001, 2005).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian and Pacific oceans.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Jereb, P., Vecchione, M. & Roper, C.F.E. 2010. Family Loliginidae. pp. 38-117 in Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (Eds). Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 pp. 1-605. [93, 95]
- Lu, C.C. & Tait, R.W. 1983. Taxonomic studies on Sepioteuthis Blainville (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) from the Australian region. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 95: 181-204
General References
Lu, C.C. & Tait, R.W. 1983. Taxonomic studies on Sepioteuthis Blainville (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) from the Australian region. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 95: 181-204
Triantafillos, L. & Adams, M. 2001. Allozyme analysis reveals a complex population structure in the southern calamary, Sepioteuthis australis from Australia and New Zealand. Marine Ecology Progress Series 212: 193-209
Triantafillos, L. & Adams, M. 2005. Genetic evidence that the northern calamary, Sepioteuthis lessoniana, is a species complex in Australian waters. ICES Journal of Marine Science [International Council for the Exploration of the Sea] 62(8): 1665-1670
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2024 | CEPHALOPODA Cuvier, 1795 | 04-May-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Mandy Reid |
| 20-Mar-2014 | TEUTHIDA | 20-Mar-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Julian Finn (NMV) |
| 09-May-2012 | MODIFIED |