Species Doratosepion braggi (Verco, 1907)
Slender Cuttlefish
Compiler and date details
2024 - Updated A.L. Reid, CSIRO, Australia.
2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Sepia braggi Verco, J.C. 1907. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part VI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31: 213-230 [Date published 9 Dec] [213].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D14130 cuttlebone, Glenelg, SA. - Arctosepia treba Iredale, T. 1954. Cuttlefish 'bones' again. The Australian Zoologist 12: 63-82 pls 4, 5 [75].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C133324 (missing anterior ends, not measured), Stanley, TAS [40°46'S 145°18'E];
Status unknown. - Arctosepia braggi xera Iredale, T. 1954. Cuttlefish 'bones' again. The Australian Zoologist 12: 63-82 pls 4, 5 [74].
Type data:
Holotype AM C133310 (77 mm SL), Stanley, TAS [40°46'S 145°18'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 [79]
Generic Combinations
- Doratosepion braggi (Verco, 1907).
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southern Australian from 36º22΄48΄΄S, 150º7΄12΄΄E to 33º57΄0΄΄S, 115º4΄11΄΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 30-86 m.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
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: continental shelf, predator.
Predator.
General References
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 [24] (Australian distribution)
Reid, A.L. 2000. Australian cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda : Sepiidae): the 'doratosepion' species complex. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 1-76 [13] (re-description, distribution, remarks)
Common Name References
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. [75] (Slender 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 | 01-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Julian Finn (NMV) |
| 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED |