• Sepia Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [658].

  Type species:

   Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Hoyle, W.E. 1910. A list of the generic names of dibranchiate Cephalopoda, with their type species. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 32: 407-413.
• Lophosepion 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 [90].

  Type species:

   Sepia lefebrei D'Orbigny, 1845 by indication.
• Andreaesepia Grimpe, G. 1922. Systematische Übersicht der Europäischen Cephalopoden. Sitzungsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig 45–48: 36-52 [44].

  Type species:

   Sepia andreana Steenstrup, 1875 by original designation.
• Eusepia Naef, A. 1923. Die Cephalopoden, Systematik. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel 35 1: 1-863 [545].

  Type species:

   Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Parasepia Naef, A. 1923. Die Cephalopoden, Systematik. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel 35 1: 1-863 [545].

  Type species:

   Sepia orbignyana Férussac, 1826 by original designation.
• Platysepia Naef, A. 1923. Die Cephalopoden, Systematik. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel 35 1: 1-863 [546].

  Type species:

   Sepia esculenta Hoyle, 1886 by original designation.
• Solitosepia 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 species:

   Solitosepia liliana Iredale, 1926 by original designation.
• Mesembrisepia Iredale, T. 1926. The cuttlefish 'bones' of the Sydney beaches (Phylum Mollusca–Class Cephalopoda). The Australian Zoologist 4: 186-196 pls 22, 23 [191].

  Type species:

   Mesembrisepia macandrew Iredale, 1926 by monotypy.
• Glyptosepia Iredale, T. 1926. The cuttlefish 'bones' of the Sydney beaches (Phylum Mollusca–Class Cephalopoda). The Australian Zoologist 4: 186-196 pls 22, 23 [191].

  Type species:

   Glyptosepia opipara Iredale, 1926 by original designation.
• Arctosepia Iredale, T. 1926. The cuttlefish 'bones' of the Sydney beaches (Phylum Mollusca–Class Cephalopoda). The Australian Zoologist 4: 186-196 pls 22, 23 [193].

  Type species:

   Arctosepia limata Iredale, 1926 by original designation.
• Amplisepia Iredale, T. 1926. The cuttlefish 'bones' of the Sydney beaches (Phylum Mollusca–Class Cephalopoda). The Australian Zoologist 4: 186-196 pls 22, 23 [194].

  Type species:

   Sepia apama Gray, 1849 by original designation.
• Ponderosepia Iredale, T. 1926. The biology of North-West Islet, Capricorn Group. Marine molluscs. The Australian Zoologist 4: 237-240 [239].

  Type species:

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

  Type species:

   Crumenosepia hulliana Iredale, 1926 by original designation.
• Fiscisepia Iredale, T. 1926. The biology of North-West Islet, Capricorn Group. Marine molluscs. The Australian Zoologist 4: 237-240 [239] [first introduced as a subgenus of Acanthosepion Rochebrune, 1884].

  Type species:

   Acanthosepion (Fiscisepia) ellipticum adjacens Iredale, 1926 by original designation.
• Tenuisepia Cotton, B.C. 1932. Notes on Australian Mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and new species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 537-547.

  Type species:

   Tenuisepia mira Cotton, 1932 by original designation.
• Blandosepia Iredale, T. 1940. Marine molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 429-443, pl. 32-34 [Date published 9 December 1940] [442].

  Type species:

   Blandosepia baxteri Iredale, 1940 by original designation.

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 [147]

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

SEPIIDAE: Sepia capensis d'Orbigny, 1845 — Adam, W. & Rees, W.J. 1966. A review of the cephalopod family Sepiidae. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 11: 1-165

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan, excluding waters around the Americas, New Zealand and the polar regions.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), 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

History of changes

• Blandosepia baxteri Iredale, T. 1940. Marine molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 429-443, pl. 32-34 [Date published 9 December 1940] [442].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C133317, Lord Howe Is.

Generic Combinations

• Sepia baxteri (Iredale, 1940).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe Island, 31º33'S, 159º05'E (based on whole animal specimen record). Depth range unknown.

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Unknown.

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 (Australian distribution)

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. [138] (geographical distribution)

History of changes

• Sepia bidhaia Reid, A.L. 2000. Australian cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda : Sepiidae): the 'doratosepion' species complex. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 1-76 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F82478 ♂, Australia, Queensland, 250 m [17°55.8'S 146°58.2'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV F82461 4♂, 250 m [17°55.8'S 146°58.2'E]; QM Mo61820 ♂, 250 m [17°55.8'S 146°58.2'E]; NMV F82464 4♂, 252–250 m [17°57.6–59.9'S 147°00.3–02.9'E]; NMV F82465 2♂ 5♀, 244 m [18°39.3'S 148°03.4'E]; QM Mo61821 ♂, 244 m [18°39.3'S 148°03.4'E]; NMV F82466 3♂ 3♀, 204 m [18°40.8'S 148°02.8'E]; QM Mo61822 2♀, 204 m [18°40.8'S 148°02.8'E]; NMV F82468 ♂, 254–246 m [22°06.1–08.7'S 153°18.3–20.6'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Queensland, off the Great Barrier Reef, 17º20΄42΄΄S, 146º41΄30΄΄E to 22º11΄33΄΄S, 153º11΄43΄΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 200–304 m.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Mud bottom.

General 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. [139] (geographical distribution)

History of changes

• Sepia chirotrema Berry, S.S. 1918. Report on the Cephalopoda obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour in the Great Australian Bight and other southern Australian localities. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 4: 203-298 pls 59-88 [268].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM E2459 (not found), Investigator Strait, south of Kangaroo Is., SA.
• Solitosepia hendryae Cotton, B.C. 1929. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. 4. Western Australian Sepiidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 15: 87-94 pls 14-16 [87].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D13625 (74 mm SL (78 mm including spine)), Rottnest Is., WA [32°00'S 115°30'E].
• Solitosepia glauerti Cotton, B.C. 1929. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. 4. Western Australian Sepiidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 15: 87-94 pls 14-16 [87].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D13628 (49.5 mm SL (51 mm including spine)), Rottnest Island, WA [32°00'S 115°30'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 [119]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Australia from 36º32΄59΄΄S, 136º30΄E to 19º15΄S, 117º43΄11΄΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 120-210 m.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Unknown.

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 [119] (distribution)

Lu, C.C. 1998. A synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Sepioidea: Cephalopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 159-190 [164] (Australian distribution)

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. [139] (geographical distribution)

History of changes

• Sepia cottoni 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 [196].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 435-65 ♂, (W of Lancelin), WA [31°54'S 114°55'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 494-76 5♀, SW of Pt Cloates, 134 m [23°39'S 113°11'E]; WAM 483-76 1 specimen, Dirk Hartog Is. [25°54'S 112°38'E]; WAM 424-65 ♂ 2♀, NW of Bluff Pt, 130 m [27°40'S 113°20'E]; WAM 432-65 ♀, SW of Bluff Pt, 110 m [28°14'S 113°28'E]; WAM 484-76 ♀, Rottnest Is., Armstrong Pt [32°S 115°30'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Australia from 19º04΄24΄΄S, 118º47΄30΄΄E to 33º45΄12΄΄S, 114º28΄36΄΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 83–183 m.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Unknown.

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 [193] (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 [24] (Australian distribution)

Reid, A.L. 2000. Australian cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda : Sepiidae): the 'doratosepion' species complex. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 1-76 [21] (re-description, new records)

History of changes

• Sepia grahami Reid, A. 2001. A new cuttlefish, Sepia grahami, sp. nov. (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae) from Eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 123: 159-172 [160].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F87757 ♂ (43.8 mm ML), Australia, New South Wales, Clarence River, 53-49 m [29º33-32'S, 153º25'E].
  Paratype(s) AM C306769 1♂ (65.5 mm ML), 1♀ (56.8 mm ML), Australia, New South Wales, SE of Yamba, 51-49 m [29º33'S, 153º25'E - 29º34'S, 153º24'E]; AM C306773 2♀ (55.4, 55.7 mm ML), Australia, New South Wales, NE of Wooli, 70-65 m [29º48'S, 153º27'E - 29º49'S, 153º26'E]; AM C306389 1♂ (49.3 mm ML), Australia, New South Wales, off Wooli, 69-22 m [29º49'S, 153º27'E - 29º48'S, 153º26'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Australia, New South Wales from 28º37΄47΄΄S, 153º24΄E to 36º40΄12΄΄S, 150º3΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 2-84 m.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Distribution References

General 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. [86] (diagnostic features, geographical distribution, habitat and biology, interest to fisheries)

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. [86] (Ken's Cuttlefish)

History of changes

• Sepia irvingi Meyer, W. Th. 1909. Cephalopoda. pp. 329-335 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2. [333].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Cockburn Sound, WA; WAM 4203 ♀ (97 mm ML (sepion missing)), Cockburn Sound, Garden Is., WA (32°11'S 115°43'E), Port Royal (King George Sound), WA (35°03'S 117°58'E) and Warnbro Sound, WA (32°20'S 115°43'E).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Australia from 18º49΄S, 118º29΄΄E to 19º12.06΄S, 116º12΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 130-170 m.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: continental shelf.

Predator.

General References

Lu, C.C. 1998. A synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Sepioidea: Cephalopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 159-190 [169] (Australian distribution)

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. [143] (geographical distribution)

History of changes

• Sepia koilados Reid, A.L. 2000. Australian cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda : Sepiidae): the 'doratosepion' species complex. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 1-76 [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F82459 ♂, Australia, Western Australia, North West Shelf, 184–182 m [18°36'S 118°2–4'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM S1244 ♀, Western Australia, North West Shelf, 110 nautical miles NNW of Port Hedland, 201–200 m [18°31–32'S 118°08–09'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Australia, North West Shelf, Western Australia, North West Shelf 19º12΄06΄΄S, 116º25΄12΄΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 182–203 m.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Mud bottom, rock bottom, silt bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Limestone.

General 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. [144] (geographical distribution)

History of changes

• Tenuisepia mira Cotton, B.C. 1932. Notes on Australian Mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and new species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 537-547 [546].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D10507 cuttlebone (53 mm SL (55 mm including spine)), Queensland, North-West Islet [23°18'S 151°42'E].

Generic Combinations

• Sepia mira (Cotton, 1932). —
  Adam, W. & Rees, W.J. 1966. A review of the cephalopod family Sepiidae. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 11: 1-165 [87]
  Reid, A. 1998. A complete description of Sepia mira (Cotton 1932) (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae) from eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 119: 155-171 [160] (confirms valid status)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Australia from 14º40΄11΄΄S, 145º28΄11΄΄E to 30º16΄48΄΄S, 156º13΄11΄΄E (based on while animal specimen records). Depth range 20-72 m.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Distribution References

General References

Iredale, T. 1954. Cuttlefish 'bones' again. The Australian Zoologist 12: 63-82 pls 4, 5 [75]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [99]

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)

Nesis, K.N. 1982. Cephalopods of the World. English Translation from Russian. Levitov, B.S. (Transl.), Burgess, L.A. (ed.) (1987) Neptune City : T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 351 pp. [English Translation from Russian] [119]

Reid, A. 1998. A complete description of Sepia mira (Cotton 1932) (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae) from eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 119: 155-171 [155] (redescription, new data)

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. [145] (geographical distribution)

History of changes

• Sepia plana Lu, C.C. & Reid, A.L. 1997. Two new species of cuttlefish from northwestern Australian waters with a redescription of Sepia sulcata Hoyle, 1885 (Sepiidae: Cephalopoda). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18(3): 277-310 [279].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F77206 ♂, Western Australia, North West Shelf, 460–430 m [14°15'S 121°59'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV F80339 ♀; NMV F77205 ♀; NMV F58848 ♀; NMV F77204 ♀; NMV F67700 2♀.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North West Shelf from 12º4΄12΄΄S, 122º49΄47΄΄E to 17º55΄12΄΄S, 118º15΄36΄΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 396-505 m.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Unknown.

General 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. [146] (geographical distribution)

History of changes

• Sepia reesi 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 [200].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 497-76 sepion only (45.2 SL), Salmon Bay, Rottnest Is., WA [32°00'S 115°30'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Australia, Rottnest Island, Salmon Bay, 32º00'S 115º30'E. Known only from cuttlebone.

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal.

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 [200] (description)

Lu, C.C. 1998. A synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Sepioidea: Cephalopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 159-190 [180] (diagnosis)

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 [26] (Australian distribution)

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. [147] (geographical distribution)

History of changes

• Arctosepia rhoda Iredale, T. 1954. Cuttlefish 'bones' again. The Australian Zoologist 12: 63-82 pls 4, 5 [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C133319 cuttlebone, Australia, Western Australia, Point Cloates [22°43'S 113°40'E].

Generic Combinations

• Sepia rhoda (Iredale, 1954).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northern and northeastern Australia from 10º24΄S, 130º23΄E to 114º48΄12΄S 20º47΄48΄΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 64–184 m.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Unknown.

General References

Lu, C.C. 1998. A synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Sepioidea: Cephalopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 159-190 [161] (in synonymy with Sepia braggi Verco, 1907)

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. [147] (geographical distribution)

Reid, A.L. 2000. Australian cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda : Sepiidae): the 'doratosepion' species complex. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 1-76 [39] (removed from synonymy with Sepia braggi Verco, 1907)

History of changes

• Sepia senta Lu, C.C. & Reid, A.L. 1997. Two new species of cuttlefish from northwestern Australian waters with a redescription of Sepia sulcata Hoyle, 1885 (Sepiidae: Cephalopoda). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18(3): 277-310 [286].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F77200 ♂, Western Australia, North West Shelf, 415 m [14°45'S 122°06'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV F77195 ♀; WAM 332-86 7♀; WAM 104-96 3♀; NMV F77197 ♂; NMV F77199 ♀.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Australia, North West Shelf, 12º04΄S, 122º51΄E to 18º35΄S, 117º29΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 256-426 m.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Mud bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft muddy substrate.

General 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. [148] (geographical distribution)

History of changes

• Sepia sulcata 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.

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 89.4.24.77 ♂, Arafura Sea, off Kei (as Ki) Is., 140 fms (255 m) [5°49'15''S 132°14'15''E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwestern Australia from 18 º10΄S, 118º18΄E to 17º17΄S, 120º12΄E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 150-404 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Mud bottom, rock bottom, silt bottom.

General References

Lu, C.C. & Reid, A.L. 1997. Two new species of cuttlefish from northwestern Australian waters with a redescription of Sepia sulcata Hoyle, 1885 (Sepiidae: Cephalopoda). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18(3): 277-310 [297] (redescribed, new data)

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. [120] (diagnostic features, geographical distribution, habitat and biology)

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. [120] (Grooved Cuttlefish)

History of changes

• Sepia tanybracheia Reid, A.L. 2000. Australian cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda : Sepiidae): the 'doratosepion' species complex. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 1-76 [47].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F82479 ♂, Australia, Western Australia, near Ashmore Ils, 205–200 m [12°36–37'S 123°44–46'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV F82480 ♂, Australia, Western Australia, near Ashmore Ils, 205–200 m [12°36–37'S 123°44–46'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwestern Australia 12º37΄S, 123º44΄ (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 200-205 m.

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Unknown.

General 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. [150] (geographical distribution)

History of changes

• Sepia vercoi 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 [190].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 441-65 ♂ (31 mm ML), W of Shark Bay, WA [25°31'S 112°29'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 770-75 1 incomplete sepion; WAM 772-75 1 sepion.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwestern Australia, 18°31´S 118°09´E to 25°31´S 112°29´E (based on whole animal specimen records). Depth range 76–201 m.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: oceanic.

General References

Lu, C.C. 1998. A synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Sepioidea: Cephalopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 159-190 [184] (diagnosis)

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. [151] (geographical distribution)

Reid, A.L. 2000. Australian cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda : Sepiidae): the 'doratosepion' species complex. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 1-76 [53] (re-description, new records)

History of changes

• Acanthosepion whitleyanum Iredale, T. 1926. The cuttlefish 'bones' of the Sydney beaches (Phylum Mollusca–Class Cephalopoda). The Australian Zoologist 4: 186-196 pls 22, 23 [195].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C133331 (168 mm SL (174 mm including spine)), Port Macquarie, NSW [31°27'S 152°55'E].

Generic Combinations

• Sepia whitleyana (Iredale, 1926).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Northern and eastern Australis from 14º37΄48΄΄S, 145º24΄E to 35º30΄S, 150º48΄E (based on while animal specimen records). Depth range 0-128 m.

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, predator.

General References

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 [185] (Australian distribution)

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. [128] (diagnostic features, geographical distribution, habitat and biology)

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. [128] (Whitley's Cuttlefish)

History of changes