Species Sepia mira (Cotton, 1932)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Updated by Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- 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
- 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]
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
| 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 |