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WoRMS taxon details

Ascarosepion latimanus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Sepia hercules. Pilsbry, 1894. Nautilus 7 (12): 144, not figured - catalog no. 66090)

AphiaID

1667002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1667002)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ascarosepion Rochebrune, 1884

Original name

Sepia latimanus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

Synonymised names

Ponderisepia eclogaria Iredale, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Sepia (Mesembrisepia) latimanus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted

Sepia (Sepia) latimanus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted

Sepia hercules Pilsbry, 1895 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Sepia latimanus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Sepia latimanus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 68 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in New Guinea

type locality contained in New Guinea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ascarosepion latimanus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1667002 on 2025-03-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-06-19 06:30:49Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Sepia latimanus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 68 [details]

original description (of Ponderisepia eclogaria Iredale, 1926) Iredale, T. (1926). The biology of the North-west Islet, Capricorn Group (D.) Marine molluscs. Australian Zoologist. 4: 237-240, pl. 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38710310
page(s): 239, pl. 35 figs 7-8 [details]

original description (of Sepia hercules Pilsbry, 1895) Pilsbry, H. A. (1895). Catalogue of the marine shells of Japan with descriptions of new species and notes on others collected by Frederick Stearns. F. Stearns, Detroit, viii + 196 pp, 11 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41228
page(s): 2, pl. 1, figs 1-2 [details]

original description (of Sepia hercules Pilsbry, 1895) Pilsbry, H. A. (1894). Notices of new Japanese mollusks, I. The Nautilus. 7(12): 143-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044585 [details]

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Type locality
type locality contained in New Guinea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
From editor or global species database
Australia
Unreviewed
Comores
Eritrea
Federal Republic of Somalia
Kenya
Madagascar
Mozambique
Tanzania
(no group)

Unknown type (of Sepia latimanus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) OUM MO-00010 [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Chinese	Kuān-Wàn-Wu-Zéi [from synonym]Bái-Bān-Wu-Zéi [from synonym]	[details]
English	Broadclub cuttlefish [from synonym]	[details]
French	Seiche grandes mains [from synonym]	[details]
German	Breitkeulen-Sepie [from synonym]Breitarm-Sepie [from synonym]	[details]
Indonesian	Sotong-besar [from synonym]	[details]
Japanese	コブシメ [from synonym]Kubushime [from synonym]Kobushime [from synonym]	[details]
Spanish	Sepia mazuda [from synonym]	[details]