Deep-Sea taxon details
Sepiolidae Leach, 1817
11725 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11725)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Heteroteuthinae Appellöf, 1898
- Genus Heteroteuthis J. E. Gray, 1849
- Genus Nectoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1883
- Genus Stoloteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881
- Genus Stephanoteuthis S. S. Berry, 1909 accepted as Heteroteuthis (Stephanoteuthis) S. S. Berry, 1909 represented as Heteroteuthis J. E. Gray, 1849
- Subfamily Rossiinae Appellöf, 1898
- Genus Austrorossia S. S. Berry, 1918
- Genus Neorossia Boletzky, 1972
- Genus Rossia Owen, 1835
- Genus Semirossia Steenstrup, 1887
- Subfamily Sepiolinae Leach, 1817
- Tribe Euprymnini G. Sanchez, Fernández-Álvarez, Taite, Sugimoto, Jolly, Simakov, Marlétaz, Allcock & Rokhsar, 2021
- Genus Euprymna Steenstrup, 1887
- Genus Inioteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881
- Genus Lusepiola Bello, 2020
- Tribe Sepiolini Leach, 1817
- Genus Rondeletiola Naef, 1921
- Genus Sepietta Naef, 1912
- Genus Sepiola Leach, 1817
- Tribe Euprymnini G. Sanchez, Fernández-Álvarez, Taite, Sugimoto, Jolly, Simakov, Marlétaz, Allcock & Rokhsar, 2021
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leach W.E. (1817). Synopsis of the orders, families and genera of the class Cephalopoda. <em>The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals.</em> 3(30):137-141., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28687004
page(s): 137; note: as "family Sepiolidea" [details]
page(s): 137; note: as "family Sepiolidea" [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sepiolidae Leach, 1817. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11725 on 2026-05-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sepiolidae Leach, 1817. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11725 on 2026-05-20
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description
Leach W.E. (1817). Synopsis of the orders, families and genera of the class Cephalopoda. <em>The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals.</em> 3(30):137-141., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28687004
page(s): 137; note: as "family Sepiolidea" [details]
additional source Reid, A. & Jereb, P. (2005). Family Sepiolidae. pp. 153-203, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls. [details]
additional source CephBase, available online at http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/ [details]
status source Sanchez, G.; Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Taite, M.; Sugimoto, C.; Jolly, J.; Simakov, O.; Marlétaz, F.; Allcock, L.; Rokhsar, D. S. (2021). Phylogenomics illuminates the evolution of bobtail and bottletail squid (order Sepiolida). <em>Communications Biology.</em> 4(1): 819., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02348-y [details] Available for editors
identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 190 [details]
page(s): 137; note: as "family Sepiolidea" [details]
additional source Reid, A. & Jereb, P. (2005). Family Sepiolidae. pp. 153-203, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls. [details]
additional source CephBase, available online at http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/ [details]
status source Sanchez, G.; Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Taite, M.; Sugimoto, C.; Jolly, J.; Simakov, O.; Marlétaz, F.; Allcock, L.; Rokhsar, D. S. (2021). Phylogenomics illuminates the evolution of bobtail and bottletail squid (order Sepiolida). <em>Communications Biology.</em> 4(1): 819., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02348-y [details] Available for editors
identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 190 [details]
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