Sepiidae

Sepiidae is a family of cephalopods in the order Sepiida. It includes 116 recognized species, a few of which need further verification.

This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: Pages need to be moved to their new species name (along with a review of naming standards), Genera pages need to be made, and the giant list of assigned-to-Sepia species needs to be reviewed to remove synonyms. (March 2025)

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Sepiidae Temporal range: Miocene – Recent^[1]^[2] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Sepia sp.

Metasepia pfefferi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiida
Superfamily:	Sepioidea
Family:	Sepiidae Leach, 1817
Genera
Acanthosepion Ascarosepion Aurosepina Decorisepia Digitosepia Doratosepion Erythalassa Hemisepius Lusepia Rhombosepion Sepia Sepiella Spathidosepion

A 2023 paper revived several genera and elevated some subgenera to full genus level;^[3] this classification scheme has been accepted by WoRMS.^[4] As a consequence, multiple species have been split out of genus Sepia, many of them assigned to revived genera.

Order Sepiida: cuttlefish
- Suborder Sepiolina
  - Family Sepiadariidae
- Suborder Sepiina
  - Family Sepiidae
    - Genus Acanthosepion
      - Acanthosepion aculeata, needle cuttlefish (type)
      - Acanthosepion elliptica, ovalbone cuttlefish
      - Sepia esculenta, golden cuttlefish
      - Sepia lycidas, kisslip cuttlefish
      - Sepia pharaonis, Pharaoh cuttlefish
      - Acanthosepion ramani
      - Acanthosepion recurvirostra, curvespine cuttlefish
      - Sepia smithi, Smith's cuttlefish
      - Sepia stellifera
    - Genus Ascarosepion
      - Sepia apama, giant Australian cuttlefish
      - Sepia bandensis, stumpy-spined cuttlefish
      - Sepia cultrata, knifebone cuttlefish
      - Ascarosepion latimanus, broadclub cuttlefish
      - Sepia mestus, reaper cuttlefish (type)
      - Sepia novaehollandiae, New Holland cuttlefish
      - Ascarosepion opipara
      - Ascarosepion papuensis, Papuan cuttlefish
      - Ascarosepion pfefferi, flamboyant cuttlefish
      - Ascarosepion plangon, mourning cuttlefish
      - Ascarosepion rozella, rosecone cuttlefish
      - Ascarosepion tullbergi, paintpot cuttlefish
    - Genus Aurosepina
      - Aurosepina arabica, Arabian cuttlefish
    - Genus Decorisepia
      - Sepia australis, southern cuttlefish
      - Sepia hedleyi, Hedley's cuttlefish (type)
      - Decorisepia madokai, Madokai's cuttlefish
    - Genus Digitosepia
      - Digitosepia barosei
      - Sepia dubia
      - Sepia faurei
      - Sepia robsoni (type)
      - Digitosepia shazaei
      - Digitosepia roeleveldi
    - Genus Doratosepion
      - Doratosepion andreana, Andrea cuttlefish (type)
      - Sepia braggi, slender cuttlefish
      - Sepia erostrata
      - Sepia foliopeza
      - Doratosepion kobiensis, Kobi cuttlefish
      - Sepia limata
      - Sepia longipes, longarm cuttlefish
      - Sepia lorigera, spider cuttlefish
      - Sepia pardex
      - Sepia peterseni
      - Sepia tenuipes
      - Sepia tokioensis
    - Genus Erythalassa
      - Sepia trygonina, trident cuttlefish
    - Genus Hemisepius
      - Sepia typica
    - Genus Lusepia
      - Sepia hieronis
    - Genus Rhombosepion
      - Sepia elegans, elegant cuttlefish (type)
      - Rhombosepion omani, Oman cuttlefish
      - Sepia orbignyana, pink cuttlefish
      - Sepia prashadi, hooded cuttlefish
    - Genus Sepia
      - Sepia hierredda
      - Sepia officinalis, common cuttlefish (type)
      - Sepia vermiculata
    - Genus Sepiella
      - Sepiella inermis, spineless cuttlefish
      - Sepiella japonica, Japanese spineless cuttlefish
      - Sepiella ornata, ornate cuttlefish (type, pending confirmation)
    - Genus Spathidosepion
      - Sepia angulata
      - Sepia papillata
      - Sepia tuberculata (type, pending genetic analysis)

The subsequent species are in need of taxonomic review

Undetermined status
- ? Sepia bartletti
- ? Sepia baxteri *
- ? Sepia dannevigi *
- ? Sepia whitleyana
- Sepia acuminata
- Sepia adami
- Sepia appellofi
- Sepia aureomaculata
- Sepia bathyalis
- Sepia bertheloti, African cuttlefish
- Sepia bidhaia
- Sepia brevimana, shortclub cuttlefish
- Sepia burnupi
- Sepia carinata
- Sepia chirotrema
- Sepia confusa
- Sepia cottoni
- Sepia dollfusi
- Sepia elongata
- Sepia elobyana, Guinean cuttlefish
- Sepia filibrachia
- Sepia gibba
- Sepia incerta
- Sepia insignis
- Sepia irvingi
- Sepia ivanovi
- Sepia joubini
- Sepia kiensis *
- Sepia koilados
- Sepia mascarensis
- Sepia mira
- Sepia mirabilis
- Sepia murrayi, frog cuttlefish
- Sepia plana
- Sepia plathyconchalis
- Sepia pulchra
- Sepia reesi
- Sepia rex
- Sepia rhoda
- Sepia savignyi, broadback cuttlefish
- Sepia saya
- Sepia senta
- Sepia sewelli
- Sepia simoniana
- Sepia sokotriensis
- Sepia subplana
- Sepia subtenuipes
- Sepia sulcata, grooved cuttlefish
- Sepia tala
- Sepia tanybracheia
- Sepia thurstoni
- Sepia vecchioni^[5]
- Sepia vercoi
- Sepia vietnamica
- Sepia vossi
- Sepiella weberi
- Sepia zanzibarica
- Sepiella cyanea
- Sepiella mangkangunga
- Sepiella ocellata

The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are a valid species or a synonym. The question mark (?) indicates questionable placement within the genus.

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