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Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 141444

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Decapodiformes (Infraclass) > Sepiida (Order) > Sepiidae (Family) > Sepia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sepia Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa
  Sepia zebrina Risso, 1854 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Jereb, P.; Roper, C.F.E. (Eds)(2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates., available online at ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/a0150e/A0150e00.pdf [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

basis of record (from synonym): ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian sepja  [details]
Albanian sipa  [details]
Albanian supja  [details]
Basque txautxa  [details]
Basque txibia  [details]
Bulgarian sepija  [details]
Catalan sípia comuna  [details]
Corsican seppia  [details]
Czech sépie obecná  [details]
Danish sepiablæksprutte  [details]
Dutch gewone inktvis  [details]
Dutch gewone zeekat  [details]
Dutch zeekat  [details]
English common cuttlefish  [details]
English margade  [details]
Finnish mustekala  [details]
French casseron  [details]
French chakod  [details]
French chibia  [details]
French seche  [details]
French seiche  [details]
French seiche commune  [details]
German gemeiner Tintenfish  [details]
German Sepia  [details]
German Sepie  [details]
German Sepietintenfisch  [details]
Hassaniyya oum semra  [details]
Italian scarpetta  [details]
Italian scarpitelle  [details]
Italian scarpitta  [details]
Italian secce  [details]
Italian seccetella  [details]
Italian sepia  [details]
Italian sepia imperiale  [details]
Italian sepp(i)a  [details]
Italian seppia comune  [details]
Japanese ko-ika  [details]
Japanese ma-ika  [details]
Japanese mongo-ika  [details]
Japanese yoroppa kouika  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) soupia  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Σουπιά  [details]
Polish mątwa pospolita  [details]
Polish mątwa zwyczajna  [details]
Portuguese choco  [details]
Portuguese choco-vulgar  [details]
Portuguese siba  [details]
Russian kora katitza  [details]
Russian obiknovennaya karakatiza  [details]
Russian sepia  [details]
Spanish aluda  [details]
Spanish choco  [details]
Spanish jibia  [details]
Spanish luda  [details]
Spanish rellena / relleno  [details]
Spanish sepia común  [details]
Spanish sipionet  [details]
Turkish sübye  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subspecies Sepia officinalis officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Sepia officinalis vermiculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

Subspecies Sepia officinalis hierreda Rang, 1837 accepted as Sepia hierredda Rang, 1837
Environment marine
Distribution type locality: North East Atlantic [details]
Belgian Coast [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles [details]
Calais [details]
De Haan [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
East Atlantic [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 27 [details]
FAO fishing area 34 [details]
FAO fishing area 37 [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Koksijde [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nice (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Coast of Tunisia [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Oostende [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
South West Indian Ocean [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux (not certain[details]
Zeebrugge [details]
Host of  Microcyema vespa van Beneden, 1882 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Dicyemennea gracile (Wagener, 1857) (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Lichomolgus longicauda (Claus, 1860) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Doridicola longicauda (Claus, 1860) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pennella varians Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Dicyema whitmani Furuya & Hochberg, 1999 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Barcode of Life (268 barcodes)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (44050 nucleotides; 430 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: shelf [details]
Images 
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
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Sepia officinalis
Sepia officinalis
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Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
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Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
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Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
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Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
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Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 - shield
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 - shield
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Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 - shield
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 - shield
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Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 - parrot's bill
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 - parrot's bill
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Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
added on 2006-09-14 - author: VLIZ (Decleer)
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Egg cuttle-fish
Egg cuttle-fish
added on 2007-10-12 - author: Karl Van Ginderdeuren
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Zeekat
Zeekat
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Zeekat
Zeekat
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Sepia officinalis
Sepia officinalis
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aangepikt rugschild sepia officinalis
aangepikt rugschild sepia officinalis
added on 2009-07-30 - author: Nuyttens, Filip
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aangepikt rugschild sepia officinalis
aangepikt rugschild sepia officinalis
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Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
added on 2010-10-21 - author: Hillewaert, Hans
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Sepia officinalis - eggs
Sepia officinalis - eggs
added on 2012-01-23 - author: Eneman, Eddy
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Sepia officinalis
Sepia officinalis
added on 2012-01-23 - author: Eneman, Eddy
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Sepia officinalis predating Limanda limanda
Sepia officinalis predating Limanda limanda
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Sepia officinalis
Sepia officinalis
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Sepia officinalis (juvenile)
Sepia officinalis (juvenile)
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Sepia officinalis by night
Sepia officinalis by night
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Sepia officinalis and eggs
Sepia officinalis and eggs
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Sepia officinalis
Sepia officinalis
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Eben (1884, figuur 29)
Eben (1884, figuur 29)
added on 2012-07-24 - author: Anoniem in Eben (1884)
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Sepia officinalis
Sepia officinalis
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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Sepia officinalis
Sepia officinalis
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141444
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141444 on 2013-06-19
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