WoRMS taxon details
Acanthosepion pharaonis (Ehrenberg, 1831)
1666972 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1666972)
accepted
Species
Crumenasepia hulliana Iredale, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crumenasepia ursulae Cotton, 1929 · unaccepted (original combination)
Sepia (Acanthosepion) pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted
Sepia formosana S. S. Berry, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia framea Ortmann, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia hulliana (Iredale, 1926) · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia koettlitzi Hoyle & Standen, 1901 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Sepia rouxii A. d'Orbigny, 1842 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sepia singalensis E. S. Goodrich, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sepia tigris M. Sasaki, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia torosa Ortmann, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia ursulae (Cotton, 1929) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Symbolae physicae, seu, Icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongalam Syriam Arabiam et Habessiniam publico institutis sumptu Friderici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg, Animalia evertebrata, Animalia Mollusca. <em>Zoologica.</em> II: unpaginated [46 pages, 1831], plates 1-2 [1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517219
page(s): [4] [details]
page(s): [4] [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Suez
type locality contained in Gulf of Suez [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthosepion pharaonis (Ehrenberg, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1666972 on 2025-11-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Symbolae physicae, seu, Icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongalam Syriam Arabiam et Habessiniam publico institutis sumptu Friderici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg, Animalia evertebrata, Animalia Mollusca. <em>Zoologica.</em> II: unpaginated [46 pages, 1831], plates 1-2 [1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517219
page(s): [4] [details]
original description (of Sepia formosana S. S. Berry, 1912) Berry, S. S. (1912). A catalogue of Japanese Cephalopoda. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 64(2):380-444, 5 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1695014
page(s): 420 [details]
original description (of Sepia rouxii A. d'Orbigny, 1842) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): pl. 19 [1842]; 271 [1845]; 273 [1848] [details]
original description (of Sepia torosa Ortmann, 1888) Ortmann, A. (1888). Japanische Cephalopoden. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 3: 639-670, 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10342612
page(s): 652 [details]
original description (of Sepia tigris M. Sasaki, 1929) Sasaki, M. (1929). A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University.</em> 20(Suppl.): 1-357, 159 figs, 30 pls., available online at https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/12617
page(s): 168 [details]
original description (of Sepia ursulae (Cotton, 1929)) Cotton, B. C. (1929). Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. IV. Western Australian Sepiidae. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.</em> 15: 87-94., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/144510
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Sepia hulliana (Iredale, 1926)) Iredale, T. (1926). The biology of the North-west Islet, Capricorn Group (D.) Marine molluscs. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 4: 237-240, pl. 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38710310
page(s): 239 [details]
original description (of Sepia koettlitzi Hoyle & Standen, 1901) Hoyle, W.E. & Standen, R. (1901). On a new species of <em>Sepia</em> and other shells collected by Dr. R. Loettlitz in Somaliland. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> 45(6):1-6.
page(s): 1 [details]
original description (of Sepia singalensis E. S. Goodrich, 1896) Goodrich, E. S. (1896). Report on a collection of Cephalopoda from the Calcutta Museum. <em>Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London, (series 2, Zoology).</em> 7(1): 1-24, pls. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8599136
page(s): 3-5, pl. 1, figs. 4-8 [details]
original description (of Sepia framea Ortmann, 1891) Ortmann, A. (1891). Cephalopoden von Ceylon, gesammelt von den Herren Dres. Sarasin. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 5: 669-678, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9982396
page(s): 675 [details]
original description (of Crumenasepia hulliana Iredale, 1926) Iredale, T. (1926). The biology of the North-west Islet, Capricorn Group (D.) Marine molluscs. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 4: 237-240, pl. 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38710310
page(s): 239 [details]
original description (of Crumenasepia ursulae Cotton, 1929) Cotton, B. C. (1929). Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. IV. Western Australian Sepiidae. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.</em> 15: 87-94., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/144510
page(s): 90 [details]
basis of record Lupše, N.; Reid, A.; Taite, M.; Kubodera, T.; Allcock, A. L. (2023). Cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae): the bare bones—an hypothesis of relationships. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 170(8): 93: 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04195-3
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): [4] [details]
original description (of Sepia formosana S. S. Berry, 1912) Berry, S. S. (1912). A catalogue of Japanese Cephalopoda. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 64(2):380-444, 5 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1695014
page(s): 420 [details]
original description (of Sepia rouxii A. d'Orbigny, 1842) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): pl. 19 [1842]; 271 [1845]; 273 [1848] [details]
original description (of Sepia torosa Ortmann, 1888) Ortmann, A. (1888). Japanische Cephalopoden. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 3: 639-670, 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10342612
page(s): 652 [details]
original description (of Sepia tigris M. Sasaki, 1929) Sasaki, M. (1929). A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University.</em> 20(Suppl.): 1-357, 159 figs, 30 pls., available online at https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/12617
page(s): 168 [details]
original description (of Sepia ursulae (Cotton, 1929)) Cotton, B. C. (1929). Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. IV. Western Australian Sepiidae. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.</em> 15: 87-94., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/144510
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Sepia hulliana (Iredale, 1926)) Iredale, T. (1926). The biology of the North-west Islet, Capricorn Group (D.) Marine molluscs. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 4: 237-240, pl. 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38710310
page(s): 239 [details]
original description (of Sepia koettlitzi Hoyle & Standen, 1901) Hoyle, W.E. & Standen, R. (1901). On a new species of <em>Sepia</em> and other shells collected by Dr. R. Loettlitz in Somaliland. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> 45(6):1-6.
page(s): 1 [details]
original description (of Sepia singalensis E. S. Goodrich, 1896) Goodrich, E. S. (1896). Report on a collection of Cephalopoda from the Calcutta Museum. <em>Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London, (series 2, Zoology).</em> 7(1): 1-24, pls. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8599136
page(s): 3-5, pl. 1, figs. 4-8 [details]
original description (of Sepia framea Ortmann, 1891) Ortmann, A. (1891). Cephalopoden von Ceylon, gesammelt von den Herren Dres. Sarasin. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 5: 669-678, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9982396
page(s): 675 [details]
original description (of Crumenasepia hulliana Iredale, 1926) Iredale, T. (1926). The biology of the North-west Islet, Capricorn Group (D.) Marine molluscs. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 4: 237-240, pl. 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38710310
page(s): 239 [details]
original description (of Crumenasepia ursulae Cotton, 1929) Cotton, B. C. (1929). Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island. IV. Western Australian Sepiidae. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.</em> 15: 87-94., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/144510
page(s): 90 [details]
basis of record Lupše, N.; Reid, A.; Taite, M.; Kubodera, T.; Allcock, A. L. (2023). Cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae): the bare bones—an hypothesis of relationships. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 170(8): 93: 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04195-3
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Mak mo [from synonym]Hŭ-Bān-Wu-Zéi [from synonym]Foo baan woo chack [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | Pharaoh cuttlefish [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | Seiche pharaon [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Pharao-Tintenfisch [from synonym]Pharaosepie [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | トラフコウイカTorafu-kouika [from synonym]Mongouika [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | Sepia faraón [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (110 barcodes) (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sepia rouxii A. d'Orbigny, 1842)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sepia pharaonis) (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
To GenBank (5943 nucleotides; 53768 proteins) (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
To Malacopics (Acanthosepion pharaonis (Ehrenberg,1831) Indonesia, Sumatera Selatan, Pulau Rimau, T...
To PESI (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sepia rouxii A. d'Orbigny, 1842)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sepia pharaonis) (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
To GenBank (5943 nucleotides; 53768 proteins) (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
To Malacopics (Acanthosepion pharaonis (Ehrenberg,1831) Indonesia, Sumatera Selatan, Pulau Rimau, T...
To PESI (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831)
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