WoRMS name details

Sepia apama Gray, 1849

342111  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342111)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Amplisepia parysatis Iredale, 1954 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia palmata Owen, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 103 [details]   
Type locality contained in Adelaide  
type locality contained in Adelaide [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Sepia apama Gray, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342111 on 2024-04-20
Date
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2008-03-27 18:55:09Z
created
2016-05-15 00:46:20Z
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2023-06-19 06:30:49Z
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original description Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 103 [details]   

basis of record Reid, A., Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (2005). Family Sepiidae. pp. 57-152, 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 van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Published records of this species from the NZEEZ are based on beached shells that have probably originated from Australia (i.e. flotsam) [details]
LanguageName 
English giant Australian cuttlefishAustralian giant cuttlefish  [details]
French Seiche géante australienne  [details]
German Riesensepia  [details]
Spanish Sepia gigante australiana  [details]