WoRMS name details
Sepia dubia Adam & W. J. Rees, 1966
438906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:438906)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Sepia (Hemisepius) dubius (Adam & W. J. Rees, 1966) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Adam, W. & Rees, W. J. (1966). A review of the cephalopod family Sepiidae. <i>The John Murray Expedition 1933-34</i>, Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 1-165. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49520533
page(s): 119 [details]
page(s): 119 [details]
Type locality contained in False Bay (South Africa)
type locality contained in False Bay (South Africa) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Sepia dubia Adam & W. J. Rees, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=438906 on 2026-01-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Adam, W. & Rees, W. J. (1966). A review of the cephalopod family Sepiidae. <i>The John Murray Expedition 1933-34</i>, Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 1-165. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49520533
page(s): 119 [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.
page(s): 140 [details]
page(s): 119 [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.
page(s): 140 [details]
Other
additional source
Lipinski M.R., Leslie R.W. (2018). A new species of Sepia (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae) from South African waters with a re-description of Sepia dubia Adam et Rees, 1966. <em>Folia Malacologica.</em> 26: 125-147., available online at http://www.foliamalacologica.com/?node_id=23&lang=en&ma_id=3113&a=1 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Leslie, R. & Lipinski, M. (2018). Phylum Mollusca - Class Cephalopoda. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 321–391. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 339 [details]
[request]additional source Leslie, R. & Lipinski, M. (2018). Phylum Mollusca - Class Cephalopoda. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 321–391. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 339 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Length Up to 17 mm mantle length. [details]
