Belgian Register of Marine Species

BeRMS taxon details

Sepiola Leach, 1817

Figure in Rondelet (1553) cited by Linnaeus (1758) for Sepia sepiola

AphiaID

138483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138483)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Sepiolini Leach, 1817

Parent

Sepiolini Leach, 1817

Direct children (2)

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Species Sepiola atlantica A. d'Orbigny, 1842
Species Sepiola oweniana A. d'Orbigny, 1841 accepted as Sepietta oweniana (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Leach W.E. (1817). Synopsis of the orders, families and genera of the class Cephalopoda. The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals. 3(30):137-141., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28687004
page(s): 140 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sepiola Leach, 1817. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138483 on 2026-10-02

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Sepiola Leach, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138483 on 2026-10-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2016-01-04 21:38:44Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-05-30 09:42:04Z

changed

Finn, Julian

2021-07-09 07:33:44Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description Leach W.E. (1817). Synopsis of the orders, families and genera of the class Cephalopoda. The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals. 3(30):137-141., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28687004
page(s): 140 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]