Belgian Register of Marine Species - Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758

BeRMS taxon details

Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

141444 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141444)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Sepia Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

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

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 658 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141444 on 2026-01-09

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141444 on 2026-01-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2016-05-25 01:12:12Z

changed

Finn, Julian

2023-06-20 21:34:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 658 [details] Available for editors

context source (WoRCS) Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. Fishes. 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); (2013). Data collected during the expeditions of the e-learning projects Expedition Zeeleeuw and Planet Ocean. [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]

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. Marine Biology. 170(8): 93: 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04195-3 [details] Available for editors

additional source Boone, L. & Erdman, D. S. (1957). Vagabond cuttlebones. The Nautilus. 70(3): 106-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520775 [details]

additional source Reid, A., Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (2005). Family Sepiidae. pp. 57-152, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls.
page(s): 99 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	supjasipasepja	[details]
Basque	txibiatxautxa	[details]
Bulgarian	Sepija	[details]
Catalan	sípia comuna	[details]
Corsican	seppia	[details]
Czech	sépie obecná	[details]
Danish	sepiablæksprutte	[details]
Dutch	Zeekatgewone zeekatGewone inktvis	[details]
English	cuttlefishCommon cuttlefish	[details]
Finnish	Mustekala	[details]
French	Seiche communeSeichesechemargadeChibiaChakodCasseron	[details]
German	SepietintenfischSepieSepiaGewöhnlicher Tintenfischgewöhnliche TintenfischGemeiner TintenfishGemeiner TintenfischGemeine TintenschneckeGemeine Sepie	[details]
Hassaniyya	oum semra	[details]
Italian	sicciaSeppia comuneSepp(i)aSepia imperialesepiasepaSeccetellaSecceScarpittaScarpitelleScarpetta	[details]
Japanese	Yoroppa kouikaMongo-ikama-ikako-ika	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	ΣουπιάSoupia	[details]
Polish	mątwa zwyczajnamątwa pospolita	[details]
Portuguese	sibachoco-vulgarChococheco	[details]
Russian	sepiaobiknovennaya karakatizaKora katitza	[details]
Spanish	SipionetsipiaSepia comúnRellena / RellenoLudaJibiónJibiacocaChocoAluda	[details]
Turkish	Sübye	[details]