Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Sepiida > Suborder Sepiolina > Superfamily Sepioloidea > Family Sepiolidae > Subfamily Sepiolinae > Tribe Sepiolini > Genus Sepietta

Sepietta neglecta Naef, 1916

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sepietta*	Naef, 1912	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Sepiola elegans*	Risso, 1854	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: elegant bobtail; elegant bobtail squid sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).;Jereb, P.; Roper, C. F. E. (2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates.

French: sépiole élégante sources: Jereb, P.; Roper, C. F. E. (2005). An annotated an illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1: Chambered nautilusses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. 4(1). FAO, Rome. 262p., 9 colour plates.

German: Elegante Sepiette sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Συμμετρική σουπίτσα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: sepieta elegante

Literature

original description	Naef A. (1916). Ueber neue Sepioliden aus dem Golf Von Neapel. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 1: 1-10
basis of record	Bello G. (2011) Invalidity of the nominal species Sepietta petersii (Steenstrup 1887) and nomenclatural revision of the genus Sepietta Naef 1912 (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae). Journal of Conchology 40(5): 549-558.
additional source	Reid, A. & Jereb, P. (2005). Family Sepiolidae. pp. 153-203, 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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sepietta neglecta Naef, 1916. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141450