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 Sepiola

Sepiola rondeletii Leach, 1817

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sepiola*	Leach, 1817	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Loligo sepiola*	Blainville, 1828	synonym
*Sepiola desvigniana*	Gervais & van Beneden, 1838	synonym
*Sepiola grantiana*	A. Férussac, 1834	synonym
*Sepiola rondeleti*	Leach, 1817	synonym
*Sepiola vulgaris*	R. E. Grant, 1833	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: morralet; orellut; sipió sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Dutch: kleine zeekat sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: dwarf bobtail; dwarf bobtail squid; Rondelet's bobtail 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.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: sépiole de Rondelet; sépiole naine sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;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: Mittelmeer-Sepiole; Zwergsepia sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: cappuccetto; sepietta; sepolino; seppiola; seppiola di Rondelet; zotolina; zotolo 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.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Spanish, Castillian: globito; sepiola; sepiola enana

Literature

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.
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.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sepiola rondeletii Leach, 1817. 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:141459