Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Sepiida > Family Sepiidae > Genus Sepia

Sepia bertheloti d'Orbigny, 1835

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sepia*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: African cuttlefish sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

French: seiche africane sources: Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie

Portuguese: choco-africano sources: Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie

Spanish, Castillian: choco canario; jibia africana; sepia africana

Literature

original description	Férussac A.E.J. & d'Orbigny A. 1835-1848. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière. [see "details" for dates of publication according to Tillier & Boucher-Rodoni, 1994] Available online from Google Books [Text] [Atlas]
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (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: pp. 180-213

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Sepia bertheloti. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141442