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

Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

SepiaLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Species group names

Sepia bisserialis Vérany, 1851 synonym
Sepia italica Risso, 1854 synonym
Sepia rubens Philippi, 1844 synonym
Sepia rupellaria de Férussac & d'Orbigny, 1835 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: sepja elegante sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Dutch: sierlijke zeekat sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: elegant cuttlefish sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
 English-United States: Elegant Cuttlefish sources: Charles Hussey
 French: seiche élégante sources: Jereb, P.; Roper, C.F.E. (Eds)(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.
 Greek: Ντελικάτη σουπιά sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: castagnola; seppia elegante sources: Jereb, P.; Roper, C.F.E. (Eds)(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.
 Spanish, Castillian: castaño; sepia elegante

Literature

original description

Defrance J. L. M. (1804-1845). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature. Paris Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845]:

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

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (19 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Sepia elegans. 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:141443

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2011-02-22 by Philippe Bouchet

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