Scheldt species taxon details

Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Cephalopoda (Class)
  5. Coleoidea (Subclass)
  6. Decapodiformes (Superorder)
  7. Sepiida (Order)
  8. Sepiina (Suborder)
  9. Sepioidea (Superfamily)
  10. Sepiidae (Family)
  11. Sepia (Genus)
  12. Sepia officinalis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 658 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: VLIZ Consortium Scheldt Species Register at: https://www.scheldemonitor.nl/speciesregister/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141444 on 2025-09-11
VLIZ Consortium. Scheldt Species Register. Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.scheldemonitor.nl/speciesregister/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141444 on 2025-09-11
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2016-05-25 01:12:12Z
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Finn, Julian
2023-06-20 21:34:10Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 658 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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

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”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 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. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 170(8): 93: 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04195-3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Boone, L. & Erdman, D. S. (1957). Vagabond cuttlebones. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls.
page(s): 99 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
LanguageName 
Dutch Zeekatgewone zeekatGewone inktvis  [details]
English cuttlefishCommon cuttlefish  [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (379 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sepia officinalis) 
To FAO Species fact sheets 
To Fishipedia 
To GenBank (44418 nucleotides; 768 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Malacopics (Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Netherlands, Zeeland, Schouwen-Duiveland, Westenschouwen, beached, collected April 1994, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Norway, Nordland, Lofoten) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS
Unreviewed