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Sepia mestus  Gray, 1849
Taxonomic Serial No.: 556160

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Solitosepia liliana Iredale, 1926
  
    Ascarosepion verreauxi Rochebrune, 1884
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassCephalopoda Cuvier, 1797 – octopuses, squids, calmars, encornets, pieuvres, poulpes, náutilo, polvo, cefalopode, lula  
                   SubclassColeoidea Bather, 1888  
                      SuperorderDecabrachia Boettger, 1952  
                         OrderSepiida Zittel, 1895  
                            FamilySepiidae Leach, 1817  
                               GenusSepia Linnaeus, 1758  
                                  SubgenusSepia (Sepia) Linnaeus, 1758  
                                     SpeciesSepia mestus Gray, 1849  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Michael J. Sweeney  
  Notes: Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Sepia mestus    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gray, J. E.  
  Publication Date: 1849   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of the Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. Cephalopoda Antepedia   
  Page(s): 164   
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  Publication Place: London, England   
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  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lipinski, M. R., F. A. Naggs, and M. A. Roeleveld / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Nominal type specimens of Sepiidae in The Natural History Museum, London (BMNH)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 157   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Sepia mestus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lu, C. C. / N. A. Voss, M. Veccione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: A synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Sepioidea: Cephalopoda)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 159-190   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Sepia mestus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 561-599   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Sepia mestus   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: subgenus: Sepia author: Linnaeus, 1758  
    Taxon Validity: [fide Lu (1998)]. Repository: BMNH Syntypes 1842.11.9.84 and 1842.11.11.13 [fide Lipinski et al. (1998:157)]. Type Locality: Australia  
 

 

    

 
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