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Sepioteuthis  Blainville, 1824
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82385

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Chondrosepia Rüppell and Leuckart, 1828
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 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  
                         OrderTeuthida Naef, 1916  
                            SuborderMyopsina Orbigny, 1841  
                               FamilyLoliginidae Lesueur, 1821  
                                  GenusSepioteuthis Blainville, 1824  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesSepioteuthis australis Quoy and Gaimard, 1832  
                                     SpeciesSepioteuthis lessoniana Férussac, 1831 in Lesson, 1830-1831  
                                     SpeciesSepioteuthis loliginiformis (Rüppell and Leuckart, 1828)  
                                     SpeciesSepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823) – Caribbean reef squid 
       

 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: Sepioteuthis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sepioteuthis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Blainville, H. D.   
  Publication Date: 1824   
  Article/Chapter Title: Mollusques, Mollusca (Malacoz.)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, 32   
  Page(s): 1-394   
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  Notes: atlas number 2 with 118 plates   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  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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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sepioteuthis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vecchione, M. J., T. F. Brakoniecki, Y. Natsukari and R. T. Hanlon / N. A. Voss et al., eds.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: A provisional generic classification of the family Loliginidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)   
  Page(s): 215-222   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D. C., USA   
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  Reference for: Sepioteuthis   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Taxon Validity: [fide Vecchione et al. (1998)]. Type species: Loligo sepioidea Blainville, 1823 by original designation  
 

 

    


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