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Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata [10th Revised Edition], Vol. 1: 824 Pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae., Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata, [iii], 824 p. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1758. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Cephalopoda
order
Sepiida
family
Sepiidae
genus
Sepia
species
Sepia officinalis

Name

Synonyms
Sepia filliouxi Lafont, 1869
Sepia fischeri Lafont, 1871
Sepia mediterranea Ninni, 1884
Sepia officinalis mediterranea Ninni, 1884
Sepia officinalis officinalis
Sepia rugosa Bowdich, 1822
Sepia veranyi Lagatu, 1888
Sepia vicellius Gray, 1849
Sepia zebrina Risso, 1854
Homonyms
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Aluda in Spanish
Casseron in French
Chakod in French
Chibia in French
Choco in Spanish
Choco in Portuguese
Common cuttlefish in English
Gemeine Sepia in German
Gemeine Sepie in German
Gemeine Tintenschnecke in German
Gemeiner Tintenfisch in German
Gemeiner Tintenfisch in German
Gemeiner Tintenfish in German
Gewone inktvis in Dutch
Gewöhnlicher Tintenfisch in German
Jibia in Spanish
Jibión in Spanish
Kora katitza in Russian
Luda in Spanish
Mongo-ika in Japanese
Mustekala in Finnish
Rellena / Relleno in Spanish
Scarpetta in Italian
Scarpitelle in Italian
Scarpitta in Italian
Secce in Italian
Seccetella in Italian
Seiche in French
Seiche commune in French
Sepia in German
Sepia común in Spanish
Sepia imperiale in Italian
Sepiablæksprutte in Danish
Sepie in German
Sepietintenfisch in German
Sepija in Bulgarian
Sepp(i)a in Italian
Seppia comune in Italian
Sipionet in Spanish
Soupia in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Sübye in Turkish
Yoroppa kouika in Japanese
Zeekat in Dutch
checo in Portuguese
choco-vulgar in Portuguese
coca in Spanish
common cuttlefish in English
common cuttlefish in language.
cuttlefish in English
gewone zeekat in Dutch

Bibliographic References

  1. 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.
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 73 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (a) of the specific names of Twenty-five species of the Phyla Mollusca, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata and Chordata, each of which is the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936 and (B) of the specific names of three species belonging respectively to the Phyla Brachiopoda, Echino Dermata and Chordata, each of which is currently treated by Some or All Specialists as a senior Subjective synonym of the name of such a species.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1E, 193-214 (1957)
  3. Karlsson, Anna (2015-03-22 23:00:00) Mollusker
  4. Khromov, D. N., C. C. Lu, A. Guerra, Zh. Dong et al. / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione et al., eds., 1998: A synopsis of Sepiidae outside Australian waters (Cephalopoda: Sepioidea). Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 77-139.
  5. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
  6. Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758: null. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 10th Edition, vol. 1. 824.
  7. 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.
  8. Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds., 1998: Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 561-599.
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