121 Species in Family Sepiidae
Nominal species list for Sepiidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acanthosepion pharaonis (Ehrenberg, 1831) Pharaoh cuttlefish
Ascarosepion latimanus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Broadclub cuttlefish
Aurosepina arabica (Massy, 1916) Arabian cuttlefish
Doratosepion kobiense (Hoyle, 1885) Kobi cuttlefish
Erythalassa trygonina (Rochebrune, 1884) Trident cuttlefish
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle, 1885) Flamboyant cuttlefish
Metasepia tullbergi (Appellöf, 1886) Paintpot cuttlefish
Rhombosepion elegans (Blainville, 1827) Elegant cuttlefish
Rhombosepion omani (Adam & Rees, 1966) Oman cuttlefish
Rhombosepion orbignyanum (Férussac, 1826) Pink cuttlefish
Rhombosepion prashadi (Winckworth, 1936) Hooded cuttlefish
Sepia aculeata Van Hasselt, 1835 Needle cuttlefish
Sepia acuminata Smith, 1916
Sepia adami Roeleveld, 1972
Sepia andreana Steenstrup, 1875 Andrea cuttlefish
Sepia angulata Roeleveld, 1972
Sepia apama Gray, 1849 Australian giant cuttlefish
Sepia appellofi Wülker, 1910
Sepia aureomaculata Okutani & Horikawa, 1987
Sepia australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 Southern cuttlefish
Sepia bandensis Adam, 1939 Stumpy cuttlefish
Sepia bartletti (Iredale, 1954) Bartlett's cuttlefish
Sepia bathyalis Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis, 1991
Sepia baxteri (Iredale, 1940)
Sepia bertheloti D'Orbigny, 1835 African cuttlefish
Sepia bidhaia Reid, 2000
Sepia braggi Verco, 1907 Slender cuttlefish
Sepia brevimana Steenstrup, 1875 Shortclub cuttlefish
Sepia burnupi Hoyle, 1904
Sepia carinata Sasaki, 1920
Sepia chirotrema Berry, 1918
Sepia confusa Smith, 1916
Sepia cottoni Adam, 1979 Cotton's cuttlefish
Sepia cultrata Hoyle, 1885 Knifebone cuttlefish
Sepia dannevigi Berry, 1918
Sepia dollfusi Adam, 1941
Sepia dubia Adam & Rees, 1966
Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885 Ovalbone cuttlefish
Sepia elobyana Adam, 1941 Guinean cuttlefish
Sepia elongata D'Orbigny, 1839-1842
Sepia erostrata Sasaki, 1929
Sepia esculenta Hoyle, 1885 Golden cuttlefish
Sepia faurei Roeleveld, 1972
Sepia filibrachia Reid & Lu, 2005
Sepia foliopeza Okutani & Tagawa, 1987
Sepia furcata Ho & Lu, 2005
Sepia gibba Ehrenberg, 1831
Sepia grahami Reid, 2001 Ken's cuttlefish
Sepia hedleyi Berry, 1918
Sepia hieronis (Robson, 1924) Bullet cuttlefish
Sepia hierredda Rang, 1835 Giant african cuttlefish
Sepia hirunda Ho & Lu, 2005
Sepia incerta Smith, 1916
Sepia insignis Smith, 1916
Sepia irvingi Meyer, 1909
Sepia ivanovi Khromov, 1982
Sepia joubini Massy, 1927
Sepia kiensis Hoyle, 1885
Sepia koilados Reid, 2000
Sepia limata (Iredale, 1926)
Sepia longipes Sasaki, 1914 Longarm cuttlefish
Sepia lorigera Wülker, 1910 Spider cuttlefish
Sepia lycidas Gray, 1849 Kisslip cuttlefish
Sepia madokai Adam, 1939 Madokai's cuttlefish
Sepia mascarensis Filippova & Khromov, 1991
Sepia mestus Gray, 1849 Reaper cuttlefish
Sepia mira (Cotton, 1932) Little cuttlefish
Sepia mirabilis Khromov, 1988
Sepia murrayi Adam & Rees, 1966 Frog cuttlefish
Sepia novaehollandiae Hoyle, 1909
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Common cuttlefish
Sepia opipara (Iredale, 1926) Magnificent cuttlefish
Sepia papillata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 Wrinkled cuttlefish
Sepia papuensis Hoyle, 1885 Papuan cuttlefish
Sepia pardalis Sasaki, 1914
Sepia pardex Sasaki, 1913
Sepia peterseni Appellöf, 1886
Sepia plana Lu & Reid, 1997
Sepia plangon Gray, 1849 Striking cuttlefish
Sepia plathyconchalis Filippova & Khromov, 1991
Sepia prabahari Neethiselvan & Venkataramani, 2002 Small striped cuttlefish
Sepia pulchra Roeleveld & Liltved, 1985
Sepia ramani Neethiselvan, 2001
Sepia recurvirostra Steenstrup, 1875 Curvespine cuttlefish
Sepia reesi Adam, 1979
Sepia rex (Iredale, 1926) King cuttlefish
Sepia rhoda (Iredale, 1954)
Sepia robsoni (Massy, 1927)
Sepia rozella (Iredale, 1926) Rosecone cuttlefish
Sepia savignyi Blainville, 1827 Broadback cuttlefish
Sepia saya Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis, 1991
Sepia senta Lu & Reid, 1997
Sepia sewelli Adam & Rees, 1966
Sepia simoniana Thiele, 1920
Sepia smithi Hoyle, 1885 Smith's cuttlefish
Sepia sokotriensis Khromov, 1988
Sepia stellifera Homenko & Khromov, 1984 Starry cuttlefish
Sepia subplana Lu & Boucher-Rodoni, 2001
Sepia subtenuipes Okutani & Horikawa, 1987
Sepia sulcata Hoyle, 1885 Grooved cuttlefish
Sepia tala Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis, 1991
Sepia tanybracheia Reid, 2000
Sepia tenuipes Sasaki, 1929
Sepia thurstoni Adam & Rees, 1966
Sepia tokioensis Ortmann, 1888
Sepia tuberculata Lamarck, 1798 Tuberculate cuttlefish
Sepia typica (Steenstrup, 1875)
Sepia vecchioni Neethiselvan & Venkataramani, 2010
Sepia vercoi Adam, 1979
Sepia vermiculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 Patchwork cuttlefish
Sepia vietnamica Khromov, 1987 Viet nam cuttlefish
Sepia vossi Khromov, 1996 Voss' cuttlefish
Sepia whitleyana (Iredale, 1926) Whitley's cuttlefish
Sepia zanzibarica Pfeffer, 1884 Zanzibar cuttlefish
Sepiella cyanea Robson, 1924
Sepiella inermis (Van Hasselt, 1835) Spineless cuttlefish
Sepiella japonica Sasaki, 1929 Japanese spineless cuttlefish
Sepiella mangkangunga Reid & Lu, 1998
Sepiella ocellata Pfeffer, 1884 Spotty cuttlefish
Sepiella ornata (Rang, 1837) Ornate cuttlefish
Sepiella weberi Adam, 1939 Web's cuttlefish
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