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Sepia
Sepia is a genus of cuttlefish in the family Sepiidae encompassing some of the best known and most common species. The cuttlebone is relatively ellipsoid in shape. The name of the genus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek σηπία, sēpía, cuttlefish.
58 branches of this genus, most-observed first
European Common Cuttlefish
speciesSepia officinalis
Patchwork Cuttlefish
speciesSepia vermiculata
Ken's Cuttlefish
speciesSepia grahami
African Cuttlefish
speciesSepia bertheloti
Tuberculate Cuttlefish
speciesSepia tuberculata
Giant African Cuttlefish
speciesSepia hierredda
Sepia chirotrema
speciesSepia chirotrema
Sepia simoniana
speciesSepia simoniana
Sepia gibba
speciesSepia gibba
Beautiful Cuttlefish
speciesSepia pulchra
Shortclub Cuttlefish
speciesSepia brevimana
Sepia acuminata
speciesSepia acuminata
Broadback Cuttlefish
speciesSepia savignyi
Little Cuttlefish
speciesSepia mira
Sepia vecchioni
speciesSepia vecchioni
Small Striped Cuttlefish
speciesSepia prabahari
Sepia reesi
speciesSepia reesi
Sepia appelloefi
speciesSepia appelloefi
Sepia elongata
speciesSepia elongata
Kwazulu-Natal Cuttlefish
speciesSepia insignis
Sepia incerta
speciesSepia incerta
Zanzibar Cuttlefish
speciesSepia zanzibarica
Sepia confusa
speciesSepia confusa
Sepia bathyalis
speciesSepia bathyalis
Sepia burnupi
speciesSepia burnupi
Sepia cottoni
speciesSepia cottoni
Sepia irvingi
speciesSepia irvingi
Sepia ivanovi
speciesSepia ivanovi
Sepia joubini
speciesSepia joubini
Sepia kiensis
speciesSepia kiensis
Sepia koilados
speciesSepia koilados
Sepia mascarensis
speciesSepia mascarensis
Frog Cuttlefish
speciesSepia murrayi
Sepia plana
speciesSepia plana
Sepia plathyconchalis
speciesSepia plathyconchalis
Sepia rhoda
speciesSepia rhoda
Sepia senta
speciesSepia senta
Sepia sewelli
speciesSepia sewelli
Sepia sokotriensis
speciesSepia sokotriensis
Sepia subplana
speciesSepia subplana
Sepia subtenuipes
speciesSepia subtenuipes
Grooved Cuttlefish
speciesSepia sulcata
Sepia tala
speciesSepia tala
Sepia tanybracheia
speciesSepia tanybracheia
Sepia thurstoni
speciesSepia thurstoni
Sepia vercoi
speciesSepia vercoi
Voss' Cuttlefish
speciesSepia vossi
Sepia mirabilis
speciesSepia mirabilis
Guinean Cuttlefish
speciesSepia elobyana
Sepia furcata
speciesSepia furcata
Sepia hirunda
speciesSepia hirunda
Sepia carinata
speciesSepia carinata
Viet Nam Cuttlefish
speciesSepia vietnamica
Sepia dollfusi
speciesSepia dollfusi
Sepia adami
speciesSepia adami
Sepia bidhaia
speciesSepia bidhaia
Sepia aureomaculata
speciesSepia aureomaculata
Sepia saya
speciesSepia saya
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Garden of Malabar, Vol. 2 (Hortus Indicus Malabaricus)
Hendrik van Rheede · 1683 · p.112
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.554
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.315
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.58
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.1058
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 30)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.60
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.786
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.314
François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)
François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.673
François Bouchard — Recueil de cent-trente-trois oiseaux des plus belles especes (1775)
François Bouchard · 1775 · p.47
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119418.