A 2023 paper extensively revised the composition of genus
Sepia; As a consequence, many species have been split out of genus
Sepia, assigned to revived genera or elevated subgenera. Currently, the genus has 58 species, according to
WoRMS. A number of these species need further verification, but they are listed below: •
Sepia acuminata E. A. Smith, 1916 •
Sepia adami Roeleveld, 1972 •
Sepia appelloefi Wülker, 1910 •
Sepia aureomaculata Okutani & Horikawa, 1987 •
Sepia bathyalis Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis, 1991 •
Sepia bertheloti d'Orbigny, 1835, African cuttlefish •
Sepia bidhaia A. Reid, 2000 •
Sepia brevimana Steenstrup, 1875 •
Sepia burnupi Hoyle, 1904 •
Sepia carinata Sasaki, 1920 •
Sepia chirotrema S. S. Berry, 1918 •
Sepia confusa E. A. Smith, 1916 •
Sepia cottoni Adam, 1979 •
Sepia dollfusi Adam, 1941 •
Sepia elobyana Adam, 1941, Guinean cuttlefish •
Sepia elongata A. d'Orbigny, 1842 •
Sepia furcata Ho & Lu, 2005 •
Sepia gibba Ehrenberg, 1831 •
Sepia grahami A. Reid, 2001 •
Sepia hierredda Rang, 1835, giant African cuttlefish * •
Sepia hirunda Ho & Lu, 2005 •
Sepia incerta E. A. Smith, 1916 •
Sepia insignis E. A. Smith, 1916 •
Sepia irvingi W. T. Meyer, 1909 •
Sepia ivanovi Khromov, 1982 •
Sepia joubini Massy, 1927 •
Sepia kiensis Hoyle, 1885 •
Sepia koilados A. Reid, 2000 •
Sepia mascarensis Filippova & Khromov, 1991 •
Sepia mira (Cotton, 1932) •
Sepia mirabilis Khromov, 1988 •
Sepia murrayi Adam & Rees, 1966, frog cuttlefish •
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758, common cuttlefish * •
Sepia plana Lu & A. Reid, 1997 •
Sepia plathyconchalis Filippova & Khromov, 1991 •
Sepia prabahari Neethiselvan & Venkataramani, 2002 •
Sepia pulchra Roeleveld & Liltved, 1985 •
Sepia reesi Adam, 1979 •
Sepia rhoda (Iredale, 1954) •
Sepia savignyi Blainville, 1827 •
Sepia saya Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis, 1991 •
Sepia senta Lu & A. Reid, 1997 •
Sepia sewelli Adam & Rees, 1966 •
Sepia simoniana Thiele, 1920 •
Sepia sokotriensis Khromov, 1988 •
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 A. Reid, 2000 •
Sepia thurstoni Adam & Rees, 1966 •
Sepia tuberculata Lamarck, 1798 •
Sepia vecchioni Neethiselvan & Venkataramani, 2010 •
Sepia vercoi Adam, 1979 •
Sepia vermiculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 * •
Sepia vietnamica Khromov, 1987 •
Sepia vossi Khromov, 1996 •
Sepia zanzibarica Pfeffer, 1884 The species marked with an asterisk (*) were examined in the 2023 paper.
Extinct species A number of extinct species have been described from the
Neogene of Europe, though many of these are likely synonyms. They include: •
Sepia bertii Foresti, 1890 •
Sepia complanata Bellardi, 1872 •
Sepia craversii Gastaldi, 1868 •
Sepia gastaldii Bellardi, 1872 •
Sepia granosa Bellardi, 1872 •
Sepia harmati Szörenyi, 1933 •
Sepia hungarica Lörenthey, 1898 •
Sepia isseli Bellardi, 1872 •
Sepia michelotti Gastaldi, 1868 •
Sepia rugulosa Bellardi, 1872 •
Sepia stricta Bellardi, 1872 •
Sepia verrucosa Bellardi, 1872 •
Sepia vindobonensis Schloenbach, 1869 ==References==