MolluscaBase taxon details
Sepiella inermis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
220314 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220314)
accepted
Species
Sepia affinis Souleyet, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid; not d'Orbigny, 1826)
Sepia inermis A. d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Sepia microcheirus Gray, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia tourannensis Souleyet, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sepia inermis A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): Sepia pl. 6bis figs 1-3 [1835]; pl. 20 figs 1-9 [1842]; 286 [1848]; note: name attributed to van Hasselt [details]
page(s): Sepia pl. 6bis figs 1-3 [1835]; pl. 20 figs 1-9 [1842]; 286 [1848]; note: name attributed to van Hasselt [details]
Type locality contained in Indian Ocean
type locality contained in Indian Ocean [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sepiella inermis (A. d'Orbigny, 1835). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220314 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Sepia microcheirus Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Sepia affinis Souleyet, 1852) Souleyet, L. F. A. (1852). Tome Deuxième. Mollusques. In: Eydoux, F.; Souleyet, L. F. A. (1841-1852). <i>Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite</i>. Zoologie. 664 pp., 101 pls (plates published 1841, but without Latin species names). Arthus Bertrand, Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28264738
page(s): 35, pl. 3, figs 13–14 [details]
original description (of Sepia inermis A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): Sepia pl. 6bis figs 1-3 [1835]; pl. 20 figs 1-9 [1842]; 286 [1848]; note: name attributed to van Hasselt [details]
original description (of Sepia tourannensis Souleyet, 1852) Souleyet, L. F. A. (1852). Tome Deuxième. Mollusques. In: Eydoux, F.; Souleyet, L. F. A. (1841-1852). <i>Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite</i>. Zoologie. 664 pp., 101 pls (plates published 1841, but without Latin species names). Arthus Bertrand, Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28264738
page(s): 33, pl. 3, figs 6–12 [details]
basis of record Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [details]
basis of record 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.
page(s): 130-131, pl. 6 fig. 37; figs 204-205 [details]
additional source Lupše, N.; Reid, A.; Taite, M.; Kubodera, T.; Allcock, A. L. (2023). Cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae): the bare bones—an hypothesis of relationships. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 170(8): 93: 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04195-3
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Sepia affinis Souleyet, 1852) Souleyet, L. F. A. (1852). Tome Deuxième. Mollusques. In: Eydoux, F.; Souleyet, L. F. A. (1841-1852). <i>Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite</i>. Zoologie. 664 pp., 101 pls (plates published 1841, but without Latin species names). Arthus Bertrand, Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28264738
page(s): 35, pl. 3, figs 13–14 [details]
original description (of Sepia inermis A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): Sepia pl. 6bis figs 1-3 [1835]; pl. 20 figs 1-9 [1842]; 286 [1848]; note: name attributed to van Hasselt [details]
original description (of Sepia tourannensis Souleyet, 1852) Souleyet, L. F. A. (1852). Tome Deuxième. Mollusques. In: Eydoux, F.; Souleyet, L. F. A. (1841-1852). <i>Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite</i>. Zoologie. 664 pp., 101 pls (plates published 1841, but without Latin species names). Arthus Bertrand, Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28264738
page(s): 33, pl. 3, figs 6–12 [details]
basis of record Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [details]
basis of record 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.
page(s): 130-131, pl. 6 fig. 37; figs 204-205 [details]
additional source Lupše, N.; Reid, A.; Taite, M.; Kubodera, T.; Allcock, A. L. (2023). Cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae): the bare bones—an hypothesis of relationships. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 170(8): 93: 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04195-3
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
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