MolluscaBase name details
Sepia mestus Gray, 1849
342152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342152)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Solitosepia liliana Iredale, 1926 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): 108 [details]
page(s): 108 [details]
Type locality contained in Australia
type locality contained in Australia [details]
Depth range 0 to 22 m.
Depth range 0 to 22 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sepia mestus Gray, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342152 on 2025-09-11
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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): 108 [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): 144 [details]
source of synonymy Lu, C.C. (2001). Cephalopoda. pp. 129-308 <em>in</em> Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. eds. <em>Zoological Catalogue of Australia</em>. Vol. 17.2. Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp. [details]
source of synonymy Adam, W. & Rees, W. J. (1966). A review of the cephalopod family Sepiidae. <i>The John Murray Expedition 1933-34</i>, Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 1-165. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49520533 [details]
page(s): 108 [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): 144 [details]
source of synonymy Lu, C.C. (2001). Cephalopoda. pp. 129-308 <em>in</em> Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. eds. <em>Zoological Catalogue of Australia</em>. Vol. 17.2. Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp. [details]
source of synonymy Adam, W. & Rees, W. J. (1966). A review of the cephalopod family Sepiidae. <i>The John Murray Expedition 1933-34</i>, Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 1-165. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49520533 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range 0 to 22 m. [details]Habitat shelf [details]
Length Males up to 77 mm mantle length; females up to 124 mm mantle length. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | reaper cuttlefish | [details] |
