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Sepia apama Gray, 1849

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gray, J. E. (1849). Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=39704

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Cephalopoda
order
Sepiida
family
Sepiidae
genus
Ascarosepion
species
Ascarosepion apama

Name

Homonyms
Sepia apama Gray, 1849
Common names
Australian giant cuttlefish in English
Giant Australian Cuttlefish in English
Riesensepia in German
Seiche géante Australienne in French
Seiche géante australienne in French
Sepia gigante Australiana in Spanish
Sepia gigante australiana in Spanish
giant Australian cuttlefish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. 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,.
  2. Gray, J. E., 1849: null. Catalogue of the Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. Cephalopoda Antepedia. 164.
  3. Lipinski, M. R., F. A. Naggs, and M. A. Roeleveld / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione et al., eds., 1998: Nominal type specimens of Sepiidae in The Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 157.
  4. Lu, C. C. / N. A. Voss, M. Veccione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds., 1998: A synopsis of Sepiidae in Australian waters (Sepioidea: Cephalopoda). Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 159-190.
  5. 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.
  6. Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds., 1998: Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 561-599.
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