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| name = ''Sepia''
| fossil_range = {{fossil range | earliest = Cretaceous | Miocene | Recent | ref = <ref>Whiteaves, J.F. 1897. On some remains of a ''Sepia''-like cuttle-fish from the Cretaceous rocks of the South Saskatchewan. ''The Canadian Record of Science'' '''7''': 459–462.</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1016/S0016-7878(78)80013-3}}</ref>}}
| fossil_range = {{fossil range | earliest = Cretaceous | Miocene | Recent | ref = <ref>Whiteaves, J.F. 1897. On some remains of a ''Sepia''-like cuttle-fish from the Cretaceous rocks of the South Saskatchewan. ''The Canadian Record of Science'' '''7''': 459–462.</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1016/S0016-7878(78)80013-3}}</ref>}}
| image = Sepia1.jpg
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| authority = [[Linnaeus]], 1758
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
| classis = [[Cephalopod]]a
| ordo = [[Sepiida]]
| familia = [[Sepiidae]]
| genus = '''''Sepia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Linnaeus]], 1758
| subdivision_ranks = [[Subgenus|Subgenera]]
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Sepia
Temporal range: Miocene – Recent[1][2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Sepiida
Family:
Sepiidae
Genus:
Sepia

Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenera

Acanthosepion Rochebrune, 1884
Anomalosepia Khromov, 1987
Doratosepion Rochebrune, 1884
Hemisepius Steenstrup, 1875
Rhombosepion Rochebrune, 1884
Sepia Linnaeus, 1758

Sepia apama
Sepia elegans
Sepia latimanus
Sepia officinalis
Sepia pharaonis
Sepia prashadi
Sepia sp.

Sepia is a genus of cuttlefish encompassing some of the best known and most common species. The name of the genus is the Latinized form of the Greek σηπία, sēpía, cuttlefish.

Classification

The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are a valid species or a synonym. The question mark (?) indicates questionable placement within the genus.

References

  1. ^ Whiteaves, J.F. 1897. On some remains of a Sepia-like cuttle-fish from the Cretaceous rocks of the South Saskatchewan. The Canadian Record of Science 7: 459–462.
  2. ^ Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(78)80013-3, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with |doi=10.1016/S0016-7878(78)80013-3 instead.
  3. ^ Neethiselvan, N. & V.K. Venkataramani 2010. Template:PDFlink Journal of American Science 6(4): 12–21.
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