Taxon Report

CAAB Taxon Code: 23 607901
Scientific Name: Sepia spp

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups - Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 607 Sepiidae (cuttlefish)    show full list

Common Name: cuttlefish
Suggested Indexable Form: cuttlefish
Common Names List: cuttlefish
Standard (Commercial) Name(s): Cuttlefish
Organism Type: a cuttlefish

Other names used in Australia:

Taxon Notes: This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 610008 (FISHLIST 610008).
Scientific Name Notes:
Common/Standard Name Notes:

Parent Codes (if any):
   23 607000 .. Sepiidae - undifferentiated .. cuttlefish
Child Codes (if any):
    23 607001 .. Sepia apama .. giant cuttlefish
    23 607002 .. Sepia cultrata .. knife-bone cuttlefish
    23 607003 .. Sepia elliptica .. oval bone cuttlefish
    23 607004 .. Sepia latimanus .. broadclub cuttlefish
    23 607005 .. Sepia novaehollandae .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607006 .. Sepia opipara .. staregaze cuttlefish
    23 607007 .. Sepia papuensis .. papuan cuttlefish
    23 607008 .. Sepia pharaonis .. pharaoh's cuttlefish
        23 607010 .. Sepia rozella .. rosecone cuttlefish
    23 607011 .. Sepia whitleyana .. Whitley's cuttlefish
    23 607012 .. Sepia plangon .. mourning cuttlefish
    23 607013 .. Sepia smithi .. Smith's cuttlefish
    23 607014 .. Sepia braggi .. Bragg's cuttlefish
    23 607015 .. Metasepia pfefferi .. flamboyant cuttlefish
    23 607016 .. Sepia baxteri .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607017 .. Sepia bidhaia .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607018 .. Sepia chirotrema .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607019 .. Sepia cottoni .. [a cuttlefish]
        23 607021 .. Sepia hedleyi .. king cuttlefish
    23 607022 .. Sepia irvingi .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607023 .. Sepia koilados .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607024 .. Sepia limata .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607025 .. Sepia mestus .. reaper cuttlefish
    23 607026 .. Sepia mira .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607027 .. Sepia plana .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607028 .. Sepia reesi .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607029 .. Sepia rhoda .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607030 .. Sepia senta .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607031 .. Sepia sulcata .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607032 .. Sepia tanybracheia .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607033 .. Sepia vercoi .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607034 .. Sepiella mangkangunga .. [a cuttlefish]
    23 607035 .. Sepiella weberi .. [a cuttlefish]
Previous Codes (if any):
  00 610008, 610008

ITIS (USA) identifier for this taxon: 82361

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: Yes
   Taxon on Standard Fish Names List: Yes

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