Sepiadariidae is a
family
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of
coleoid
Coleoidea
or Dibranchiata is one of the two subclasses of cephalopod molluscs containing all the various taxa popularly thought of as "soft-bodied" or "shell-less" (i.e. octopus, squid and cuttlefish). Unlike its extant sister group Nautiloide ...
cephalopod
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s in the
order
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Sepiida
Cuttlefish, or cuttles, are marine molluscs of the suborder Sepiina. They belong to the class Cephalopoda which also includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses. Cuttlefish have a unique internal shell, the cuttlebone, which is used for control ...
.
Classification
* Genus ''
Sepiadarium''
** ''
Sepiadarium auritum''
** ''
Sepiadarium austrinum'', southern bottletail squid
** ''
Sepiadarium gracilis''
** ''
Sepiadarium kochi'', tropical bottletail squid
** ''
Sepiadarium nipponianum''
* Genus ''
Sepioloidea''
** ''
Sepioloidea lineolata'', striped pyjama squid
** ''
Sepioloidea magna''
[Reid A. (2009)]
''Sepioloidea magna'' sp. nov.: a new bottletail squid (Cephalopoda: Sepiadariidae) from northern Australia
''The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory'' 25: 103–109
Archived
at archive.org
** ''
Sepioloidea pacifica'', Pacific bobtail squid
References
External links
Sepiadariidae
Cephalopod families
Taxa named by Gustav Fischer
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