''Idiosepius'' is a

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Idiosepiidae Idiosepiidae is a family of mollusc in the class Cephalopoda. This family appears to be related to the cuttlefish in the order Sepiida and the bobtail squid in the order Sepiolida but the exact placement of this family within the Decapodiforme ...

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.Reid, A. 2005. Family Idiosepiidae. ''In:'' P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. ''Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae)''. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 208–210.

Species

*'' Idiosepius hallami'' Reid & Strugnell, 2018Reid, A. L. & Strugnell, J. M. (2018). A new pygmy squid, ''Idiosepius hallami'' n. sp. (Cephalopoda: Idiosepiidae) from eastern Australia and elevation of the southern endemic ‘''notoides''’ clade to a new genus, ''Xipholeptos'' n. gen. ''Zootaxa,'' 4369(4), 451–486. *'' Idiosepius minimus'' (d'Orbigny in Férussac & d'Orbigny, 1835)Férussac, A. & d'Orbigny, A. (1835). ''Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles''. Paris: Baillière. *'' Idiosepius paradoxus'' (Ortmann, 1888)Ortmann, A. (1888). Japanische Cephalopoden. ''Zoologische Jahrbücher, Systematik'', 3, 639–670 *'' Idiosepius picteti'' (Joubin, 1894)Joubin, L. (1894). Céphalopodes d'Amboine. ''Revue Suisse de Zoologie et Annales du Musée d'Historie Naturelle le Genèva'', 2, 23–64. *''

Idiosepius pygmaeus ''Idiosepius pygmaeus'', also known as the two-toned pygmy squid, Tropical Pygmy squid, is a species of bobtail squid native to the Indo-Pacific. It occurs in waters of the South China Sea, Japan, Philippines, Palau, Indonesia, Northern Mariana ...

'' Steenstrup, 1881 *''

Idiosepius thailandicus ''Idiosepius thailandicus'', also known as the thai pygmy squid, is a species of bobtail squid native to the Indo-Pacific waters off Thailand.Reid, A. 2005. Family Idiosepiidae. ''In:'' P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. ''Cephalopods of the world. ...

'' Chotiyaputta, Okutani & Chaitiamvong, 1991Chotiyaputta, C., Okutani, T. & Chaitiamvong, S. (1991). A new pygmy cuttlefish from the Gulf of Thailand, ''Idiosepius thailandicus'' n. sp. (Cephalopoda: Idiosepiidae). ''Venus'', 50(3), 165–174.

References

*von Boletzky, S., ''et al.'' 2005. ''Phuket mar. biol. Cent. Res. Bull.'' 66: 11–22.

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