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Table 1 Species of the Sepiidae family, maximum body size (mantle length, mm) and geographical occurrences in the 16 biogeographical units

From: The geography of body size in cuttlefishes (Cephalopoda, Sepiidae)

Species

Max size (mm)

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

O

P

Q

L

M

Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle, 1885)

60.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

Metasepia tullbergi (Appelöf, 1886)

70.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

Sepia aculeata Van Hasselt [in Férussac & d’Orbigny], 1835

230.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

1

Sepia acuminata Smith, 1916

120.00

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia adami Roeleveld, 1972

59.00

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia andreana Steenstrup, 1875

120.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

Sepia angulata Roeleveld, 1972

75.00

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia apama Gray, 1849

560.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

Sepia appellöfi Wülker, 1910

90.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Sepia arabica Massy, 1916

88.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia aureomaculata Okutani & Horikawa [in Okutani, Tagawa & Horikawa], 1987

160.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Sepia australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

85.00

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia bandensis Adam, 1939

74.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

Sepia bathyalis Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis, 1991

80.00

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia bertheloti d’Orbigny [in Férussac & d’Orbigny], 1835

175.00

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia bidhaia Reid, 2000

57.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Sepia braggi Verco, 1907

80.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Sepia brevimana Steenstrup, 1875

110.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

Sepia burnupi Hoyle, 1904

90.00

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia carinata Sasaki, 1920

60.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Sepia chirotrema Berry, 1918

200.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

Sepia confusa Smith, 1916

150.00

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia cottoni Adam, 1979

55.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Sepia cultrata Hoyle, 1885

120.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

Sepia dollfusi Adam, 1941

122.00

1a

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia dubia Adam & Rees, 1966

22.00

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827

90.00

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885

175.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

Sepia elobyana Adam, 1941

60.00

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia elongata d’Orbigny [in Férussac & d’Orbigny], 1839–1842

100.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia erostrata Sasaki, 1929

90.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Sepia esculenta Hoyle, 1885

180.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

Sepia faurei Roeleveld, 1972

21.00

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia filibrachia Reid & Lu, 2005

70.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

Sepia foliopeza Okutani & Tagawa [in Okutani, Tagawa & Horikawa], 1987

110.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Sepia furcata Ho & Lu, 2005

60.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

Sepia gibba Ehrenberg, 1831

100.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia grahami Reid, 2001

82.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Sepia hedleyi Berry, 1918

113.30

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

Sepia hieronis (Robson, 1924)

70.00

0

0

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia hierredda Rang [in Férussac & d’Orbigny], 1835

500.00

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia hirunda Ho & Lu, 2005

60.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Sepia incerta Smith, 1916

150.00

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia insignis Smith, 1916

60.00

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia irvingi Meyer, 1909

100.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Sepia ivanovi Khromov, 1982

70.00

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia joubini Massy, 1927

65.00

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia kiensis Hoyle, 1885

37.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Sepia kobiensis Hoyle, 1885

90.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

Sepia koilados Reid, 2000

68.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Sepia latimanus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

500.00

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

1

1

Sepia limata (Iredale, 1926)

42.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Sepia longipes Sasaki, 1913

250.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Sepia lorigera Wülker, 1910

250.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Sepia lycidas Gray, 1849

380.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

Sepia madokai Adam, 1939

150.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

Sepia mascarensis Filippova & Khromov, 1991

124.00

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia mestus Gray, 1849

140.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

Sepia mira (Cotton, 1932)

55.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

Sepia mirabilis Khromov, 1988

70.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia murrayi Adam & Rees, 1966

45.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia novaehollandiae Hoyle, 1909

168.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758

490.00

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia omani Adam & Rees, 1966

100.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia opipara (Iredale, 1926)

150.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

Sepia orbignyana Férussac [in d’Orbigny], 1826

120.00

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia papillata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

140.00

0

0

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia papuensis Hoyle, 1885

110.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

Sepia pardex Sasaki, 1913

231.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Sepia peterseni Appellöf, 1886

120.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831

430.00

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

1

1

Sepia plana Lu & Reid, 1997

151.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Sepia plangon Gray, 1849

135.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

Sepia plathyconchalis Filippova & Khromov, 1991

100.00

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia prabahari Neethiselvan & Venkataramani, 2002

130.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia prashadi Winckworth, 1936

140.00

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia pulchra Roeleveld & Liltved, 1985

22.00

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia recurvirostra Steenstrup, 1875

170.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

Sepia reesi Adam, 1979

45.20

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

Sepia rhoda (Iredale, 1954)

61.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

Sepia robsoni (Massy, 1927)

20.00

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia rozella (Iredale, 1926)

141.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

Sepia savignyi Blainville, 1827

190.00

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia saya Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis, 1991

90.00

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia senta Lu & Reid, 1997

83.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Sepia sewelli Adam & Rees, 1966

30.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia shazae Lipinski & Leslie, 2018

33.00

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia simoniana Thiele, 1920

190.00

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia smithi Hoyle, 1885

150.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

Sepia sokotriensis Khromov, 1988

80.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia stellifera Homenko & Khromov, 1984

120.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia subplana Lu & Boucher-Rodoni, 2001

60.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Sepia subtenuipes Okutani & Horikawa [in Okutani, Tagawa & Horikawa], 1987

94.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Sepia sulcata Hoyle, 1885

97.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

Sepia tala Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis, 1991

80.00

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia tanybracheia Reid, 2000

51.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Sepia tenuipes Sasaki, 1929

110.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Sepia thurstoni Adam & Rees, 1966

110.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia tokioensis Ortmann, 1888

90.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Sepia trygonina (Rochebrune, 1884)

140.00

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia tuberculata Lamarck, 1798

82.00

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia typica (Steenstrup, 1875)

26.00

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia vecchioni Neethiselvan & Venkataramani, 2010

140.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia vercoi Adam, 1979

53.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

Sepia vermiculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

287.00

0

0

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepia vietnamica Khromov, 1987

70.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

Sepia vossi Khromov, 1996

100.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

Sepia whitleyana (Iredale, 1926)

174.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

Sepia zanzibarica Pfeffer, 1884

250.00

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepiella cyanea Robson, 1924

80.00

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepiella inermis (Van Hasselt [in Férussac & d’Orbigny], 1835)

125.00

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Sepiella japonica Sasaki, 1929

200.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

Sepiella mangkangunga Reid & Lu, 1998a, 1998b

100.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Sepiella ocellata Pfeffer, 1884

50.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Sepiella ornata (Rang, 1837)

100.00

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sepiella weberi Adam, 1939

70.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

  1. aGeographical occurrence removed for statistical exploration of data as the presence of Sepia dollfusi in the Mediterranean Sea is probably due to Lessepsian migration (see text)