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Sepiida

Other Invertebrate Orders

Sepiida is an order of ten-armed cephalopods commonly known as cuttlefish, placed within the superorder Decapodiformes in the class Cephalopoda. The order was established by John Edward Gray in 1849 and comprises two superfamilies, Sepioidea and Vasseurioidea; today it contains only the living family Sepiidae, exemplified by species such as the common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis, alongside several extinct families known from fossils reaching back to the Maastrichtian. Bobtail squids were once classified as a suborder of Sepiida but are now placed in their own separate order, Sepiolida, and the precise evolutionary relationship between the two groups remains an open question in current phylogenetic research.

Facts
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Order 2
Connections

Parent Taxon Of

Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), Species
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Sepia latimanus
Common Cuttlefish, Species
Source Common Cuttlefish (Wikidata)
Cuttlefish, Species
Source Wikidata: Cuttlefish
Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Species
Source Wikidata: Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Giant Cuttlefish, Species
Source Giant Cuttlefish (Wikidata)
Pharaoh Cuttlefish, Species
Source Pharaoh Cuttlefish (Wikidata)
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ184479, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Sepiida
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    Sepiida is an order of ten-armed cephalopods.
  • In Group: Cephalopod Orders, Lead
    Sepiida is an order of ten-armed cephalopods.
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Wikidata: Sepiida
Wikidata Q184479, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Cuttlefish
Parent Taxon Of: Cuttlefish, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Parent Taxon Of: Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Pharaoh Cuttlefish (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Pharaoh Cuttlefish, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Common Cuttlefish (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Common Cuttlefish, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Giant Cuttlefish (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Giant Cuttlefish, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Sepia latimanus
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), Taxon record
Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), Taxon record
"order": "Sepiida"
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