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Taxonomy
Family:
LOLIGINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Myopsida (Order)
> Loliginidae (Family)
> Sepioteuthis (Genus)
> australis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chondrosepia Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
Synonymised Names:
=Sepia bilineata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
=Sepioteuthis bilineata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Images: Sepioteuthis australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Stranded in a sandy pool at low tide, Matai Bay, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 10-15cm
Taxonomy
Family:
LOLIGINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Myopsida (Order)
> Loliginidae (Family)
> Sepioteuthis (Genus)
> australis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chondrosepia Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
Synonymised Names:
=Sepia bilineata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
=Sepioteuthis bilineata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Details: Sepioteuthis australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Size/Grows to:
Animal 390mm
Distribution:
Coastal, North Island to northern South Island and Australia
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.440)
  • Gardner, N.W. Mar/1973 Further Information on the Squid Sepioteuthis bilineata, Poirieria, 6(6)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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