 | It has been suggested that this article be merged into Cuttlefish . (Discuss) Proposed since July 2025. |
 | This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: Pages need to be moved to their new species name (along with a review of naming standards), Genera pages need to be made, and the giant list of assigned-to-Sepia species needs to be reviewed to remove synonyms. Ecology section might need to be copied over from the main Cuttlefish page, as this family should have more uniform behavior compared to a combination of extinct species and bobtail squid.(March 2025) |
| Sepiidae Temporal range: | |
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| Cuttlefish, off Komodo | |
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| Ascarosepion pfefferi , formerly the type of Metasepia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Sepiida |
| Superfamily: | Sepioidea |
| Family: | Sepiidae Leach, 1817 |
| Genera | |
Sepiidae is a family of cephalopods in the order Sepiida, comprising the large-bodied species of cuttlefish , including the type genus, Sepia . It includes 116 recognized species according to WoRMS, [3] a number of which need further verification.
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A 2023 paper revived several genera and elevated some subgenera to full genus level; [4] this classification scheme has been accepted by WoRMS. [3] As a consequence, multiple species have been split out of genus Sepia, many of them assigned to revived genera.
