Sepiola Leach, 1817

Bello, Giambattista & Salman, Alp, 2015, Description of a new sepioline species, Sepiola boletzkyi sp. nov. (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae), from the Aegean Sea, European Journal of Taxonomy 144, pp. 1-12 : 3

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2015.144
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:11B9BCE3-18F9-429F-8EEA-4E232D9E42E0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793993
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF8795-FF9D-7D00-B2F6-A60EFC6DBA81
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Sepiola Leach, 1817
status

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Genus Sepiola Leach, 1817

Sepiola Leach, 1817: 137 .

Type species Sepiola rondeletii Leach, 1817 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis

Sepiolines with pair of kidney-shaped light-organ lenses on ventral surface of ink sac; suckers biserial on arms I to III and at least proximally on arms IV; tentacle club suckers in four to eight oblique rows; females with ear-shaped bursa copulatrix on left ventral side of mantle cavity; males with left arm I hectocotylized: suckers and sucker stalks typically arranged in a basal part, a copulatory apparatus comprised of modified suckerless stalks, and a distal part ( Bello 2013).