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

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).