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Flamboyant Cuttlefish

Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Metasepia pfefferi
Species recognized by CephBase, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia NO, Australia Species List, Philippines Species List, Indonesia Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, wikipedia SL, NCBI, EOL authors, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List
Metasepia pfefferi
Recognized by Undersea Productions, Undersea Productions, FAO Fishery Statistics, EOL staff, and Animal Diversity Web
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Metasepia pfefferi Hoyle 1885
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Sepia pfefferi Hoyle 1885
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Metasepia pfefferi
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), and Wikimedia Commons
Metasepia pfefferi
Recognized by Flickr Group and Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885)
Recognized by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Metasepia pfefferi laxior
Subspecies recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Metasepia pfefferi wanda
Subspecies recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Metasepia pfefferi wanda Iredale 1954
Recognized by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Sepia pfefferi
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Metasepia pfefferi laxior Iredale 1926
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Metasepia pfefferi wanda Iredale 1954
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Sepia (Metasepia) pfefferi Hoyle 1885
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Metasepia pfefferi laxior Iredale 1926
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Metasepia pfefferi wanda Iredale 1954
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Sepia (Metasepia) pfefferi Hoyle 1885
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Metasepia pfefferi laxior Iredale 1926
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Metasepia pfefferi laxior Iredale 1926
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Metasepia pfefferi laxior Iredale 1926
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Metasepia pfefferi wanda Iredale 1954
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Metasepia pfefferi wanda Iredale 1954
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Metasepia pfefferi wanda Iredale 1954
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Sepia (Metasepia) pfefferi Hoyle 1885
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Sepia (Metasepia) pfefferi Hoyle 1885
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Sepia pfefferi Hoyle 1885
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Common Names

English

flamboyant cuttlefish
prefer
Recognized by admin
Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish
prefer
Recognized by admin
Flamboyant cuttlefish
prefer
Recognized by Undersea Productions and Wikidata Common Names
Monacanthus trachylepis
prefer
Recognized by Undersea Productions
Flamboyant Cuttlefish preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

火焰墨魚 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Seiche flamboyante preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Prachtsepia preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

דיונון הלהבות preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ミナミハナイカ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

프페퍼 불꽃 갑오징어 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

سپیداج نگارین preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Sepia llamativa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

火焰墨鱼 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

火焰墨魚 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

火焰墨魚 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1795
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Decapodiformes Young, Vecchione & Donovan 1998
Sepiida Zittel 1895
Sepiina Zittel 1895
Sepioidea
Sepiidae Leach 1817
Metasepia Hoyle 1885
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885) (this page)
Metasepia tullbergi (Appelöf 1886)

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1795
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Decapodiformes R. E. Young, Vecchione & Donovan 1998
Sepiida Zittel 1895
Sepiina Zittel 1895
Sepioidea
Sepiidae Leach 1817
Metasepia Hoyle 1885
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885) (this page)
Metasepia tullbergi (Appellöf 1886)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1795
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Decapodiformes Young, Vecchione & Donovan 1998
Sepiida Zittel 1895
Sepiina Zittel 1895
Sepioidea
Sepiidae Leach 1817
Metasepia Hoyle 1885
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885) (this page)
Metasepia tullbergi (Appelöf 1886)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1797
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Neocoleoidea Haas 1997
Decapodiformes Leach 1817
Decapodida
Sepioidea Naef 1916
Sepiidae Keferstein 1866
Metasepia
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885) (this page)
Metasepia tullbergi (Appelöf 1886)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Sepiida
Sepiidae
Metasepia Hoyle 1885
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885) (this page)
Metasepia tullbergi (Appelöf 1886)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1797
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Decabrachia Boettger 1952
Sepiida Zittel 1895
Sepiidae Leach 1817
Metasepia Hoyle 1885
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885) (this page)
Metasepia tullbergi (Appellöf 1886)

IUCN

Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Sepiida
Sepiidae
Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle 1885) (this page)
Metasepia tullbergi (Appellöf 1886)
Sepia aculeata Van Hasselt 1835 ex Férussac & d'Orbigny (1834)
Sepia acuminata Smith 1916
Sepia adami Roeleveld 1972
Sepia andreana Steenstrup 1875
Sepia apama Gray 1849
Sepia appellofi Wülker 1910
Sepia arabica Massy 1916
Sepia aureomaculata Okutani & Horikawa 1987
Sepia bandensis Adam 1939
Sepia bartletti (Iredale 1954)
Sepia bathyalis Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis 1991
Sepia baxteri (Iredale 1940)
Sepia bertheloti d'Orbigny 1835
Sepia bidhaia Reid 2000
Sepia braggi Verco 1907
Sepia brevimana Steenstrup 1875
Sepia burnupi Hoyle 1904
Sepia carinata Sasaki 1920
Sepia chirotrema Berry 1918
Sepia confusa Smith 1916
Sepia cottoni Adam 1979
Sepia cultrata Hoyle 1885
Sepia dollfusi Adam 1941
Sepia dubia Adam & Rees 1966
Sepia elegans Blainville 1827
Sepia elliptica Hoyle 1885
Sepia elobyana Adam 1941
Sepia elongata d'Orbigny (1839)
Sepia erostrata Sasaki 1929
Sepia esculenta Hoyle 1885
Sepia faurei Roeleveld 1972
Sepia foliopeza Okutani & Tagawa 1987
Sepia gibba Ehrenberg 1831
Sepia hedleyi Berry 1918
Sepia hieronis (Robson 1924)
Sepia hierredda Rang 1835
Sepia incerta Smith 1916
Sepia insignis Smith 1916
Sepia irvingi Meyer 1909
Sepia ivanovi Khromov 1982
Sepia joubini Massy 1927
Sepia kiensis Hoyle 1885
Sepia kobiensis Hoyle 1885
Sepia koilados Reid 2000
Sepia latimanus Quoy & Gaimard 1832
Sepia limata (Iredale 1926)
Sepia longipes Sasaki 1914
Sepia lorigera Wülker 1910
Sepia lycidas Gray 1849
Sepia madokai Adam 1939
Sepia mascarensis Filippova & Khromov 1991
Sepia mestus Gray 1849
Sepia mira (Cotton 1932)
Sepia mirabilis Khromov 1988
Sepia murrayi Adam & Rees 1966
Sepia novaehollandiae Hoyle 1909
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus 1758
Sepia omani Adam & Rees 1966
Sepia orbignyana Férussac ex d'Orbigny 1826
Sepia papillata Quoy & Gaimard 1832
Sepia papuensis Hoyle 1885
Sepia pardex Sasaki 1913
Sepia peterseni Appellöf 1886
Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg 1831
Sepia plana Lu & Reid 1997
Sepia plangon Gray 1849
Sepia plathyconchalis Filippova & Khromov 1991
Sepia prashadi Winckworth 1936
Sepia pulchra Roeleveld & Liltved 1985
Sepia recurvirostra Steenstrup 1875
Sepia reesi Adam 1979
Sepia rhoda (Iredale 1954)
Sepia robsoni (Massy 1927)
Sepia savignyi Blainville 1827
Sepia saya Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis 1991
Sepia senta Lu & Reid 1997
Sepia simoniana Thiele 1920
Sepia sokotriensis Khromov 1988
Sepia stellifera Homenko & Khromov 1984
Sepia subtenuipes Okutani & Horikawa 1987
Sepia sulcata Hoyle 1885
Sepia tala Khromov, Nikitina & Nesis 1991
Sepia tanybracheia Reid 2000
Sepia tenuipes Sasaki 1929
Sepia thurstoni Adam & Rees 1966
Sepia tokioensis Ortmann 1888
Sepia trygonina (Rochebrune 1884)
Sepia tuberculata Lamarck 1798
Sepia typica (Steenstrup 1875)
Sepia vercoi Adam 1979
Sepia vermiculata Quoy & Gaimard 1832
Sepia vietnamica Khromov 1987
Sepia vossi Khromov 1996
Sepiella cyanea Robson 1924
Sepiella inermis (Van Hasselt 1835 ex Férussac & d'Orbigny (1834))
Sepiella japonica Sasaki 1929
Sepiella mangkangunga Reid & Lu 1998
Sepiella ornata (Rang 1837)
Sepiella weberi Adam 1939
17 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Neocoleoidea
Decapodiformes
Sepiida
Sepiina
Sepiidae
Metasepia
Metasepia pfefferi (this page)
Metasepia tullbergi

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Neocoleoidea
Decapodiformes
Sepiida
Sepiina
Sepiidae
Metasepia
Metasepia pfefferi
Metasepia pfefferi laxior (this page)
Metasepia pfefferi wanda

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Neocoleoidea
Decapodiformes
Sepiida
Sepiina
Sepiidae
Metasepia
Metasepia pfefferi
Metasepia pfefferi wanda (this page)
Metasepia pfefferi laxior

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Neocoleoidea
Decapodiformes
Sepiida
Sepiina
Sepiidae
Sepia
Sepia pfefferi (this page)
Anomalosepia
Doratosepion
Hemisepius
Sepia aculeata
Sepia adami
Sepia angulata
Sepia apama
Sepia appellofi
Sepia arabica
Sepia aureomaculata
Sepia australis
Sepia barffi
Sepia baxteri
Sepia bertheloti
Sepia bidhaia
Sepia brachycheira
Sepia braggi
Sepia burnupi
Sepia carinata
Sepia chirotrema
Sepia confusa
Sepia cottoni
Sepia cultrata
Sepia dannevigi
Sepia dollfusi
Sepia dubia
Sepia elegans
Sepia elobyana
Sepia elongata
Sepia erostrata
Sepia esculenta
Sepia exsignata
Sepia foliopeza
Sepia furcata
Sepia grahami
Sepia hierredda
Sepia hirunda
Sepia incerta
Sepia insignis
Sepia irvingi
Sepia ivanovi
Sepia joubini
Sepia kiensis
Sepia kobiensis
Sepia limata
Sepia longipes
Sepia lorigera
Sepia lycidas
Sepia madokai
Sepia mascarensis
Sepia media
Sepia mestus
Sepia mira
Sepia mirabilis
Sepia murrayi
Sepia nanshiensis
Sepia natalensis
Sepia octopodia
Sepia omani
Sepia opipara
Sepia orbignyana
Sepia papillata
Sepia papuensis
Sepia pardalis
Sepia pardex
Sepia peterseni
Sepia pharaonis
Sepia plana
Sepia plangon
Sepia plathyconchalis
Sepia prabahari
Sepia prashadi
Sepia recurvirostra
Sepia rex
Sepia rhoda
Sepia robsoni
Sepia rozella
Sepia savignyi
Sepia saya
Sepia senta
Sepia sewelli
Sepia simoniana
Sepia smithi
Sepia sokotriensis
Sepia stellifera
Sepia tanybracheia
Sepia tenuipes
Sepia tokioensis
Sepia torosa
Sepia tuberculata
Sepia typica
Sepia unguiculata
Sepia vecchioni
Sepia veranyi
Sepia vercoi
Sepia vermiculata
Sepia vietnamica
Sepia vossi
Sepia whitleyana
Sepia zanzibarica
27 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Neocoleoidea
Decapodiformes
Sepiida
Sepiina
Sepiidae
Metasepia
Metasepia pfefferi (this page)
Metasepia pfefferi laxior
Metasepia pfefferi wanda
Metasepia tullbergi
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