List of CEPHALOPODA species in Australia



This is a list of CEPHALOPODA in Australia according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Australiteuthis aldrichi Aldrich's Australasian Inshore Squid 175067 LC
Histioteuthis pacifica 176077 DD
Sepia grahami 189728 LC
Sepia smithi Smith's Cuttlefish 189731 LC
Sepioloidea magna 189742 LC
Pholidoteuthis massyae 190925 LC
Histoctopus zipkasae Zippy’s octopus 87585499 LC
Thaumoctopus mimicus Mimic octopus 87585522 LC
Sepia tanybracheia 162496 DD
Sepioloidea lineolata Striped Pyjama Squid 162499 DD
Sepia koilados 162503 LC
Sepia baxteri 162514 DD
Sepia plana 162515 LC
Neorossia leptodons 162519 DD
Sepia senta 162520 LC
Sepiolina nipponensis Japanese Bobtail Squid 162521 DD
Sepiadarium kochi Koch's Bottletail Squid 162527 LC
Sepiella weberi Web's Cuttlefish 162528 DD
Heteroteuthis dagamensis 162536 DD
Sepia mira 162544 LC
Idiosepius notoides Southern Pygmy Squid 162547 DD
Sepiadarium austrinum Southern Bottletail Squid 162550 DD
Sepia papuensis Papuan Cuttlefish 162554 LC
Euprymna tasmanica Southern Bobtail Squid 162559 DD
Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis 162562 DD
Sepia plangon Striking Cuttlefish 162563 LC
Sepia irvingi 162568 LC
Sepia kiensis 162577 DD
Sepia vercoi 162578 LC
Sepia chirotrema 162582 LC
Spirula spirula Ram's Horn Squid 162587 LC
Sepiadarium auritum 162592 DD
Sepia limata 162596 LC
Idiosepius pygmaeus Two-toned Pygmy Squid 162604 DD
Sepia novaehollandiae 162606 LC
Sepia cultrata Knifebone Cuttlefish 162618 LC
Sepia cottoni 162622 LC
Sepia reesi 162624 DD
Sepiella mangkangunga 162625 LC
Sepia sulcata Grooved Cuttlefish 162626 LC
Sepia apama Giant Australian Cuttlefish 162627 NT
Sepia braggi Slender Cuttlefish 162629 LC
Sepia rhoda 162633 LC
Sepia hedleyi Hedley's Cuttlefish 162634 LC
Sepia elliptica Ovalbone Cuttlefish 162639 DD
Sepia mestus 162642 LC
Sepia bidhaia 162652 LC
Euprymna hoylei 162674 DD
Austrorossia australis Big Bottom Bobtail Squid 162683 LC
Octopus micros 162897 DD
Histioteuthis miranda 162908 LC
Ameloctopus litoralis 162912 LC
Abralia spaercki 162922 DD
Amphioctopus polyzenia 162924 DD
Eucleoteuthis luminosa 162926 LC
Eledone palari 162937 LC
Cranchia scabra 162941 LC
Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis 162945 LC
Hapalochlaena maculosa 162954 LC
Hapalochlaena fasciata 162975 LC
Octopus wolfi 162989 LC
Grimpella thaumastocheir 162992 DD
Octopus pallidus 162991 LC
Notonykia africanae 162999 DD
Enoploteuthis galaxias 163019 DD
Callistoctopus alpheus 163032 LC
Uroteuthis chinensis Mitre Squid 163045 DD
Callistoctopus graptus 163057 LC
Galeoctopus lateralis 163061 LC
Onychoteuthis meridiopacifica 163064 DD
Sandalops melancholicus Sandal-eye Squid 163067 DD
Ornithoteuthis volatilis 163071 LC
Histioteuthis bonnellii 163073 LC
Octopus berrima 163072 LC
Nototodarus hawaiiensis 163085 LC
Pyroteuthis addolux 163089 LC
Sepia rozella Rosecone Cuttlefish 162673 DD
Sepia whitleyana Whitley's Cuttlefish 162676 DD
Octopus pyrum 163113 DD
Liocranchia valdiviae 163118 LC
Sepia opipara Magnificent Cuttlefish 162680 LC
Metasepia pfefferi Flamboyant Cuttlefish 162681 DD
Nototodarus gouldi 163129 LC
Callistoctopus aspilosomatis 163138 LC
Uroteuthis noctiluca Luminous Bay Squid 163148 DD
Mastigoteuthis dentata 163160 DD
Octopus harpedon 163167 DD
Octopus olivieri 163173 DD
Opisthoteuthis pluto 163178 DD
Octopoteuthis rugosa 163180 DD
Abralia andamanica 163184 LC
Callistoctopus bunurong 163185 LC
Amphioctopus rex 163195 LC
Octopus kaurna 163199 DD
Liocranchia reinhardti 163218 LC
Cycloteuthis serventyi 163222 LC
Amphioctopus mototi 163236 LC
Callistoctopus dierythraeus 163239 LC
Octopus bulbus 163254 DD
Octopus superciliosus 163261 DD
Architeuthis dux 163265 LC
Octopus tetricus 163280 LC
Opisthoteuthis persephone 163282 DD
Abdopus aculeatus 163291 LC
Hyaloteuthis pelagica 163294 LC
Abralia steindachneri 163298 LC
Abralia astrosticta 163302 LC
Macroctopus maorum 163303 LC
Bathothauma lyromma 163338 LC
Onykia robsoni 163343 LC
Abdopus capricornicus 163344 DD
Abdopus tenebricus 163346 DD
Sepioteuthis lessoniana Bigfin Reef Squid 163376 DD
Amphioctopus exannulatus 163387 LC
Octopus australis 163388 LC
Octopus warringa 163392 DD

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)