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_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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: