Sepia

genus of molluscs
Taxon taxon Q286026
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Sepia

Summary

Sepia is a taxon[1]. Sepia ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month, #1,586 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sepia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sepia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Sepia is classified within Sepiidae[5].
  • Sepia's scientific name is Sepia[6].
  • Sepia's Commons category is recorded as Sepia[7].
  • Sepia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sepia (cephalopod)[8].
  • Sepia's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[9].
  • Sepia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'コウイカ'}[10].
  • Sepia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja-hani', 'text': '甲烏賊'}[11].
  • Sepia's different from is recorded as sepia[12].
  • Sepia's homonymous taxon is recorded as Sepia[13].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Sepia is Sepia[6]. Sepia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Sepia is classified within Sepiidae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'コウイカ'}[10] and {'lang': 'ja-hani', 'text': '甲烏賊'}[11].

Identifiers

Sepia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 119418[14]. Sepia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6609[15]. Sepia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 51170[16]. Sepia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2289099[17]. Sepia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 82361[18].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Sepia include sepia[19], a color[20].

Why It Matters

Sepia ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month, #1,586 of 195,241).[2] Sepia has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Sepia is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for Sepia include sepia[19], a color[20].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . godac.jamstec.go.jp. Retrieved . godac.jamstec.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Sepia. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sepia-q286026
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sepia-q286026_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Sepia}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sepia-q286026}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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