Sepiadarium auritum

Sepiadarium auritum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Family: Sepiadariidae
Genus: Sepiadarium
Species: S. auritum
Binomial name
Sepiadarium auritum
Robson, 1914

Sepiadarium auritum is a species of cuttlefish native to the eastern Indian Ocean off northwestern Australia.[1]

The type specimen measures 11 mm in mantle length.[1]

The type specimen was collected near Hermite Island, Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia. It is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Reid, A. 2005. Family Sepiadariidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 1. Rome, FAO. pp. 204–207.
  2. Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

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