''Sepiadarium auritum'' is a species of

cuttlefish Cuttlefish, or cuttles, are Marine (ocean), marine Mollusca, molluscs of the order (biology), suborder Sepiina. They belong to the class (biology), class Cephalopoda which also includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses. Cuttlefish have a unique ...

native to the eastern

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off northwestern

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. The

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measures 11 mm in mantle length. The type specimen was collected near Hermite Island,

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. It is deposited at

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Sepiadarium Cephalopods described in 1914 Cephalopods of Oceania Fauna of Western Australia {{Cuttlefish-stub