Teuthowenia maculata

Teuthowenia maculata
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Cranchiidae
Genus:	Teuthowenia
Species:	T. maculata
Binomial name
Teuthowenia maculata (Leach, 1817)
Synonyms [2]
Cranchia maculata Leach, 1817

Teuthowenia maculata is a species of glass squid in the genus Teuthowenia . It is similar to the two other members of its genus - T. megalops and T. pellucida , but it is only found in the tropical waters off the coast of Africa in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The largest recorded specimen is an immature male with a mantle length of 143 millimetres (5.6 in). ^[3]

References

1. Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Teuthowenia maculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T162979A959815. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T162979A959815.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Nancy A. Voss (1985). "Systematics, biology and biogeography of the cranchiid cephalopod genus Teuthowenia (Oegopsida)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 36 (1): 1–85.
3. Richard E. Young and Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003) (1999). "Teuthowenia maculata Leach 1817". The Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved March 15, 2012.