Nototodarus

{{Short description|Genus of molluscs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Nototodarus hawaiiensis.jpg

| image_caption =Nototodarus hawaiiensis

| taxon = Nototodarus

| authority = Pfeffer, 1912{{cite WoRMS |author= Julian Finn |year= 2016|title=Nototodarus Pfeffer, 1912 |id=325305 |access-date=11 March 2018|db=MolluscaBase}}

| type_species = Nototodarus sloanii

| type_species_authority = (Gray, 1849{{cite book | editor1 = P. Jereb | editor2 = C.F.E. Roper | year = 2010 | title = Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids | publisher = Food and Agriculture Organization Rome | isbn = 978-92-5-106720-8 | pages = 336–337 | url = http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf}}

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• Nototodarus gouldi (McCoy, 1888)
• Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Berry, 1912)
• Nototodarus sloanii (Gray, 1849)

}}

Nototodarus is a genus of squid. Example species in this genus include Nototodarus sloanii, a species sought for human food. In the process of harvesting N. sloanii, Australian sea lions are frequently killed, since that marine mammal preys upon this squid species.Nick Gales, Nicholas Gales, Mark Hindell and Roger Kirkwood. 2003. Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues, CSIRO Publishing, {{ISBN|0-643-06953-4}}, {{ISBN|978-0-643-06953-4}}, 446 pages Furthermore, New Zealand arrow squid, N. sloanii, is an important food source for the endangered yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes.C. Michael Hogan. 2009. [http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=222 Yellow-eyed Penguin: Megadypes antipodes, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005175409/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=222 |date=2011-10-05 }}