Teuthowenia maculata

{{Short description|Species of squid}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Barratt, I. |author2=Allcock, L. |date=2014 |title=Teuthowenia maculata |volume=2014 |page=e.T162979A959815 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T162979A959815.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus =Teuthowenia

| species =maculata

| authority =(Leach, 1817)

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| synonyms_ref ={{cite journal|author=Nancy A. Voss|year=1985|title=Systematics, biology and biogeography of the cranchiid cephalopod genus Teuthowenia (Oegopsida)|journal=Bulletin of Marine Science|volume=36|issue=1|pages=1–85|url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1985/00000036/00000001/art00001}}

| synonyms =

• 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 {{convert|143|mm}}.{{cite web|url=http://tolweb.org/Teuthowenia_maculata/19614|title=Teuthowenia maculata Leach 1817|author=Richard E. Young and Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003)|year=1999|publisher=The Tree of Life Web Project|accessdate=March 15, 2012}}