Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis

Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis is a species of bobtail squid native to the central and western Pacific Ocean. It occurs in waters off Hawaii, Bonin, the Ryukyu Islands, Indonesia, and the Great Australian Bight. H. hawaiiensis may also be present in Banc Combe in the southwestern Pacific (12°14′S 177°28′W) at depths of 795 to 820 m.^[3]

Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis
Dorsal view of type
Ventral view of type
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Sepiolida
Family:	Sepiolidae
Subfamily:	Heteroteuthidinae
Genus:	Heteroteuthis
Species:	H. hawaiiensis
Binomial name
Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis (Berry, 1909)[2]
Synonyms
Heteroteuthis (Stephanoteuthis) hawaiiensis (S. S. Berry, 1909) Stephanoteuthis hawaiiensis Berry, 1909

H. hawaiiensis grows to approximately 30 mm in mantle length.^[3]

The type specimen was collected near Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. It is deposited at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.^[4]

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  Lateral view
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  Dissected mantle