Stoloteuthis maoria

Stoloteuthis maoria is a species of bobtail squid native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It occurs in Cook Strait and Chatham Rise off North Island in New Zealand, and has also been recorded from the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges in the eastern Pacific.^[3]

Stoloteuthis maoria
Ventral view of type
Lateral 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:	Stoloteuthis
Species:	S. maoria[2]
Binomial name
Stoloteuthis maoria[2] (Dell, 1959)
Synonyms
Iridioteuthis maoria Dell, 1959 Iridoteuthis maoria Dell, 1959

S. maoria has very large eyes and protruding fins. The length of the mantle and head—excluding the tentacles—is up to 38 mm, and the width including fins is up to 36 mm.^[4]

The type specimen was collected off New Zealand and is deposited at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington.^[5]