Austrorossia mastigophora
Austrorossia mastigophora is a species of bobtail squid native to western, southern and eastern Africa, from Guinea and Somalia to the Cape of Good Hope. A doubtful record of this species exists from Chile. It lives at depths to approximately 640 m.

On average, females are larger than males; they grow to 46 mm and 31 mm in mantle length, respectively.

The type specimen was collected in the Indian Ocean near the east African coast () by the Valdivia Expedition and the species was described by the leader of that expedition, Carl Chun, the description being published in 1915. It is deposited in the Zoological Collection of the Natural History Museum, Berlin.
Q244417
bobtail squid
Concept
Q15
Africa
LOC
Q1006
Guinea
LOC
Q1045
Somalia
LOC
Q4092
Cape of Good Hope
LOC
Q298
Chile
LOC
Q1380786
mantle
UNK
Q3707858
type specimen
Concept
Q1312945
Valdivia Expedition
ORG
Q1361864
described
Concept
Q62747
Carl Chun
PER
Q233098
Natural History Museum, Berlin
LOC
Q2022873
Austrorossia mastigophora
Concept
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1915
DATE
+46^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
46
NUMBER
+31^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
31
NUMBER
continent
continent
director / manager