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.

[3] The type specimen was collected in the Indian Ocean near the east African coast (0°27′S 42°47′E / 0.450°S 42.783°E / -0.450; 42.783) by the Valdivia Expedition and the species was described by the leader of that expedition, Carl Chun, the description being published in 1915.

[4] It is deposited in the Zoological Collection of the Natural History Museum, Berlin.

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