Cycloteuthis akimushkini is a species of squid in the family Cycloteuthidae.

This squid is found mostly in the tropical, subtropical and sub-antarctic parts of the eastern Indian Ocean, at depths of between 100 and 120m.

[3] A strongly pronounced muscular ridge runs along the dorsal surface of the mantle.

[1] The feeding tentacles are long, their stalks are stout, and somewhat flattened.

Small, round orange photophores were found in the eyelid tissues, but nowhere else on the body.