Funnel Funnel valve absent. Dorsal pad with three papillae. The best known species is T. pellucida . Juveniles begin an ontogenetic descent reaching bathypelagic depths as adults where they mate and spawn. In the dark, spacious waters of the bathypelagic zone locating a mate can be difficult.
Females apparently spawn once then die.
Teuthowenia megalops occupies the subarctic and temperate waters of the north Atlantic Ocean. Teuthowenia maculata is found in the tropical waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Teuthowenia pellucida occupies circum-global waters in the region of the subtropical convergence in the southern hemisphere. References Vecchione, M. and C. F. E. Roper. Cephalopods observed from submersibles in the western North Atlantic.