Biology:Walvisteuthis
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Short description: Genus of squids
| Walvisteuthis | |
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| Walvisteuthis youngorum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Onychoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Walvisteuthis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986[1] |
| Type species | |
| Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986
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Callimachus | |
Walvisteuthis, the stubby hook squids, is a genus of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae.[2] The genus contains four species.[1] They are characterised by possessing oval fins which are not drawn-out posteriorly, the gladius has elongated-rhomboid vanes and a short, blunt rostrum which is perpendicular to tip of gladius, the gladius is visible beneath skin at the dorsal midline and they only have primary occipital folds.[3]
Species
The four species currently recognised are:[1]
- Walvisteuthis jeremiahi Vecchione, Sosnowski & Young, 2015
- Walvisteuthis rancureli (Okutani, 1981)
- Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986
- Walvisteuthis youngorum (Bolstad, 2010)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Philippe Bouchet (2018). "Walvisteuthis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341471.
- ↑ Vecchione, M.; Sosnowski, A.; Young, R. E. (2015). "Walvisteuthis jeremiahi n. sp. (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), an onychoteuthid squid from the Gulf of Mexico". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 128 (2): 164–175. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-128.2.164.
- ↑ "Walvisteuthis Nesis & Nikitina 1986. Stubby hooksquid. Version 11 October 2015 (under construction)". The Tree of Life Web Project. 2015. http://tolweb.org/Walvisteuthis/19957/2015.10.11.
Wikidata ☰ Q18519653 entry
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