Biology:Walvisteuthis

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Short description: Genus of squids

Walvisteuthis
Walvisteuthis youngorum 3.jpg
Walvisteuthis youngorum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Onychoteuthidae
Genus: Walvisteuthis
Nesis & Nikitina, 1986[1]
Type species
Walvisteuthis virilis
Nesis & Nikitina, 1986
Synonyms

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. 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. 
  2. 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. 
  3. "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