Walvisteuthis virilis is a species of squid from the family Onychoteuthidae, it is the type species of the genus Walvisteuthis. It may be synonymous with Walvisteuthis rancureli. The type specimen was collected as a mature male with a mantle length of 71 mm collected near the Walvis Ridge in the eastern South Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 1000m. A second specimen was subsequently collected on the other side of the South Atlantic, also a mature male with a total length of 71mm.[2]
| Walvisteuthis virilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Onychoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Walvisteuthis |
| Species: | W. virilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986[1]
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References edit
- ^ Philippe Bouchet (2018). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ Young, Richard E.; Michael Vecchione & Kotaro Tsuchiya (2015). "Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986. Version 11 October 2015 (temporary)". The Tree of Life Web Project.