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'''''Walvisteuthis virilis''''' is a species of [[squid]] from the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Onychoteuthidae]], it is the [[type species]] of the [[genus]] ''[[Walvisteuthis]]''. It may be [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonymous]] with ''[[Walvisteuthis rancureli]]''. The [[Type (biology)|type specimen]] was collected a mature male with a [[Mantle (mollusc)|mantle]] length of 71&nbsp;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.<ref name = ToL>{{cite web | author1 = [[Richard E. Young|Young, Richard E.]] | author2 = [[Michael Vecchione]] | author3 = Kotaro Tsuchiya | last-author-amp = yes| year = 2015 | title = ''Walvisteuthis virilis'' Nesis & Nikitina, 1986. Version 11 October 2015 (temporary) | url = http://tolweb.org/Walvisteuthis_virilis/149638/2015.10.11 | publisher = The [[Tree of Life Web Project]]}}</ref>
'''''Walvisteuthis virilis''''' is a species of [[squid]] from the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Onychoteuthidae]], it is the [[type species]] of the [[genus]] ''[[Walvisteuthis]]''. It may be [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonymous]] with ''[[Walvisteuthis rancureli]]''. The [[Type (biology)|type specimen]] was collected as a mature male with a [[Mantle (mollusc)|mantle]] length of 71&nbsp;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.<ref name = ToL>{{cite web | author1 = [[Richard E. Young|Young, Richard E.]] | author2 = [[Michael Vecchione]] | author3 = Kotaro Tsuchiya | name-list-style = amp| year = 2015 | title = ''Walvisteuthis virilis'' Nesis & Nikitina, 1986. Version 11 October 2015 (temporary) | url = http://tolweb.org/Walvisteuthis_virilis/149638/2015.10.11 | publisher = The [[Tree of Life Web Project]]}}</ref>


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==References==
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Walvisteuthis virilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Onychoteuthidae
Genus: Walvisteuthis
Species:
W. virilis
Binomial name
Walvisteuthis virilis
Nesis & Nikitina, 1986[1]

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]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Young, Richard E.; Michael Vecchione & Kotaro Tsuchiya (2015). "Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986. Version 11 October 2015 (temporary)". The Tree of Life Web Project.