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Walvisteuthis virilis

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ2164604 ↗
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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, 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.

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This entry incorporates text from “Walvisteuthis virilis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.