WoRMS taxon details
Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986
342418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342418)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Nesis K. N., Nikitina, I. V. (1986). New genus and species of squid of the family Neoteuthidae (Cephalopoda, Oegopsida) from the south-eastern part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Zoologichesky Zhurnal.</em> 55(2): 290-294. [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342418 on 2026-03-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Nesis K. N., Nikitina, I. V. (1986). New genus and species of squid of the family Neoteuthidae (Cephalopoda, Oegopsida) from the south-eastern part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Zoologichesky Zhurnal.</em> 55(2): 290-294. [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Onychoteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 348-369., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
