Walvisteuthis

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]

Walvisteuthis
Walvisteuthis youngorum
Scientific classification
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

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)