''Galiteuthis pacifica'' is a little known species of
glass squid
The family Cranchiidae comprises the approximately 60 species of glass squid, also known as cockatoo squid, cranchiid, cranch squid, or bathyscaphoid squid. Cranchiid squid occur in surface and midwater depths of open oceans around the world. The ...
from the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Cranchiidae. It has never been fully
described despite having a wide distribution in the tropical Indo-Pacific. The males grow to at least 333mm in
mantle length.
References
Squid
Molluscs described in 1948
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