''Walvisteuthis'', the stubby hook squids, is a genus of squid in the family

Onychoteuthidae The hooked squid, family Onychoteuthidae, currently comprise about 20–25 species (several known from only single life stages and thus unconfirmed), in six or seven genera. They range in mature mantle length from 7 cm to a suggested length ...

. The genus contains four species. 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.

Species

The four species currently recognised are: *''

Walvisteuthis jeremiahi ''Walvisteuthis'', the stubby hook squids, is a genus of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. The genus contains four species. They are characterised by possessing oval fins which are not drawn-out posteriorly, the gladius has elongated-rhomboid ...

'' Vecchione, Sosnowski & Young, 2015 *''

Walvisteuthis rancureli ''Walvisteuthis'', the stubby hook squids, is a genus of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. The genus contains four species. They are characterised by possessing oval fins which are not drawn-out posteriorly, the gladius ''Gladius'' () is a ...

'' (Okutani, 1981) *''

Walvisteuthis virilis ''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 ...

'' Nesis & Nikitina, 1986 *''

Walvisteuthis youngorum ''Walvisteuthis'', the stubby hook squids, is a genus of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. The genus contains four species. They are characterised by possessing oval fins which are not drawn-out posteriorly, the gladius has elongated-rhomboid ...

'' (Bolstad, 2010)

References

Squid Cephalopod genera {{Squid-stub