Walvisteuthis virilis

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.^[2]

Walvisteuthis virilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Onychoteuthidae
Genus:	Walvisteuthis
Species:	W. virilis
Binomial name
Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986[1]