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Walvisteuthis virilis   Nesis & Nikitina, 1986

Whale squid

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Walvisteuthis virilis  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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United Kingdom country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: M: Ref. 97142.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jereb, P. and C.F.E. Roper, 2010
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

Pelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 300 - 1080 m (Ref. 101167).   Subtropical; 68°N - 55°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 97142)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Circumglobal. Tropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.3 cm ML maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 97142)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 107569. Found in tropical to temperate seas. An epipelagic to upper mesopelagic species (Ref. 97142).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Members of the class Cephalopoda are gonochoric. Male and female adults usually die shortly after spawning and brooding, respectively. Mating behavior: Males perform various displays to attract potential females for copulation. During copulation, male grasp the female and inserts the hectocotylus into the female's mantle cavity where fertilization usually occurs. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic stage and live for some time before they grow larger and take up a benthic existence as adults.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.3 - 14, mean 8.4 (based on 1188 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.