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Walvisteuthis, the stubby hook squids, is a genus of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The genus contains four species.<ref name = WoRMS/> 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.<ref name = ToL>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
SpeciesEdit
The four species currently recognised are:<ref name = WoRMS/>
- Walvisteuthis jeremiahi Vecchione, Sosnowski & Young, 2015
- Walvisteuthis rancureli (Okutani, 1981)
- Walvisteuthis virilis Nesis & Nikitina, 1986
- Walvisteuthis youngorum (Bolstad, 2010)