Galiteuthis armata

Armed cranch squid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Cranchiidae
Genus: Galiteuthis
Species:
G. armata
Binomial name
Galiteuthis armata
Joubin, 1898[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Taonidium pfefferi Russell, 1909
  • Galiteuthis suhmi Chun, 1910

Galiteuthis armata, the armed cranch squid, is a large species of glass squid. It reaches a mantle length of 61 cm (24 in).[3] The species is native to the Atlantic Ocean and has been recorded from Bermuda,[4] Canada, Namibia,[5] and Spain.[6] Armed cranch squids often appear to have bloated bodies, short arms, with thin but muscular mantles. They also contain large buoyancy chambers.[7]

  1. ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Galiteuthis armata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163156A978168. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163156A978168.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Philippe Bouchet (2018). "Galiteuthis armata Joubin, 1898". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ Roper, C.F.E. & P. Jereb 2010. Family Cranchiidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper (eds.) Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 4, Vol. 2. FAO, Rome. pp. 148–178.
  4. ^ Voss, G.L. 1960. Bermudan cephalopods. Fieldiana Zoology 39: 419–446.
  5. ^ Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer & H.J. Boyer 1999. Field guide to the living marine resources of Namibia. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes, FAO, Rome.
  6. ^ "CephBase: Countries' Exclusive Economic Zones with Galiteuthis armata". Archived from the original on 2004-11-07. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  7. ^ Piatkowski, Uwe, Diekmann, Rabea (April 2005). "A short note on the cephlapods sampled in the Angola Basin during the DIVA-1 expedition" (PDF). Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 5: 227–230. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2004.11.007.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)