Joubin, 1898

Morphology:
A spacious closed body cavity. Head is short and narrow. Eyes are very big. Mantle of adults is attenuated posteriorly into a long acuminate, needle-like tail. Fin is lanceolate, not so wide as long. Arms with two rows of suckers; arm sucker rings are smooth; no hooks on arms. Tentacles are long, with slightly widened clubs, bearing four rows of suckers with denticulate rings; club hooks with one tooth, with widened base and an aperture reduced to a small slit; hooks covered by a hood; marginal suckers on the central part of the clubs are reduced or absent.

Habitat:
Meso-bathypelagic and benthic-bathyal species.

Distribution:
Tropical and northern subtropical Atlantic, from the Bay of Biscay to the Gulf of Guinea and Straits of Florida, Mediterranean Sea (Distr. G. armata).

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Subclass Coleoidea
Order Teuthoidea
Suborder Oegopsida
Family Cranchiidae
Genus Galiteuthis
Species Galiteuthis armata

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Galiteuthis armata Joubin, 1898

Scientific synonyms and common names

Zygocranchia zygaena (Vérany, 1851)
Taonidium pfefferi Russell, 1909
Galiteuthis suhmi Chun, 1910 non Hoyle, 1885
Galiteuthis armatus

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Nesis, K.N., 1987. Cephalopods of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Ltd.

Seaward, D.R., 1990. Distribution of the marine molluscs of north west Europe. Nature Conservancy Council.

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