Walvisteuthis youngorum is a species of squid from the family Onychoteuthidae.[1] They can be found off of the northern Hawaiian Islands.[2] They are rarely seen due to the depth that they reside in, and have only been filmed once, in 2015.[3]
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| The first filmed encounter with Walvisteuthis youngorum, as seen from a depth of ~900 meters | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Onychoteuthidae |
| Genus: | Walvisteuthis |
| Species: | W. youngorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Walvisteuthis youngorum (Bolstad, 2010)
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References
edit- ^ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Walvisteuthis youngorum)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ "A squid, Walvisteuthis youngorum, is imaged at 900 meters during today's mid-water transects off Northeast Gardner Pinnacles in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana". oceanexplorer.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ Rhodan, Maya (2015-09-05). "Scientists Capture Video of Amazing Rare Squid". TIME. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
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