Cranchiidae – Taoniinae: Galiteuthis IMBER sp 3 (‘IMBER sp 3 cranch-squid’)
Synonym(s):
IMBER sp 3
Typical mantle-length 400 mm. Lives in offshore waters. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (TAS and perhaps other states); also the Southern Ocean. In Tasmanian waters, this species has been recorded as beak(s) recovered from the guts of beached whale(s).
Classification
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Oegopsida
Superfamily: Oegopsida – unplaced
Family: Cranchiidae
Subfamily: Taoniinae
Genus: Galiteuthis