Cranchiidae – Taoniinae: Galiteuthis IMBER sp stC (‘IMBER sp stC cranch-squid’)

Synonym(s):

IMBER sp stC

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).