Galiteuthis pacifica (lat.) - a little-known species of squid of the genus Galiteuthis of the family Cranchiidae ( Cranchiidae ), is widespread in the Indo-Pacific region. Males reach 333 mm in mantle length [2] .
| Galiteuthis pacifica |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| View: | Galiteuthis pacifica |
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| International scientific name |
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Galiteuthis pacifica Robson , 1948 [1] |
| Synonyms |
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- Taonidium pacificum Robson, 1948
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| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 162953 |
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On the hands of suction cups with smooth edges. In adult males, the distal half of I and II pairs of hands has greatly enlarged suction cups with a small aperture. There are no suction cups at the junction of the funnel and mantle. Like other representatives of the Galiteuthis genus, G. pacifica has two rows of hooks without suction cups at the ends of the tentacles, a short apex and a well-defined carpal process. Lateral photophores of the eyes are located near the pupil and are almost square.
A type specimen was caught off the island of Cocos in the eastern tropical Pacific . It lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific region from the western Indian Ocean to New Caledonia , Southern California , Panama and northern Chile [3] . In the Pacific Ocean, the range extends northward to 28 Β° C. w. in the central part of the Pacific Ocean, at 34 Β° C. w. in the California course and south up to 30 Β° C. w. in the Peruvian current [4] .
It occurs at depths of 700 m and more. This species does not carry out vertical migration.
