Galiteuthis

{{Short description|Genus of squids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Galiteuthis glacialis (Ross Sea, Antarctica).jpg

| image_caption = Galiteuthis glacialis

| taxon = Galiteuthis

| authority = Joubin, 1898{{WoRMS | id=137848 | title = Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898 | access-date = 30 March 2025 |db=MolluscaBase | year = 2025 }}

| type_species = Galiteuthis armata

| type_species_authority = Joubin, 1898

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = see text

| synonyms = *Crystalloteuthis Chun, 1906

• Phasmatoteuthion Pfeffer, 1912
• Taonidium Pfeffer, 1900

| synonyms_ref =

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Galiteuthis is a genus of glass squids from the family Cranchiidae and the subfamily Taoniinae. Squids in the genus Galiteuthis are large squids with mantle lengths measuring up to {{cvt|66|cm}}, although it has been suggested that mantle length could reach as much as {{cvt|2.7|m}}. The most distinctive feature of the speciesa in this genus are they have hooks on the tentacular clubs while there are no hooks on the arms, and by their long, thin, terminal fins.{{cite web|url=http://tolweb.org/Galiteuthis/19557|title=Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898 |author1=Richard E. Young |author2=Katharina M. Mangold |year=2011|publisher=The Tree of Life Web Project|access-date=1 March 2018}}

The genus contains bioluminescent species.{{cite journal |last1=Herring |first1=Peter J. |title=Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms |journal=Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence |date=1987 |issue=3|volume=1 |pages=147–163|doi=10.1002/bio.1170010303 |pmid=3503524 }}