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Cranchiidae Prosch, 1847

11774  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11774)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Cephalopoda (Class)
  5. Coleoidea (Subclass)
  6. Decapodiformes (Superorder)
  7. Oegopsida (Order)
  8. Cranchioidea (Superfamily)
  9. Cranchiidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Desmoteuthidae A. E. Verrill, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Subfamily Cranchiinae Prosch, 1847
    1. Genus Cranchia Leach, 1817
    2. Genus Leachia Lesueur, 1821
    3. Genus Liocranchia Pfeffer, 1884
    4. Genus Dyctydiopsis Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    5. Genus Euzygaena Chun, 1910 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, substitute name for Zygaenopsis Rochebrune, 1884)
    6. Genus Perothis Rathke, 1833 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    7. Genus Pyrgopsis Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    8. Genus Zygaenopsis Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Invalid: junior homonym of Zygaenopsis Felder, 1874 [Lepidoptera]; Zygocranchia and Euzygaena are replacement names)
    9. Genus Zygocranchia Hoyle, 1909 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Genus Enigmocranchia Kubodera & Okutani, 2014
  3. Subfamily Taoniinae Pfeffer, 1912
    1. Genus Bathothauma Chun, 1906
    2. Genus Egea Joubin, 1933
    3. Genus Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898
    4. Genus Helicocranchia Massy, 1907
    5. Genus Liguriella Issel, 1908
    6. Genus Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884
    7. Genus Mesonychoteuthis G. C. Robson, 1925
    8. Genus Sandalops Chun, 1906
    9. Genus Taonius Steenstrup, 1861
    10. Genus Teuthowenia Chun, 1910
  4. Genus Anomalocranchia G. C. Robson, 1924 accepted as Teuthowenia Chun, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Genus Ascocranchia G. L. Voss, 1962 accepted as Helicocranchia Massy, 1907
  6. Genus Belonella Lane, 1957 accepted as Taonius Steenstrup, 1861 (synonym; replacement name for Toxeuma Chun, 1906)
  7. Genus Carynoteuthis G. L. Voss, 1960 accepted as Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Genus Corynomma Chun, 1906 accepted as Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884 (synonym)
  9. Genus Crystalloteuthis Chun, 1906 accepted as Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898 (synonym)
  10. Genus Desmoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881 accepted as Taonius Steenstrup, 1861 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Genus Drechselia Joubin, 1931 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (synonym)
  12. Genus Fusocranchia Joubin, 1920 accepted as Liocranchia Pfeffer, 1884 (synonym)
  13. Subfamily Galiteuthinae S. S. Berry, 1912 accepted as Taoniinae Pfeffer, 1912 (synonym)
  14. Genus Leucocranchia Joubin, 1912 accepted as Bathothauma Chun, 1906 (synonym)
  15. Genus Owenia Prosch, 1849 accepted as Teuthowenia Chun, 1910 (Invalid: junior homonym of Owenia delle Chiaje, 1844 [Polychaeta]; Teuthowenia is a replacement name)
  16. Genus Phasmatoteuthion Pfeffer, 1912 accepted as Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898 (synonym)
  17. Genus Taonidium Pfeffer, 1900 accepted as Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898 (junior synonym)
  18. Subfamily Teuthoweniinae Grimpe, 1922 accepted as Taoniinae Pfeffer, 1912 (synonym)
  19. Genus Toxeuma Chun, 1906 accepted as Taonius Steenstrup, 1861 (invalid: junior homonym of Toxeuma Walker, 1833 [Insecta]; Belonella Lane, 1957 is a replacement name)
  20. Genus Uranoteuthis Lu & Clarke, 1974 accepted as Sandalops Chun, 1906 (synonym)
  21. Genus Verrilliteuthis S. S. Berry, 1916 accepted as Teuthowenia Chun, 1910 (synonym)
  22. Genus Vossoteuthis Nesis, 1974 accepted as Liguriella Issel, 1908 (synonym)
  23. Genus Hensenioteuthis Pfeffer, 1900 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  24. Genus Phasmatopsis Rochebrune, 1884 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  25. Genus Procalistes Lankester, 1884 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Prosch, V. (1847). Nogle nye cephalopoder, beskrevne og anatomisk undersogte. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk. ser. 5, 1: 53-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13602329
page(s): 71; note: as subfamilia Cranchidae [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cranchiidae Prosch, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11774 on 2025-04-10
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Nomenclature

original description Prosch, V. (1847). Nogle nye cephalopoder, beskrevne og anatomisk undersogte. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk. ser. 5, 1: 53-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13602329
page(s): 71; note: as subfamilia Cranchidae [details] 

original description (of Loligopsidae A. d'Orbigny, 1842) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): xxxvii [1842] [details] 

original description (of Bathothaumatidae Grimpe, 1922) Grimpe, G. (1922). Systematische Üebersicht der Europäischen Cephalopoden. Sitzungsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig. 45-48: 36-52.
page(s): 51 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Voss, N. A. (1980). A generic revision of the Cranchiidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Bulletin of Marine Science. 30(2): 365-412., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1980/00000030/00000002/art00003 [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 394 [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cranchiidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 148-178., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf [details] 

additional source Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Taite, M.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Allcock, A. L. (2021). A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids (order Oegopsida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069 [details] 

 
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LanguageName 
Chinese Xiăo-Tóu-Yóu-Kē  [details]
English glass squids  [details]
German Gallertkalmare  [details]
Japanese サメハダホウズキイカ科  [details]
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