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Helicocranchia pfefferi Massy, 1907

139424  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139424)

  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)
  10. Taoniinae (Subfamily)
  11. Helicocranchia (Genus)
  12. Helicocranchia pfefferi (Species)
accepted
Species
Helicocranchia beebei G. C. Robson, 1948 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Massy, A.L. (1907). Preliminary notice of new and remarkable cephalopods from the south-west coast of Ireland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20(7): 377-384., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254245
page(s): 382 [details] 
Distribution circum global  
Distribution circum global [details]

Distribution circum-(sub)tropical  
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Helicocranchia pfefferi Massy, 1907. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139424 on 2025-04-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Helicocranchia pfefferi Massy, 1907. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139424 on 2025-04-03
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2016-06-05 23:25:11Z
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Finn, Julian

original description Massy, A.L. (1907). Preliminary notice of new and remarkable cephalopods from the south-west coast of Ireland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20(7): 377-384., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254245
page(s): 382 [details] 

original description (of Helicocranchia beebei G. C. Robson, 1948) Robson, G. C. (1948). The Cephalopoda Decapoda of the "Arcturus" Oceanographic Expedition. Zoologica. 33(3): 115-132, 18 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50971357#page/157/mode/1up
page(s): p. 130-131, text figs 15-18. [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] 

additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

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
page(s): 167 [details] 
 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution circum global [details]

Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat mesopelagic [details]
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LanguageName 
English piglet squidPfeffer's cranch squid  [details]
Japanese ゴマフホウズキイカ  [details]
Russian кальмар-поросенокГеликокранхия Пфеффера  [details]
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Helicocranchia beebei G. C. Robson, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Helicocranchia pfefferi) 
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 16 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Helicocranchia beebei G. C. Robson, 1948)
To ITIS
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