WoRMS taxon details
Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884
137852 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137852)
accepted
Genus
Megalocranchia maxima Pfeffer, 1884 (type by original designation)
Carynoteuthis G. L. Voss, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Corynomma Chun, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
Teuthowenia (Ascoteuthis) S. S. Berry, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Megalocranchia fisheri (S. S. Berry, 1909)
- Species Megalocranchia maxima Pfeffer, 1884
- Species Megalocranchia oceanica (G. L. Voss, 1960)
- Species Megalocranchia megalops (Prosch, 1849) accepted as Teuthowenia megalops (Prosch, 1849)
- Species Megalocranchia papillata G. L. Voss, 1960 accepted as Helicocranchia papillata (G. L. Voss, 1960) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Megalocranchia pardus S. S. Berry, 1916 accepted as Liguriella pardus (S. S. Berry, 1916) (superseded combination)
- Species Megalocranchia richardsoni Dell, 1959 accepted as Teuthowenia pellucida (Chun, 1910) (synonym)
- Species Megalocranchia speculator (Chun, 1906) accepted as Megalocranchia abyssicola (E. S. Goodrich, 1896) (synonym)
- Species Megalocranchia abyssicola (E. S. Goodrich, 1896) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Megalocranchia corona (S. S. Berry, 1920) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Pfeffer G. 1884. Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. <i>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, Hamburg</i>, 8(1): 1-30., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70869 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137852 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Pfeffer G. 1884. Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. <i>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, Hamburg</i>, 8(1): 1-30., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70869 [details]
original description (of Carynoteuthis G. L. Voss, 1960) Voss, G. L. (1960). Bermudan cephalopods. <em>Fieldiana: Zoology.</em> 39(40): 419-441. [details]
basis of record Voss, N. A. (1980). A generic revision of the Cranchiidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 30(2): 365-412., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1980/00000030/00000002/art00003
page(s): 398 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cranchiidae. <em>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.</em> pp. 148-178., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 170 [details]
original description (of Carynoteuthis G. L. Voss, 1960) Voss, G. L. (1960). Bermudan cephalopods. <em>Fieldiana: Zoology.</em> 39(40): 419-441. [details]
basis of record Voss, N. A. (1980). A generic revision of the Cranchiidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 30(2): 365-412., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1980/00000030/00000002/art00003
page(s): 398 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cranchiidae. <em>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.</em> pp. 148-178., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 170 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
