Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Cranchioidea > Family Cranchiidae > Subfamily Cranchiinae

Liocranchia Pfeffer, 1884

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Cranchia (Liocranchia) Pfeffer, 1884 synonym
Fusocranchia Joubin, 1920 synonym

Children

Cranchia (Liocranchia) globula S. S. Berry, 1909
Liocranchia gardineri G. C. Robson, 1921
Liocranchia reinhardtii (Steenstrup, 1856)

Literature

basis of record

Voss, N. A. (1980). A generic revision of the Cranchiidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Bulletin of Marine Science. 30(2): 365-412.

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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Liocranchia Pfeffer, 1884. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137851

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2016-06-07 by Julian Finn

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