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

Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Carynoteuthis*	G. L. Voss, 1960	synonym
*Corynomma*	Chun, 1906	synonym

Children

Megalocranchia abyssicola (E. S. Goodrich, 1896)
Megalocranchia oceanica (G. L. Voss, 1960)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Large cranch squid sources: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.

Russian: Кранхия гигантская; мегалокранхия

Literature

original description	Pfeffer G. 1884. Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, Hamburg, 8(1): 1-30.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalocranchia 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:137852