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

Teuthowenia megalops (Prosch, 1849)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cranchia Leach, 1817

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Teuthowenia*	Chun, 1910	accepted genus name
*Cranchia (Owenia)*	Prosch, 1849	junior homonym

Species group names

*Desmoteuthis tenera*	A. E. Verrill, 1881	synonym
*Desmoteuthis thori*	Degner, 1925	synonym
*Leachia hyperborea*	Steenstrup, 1856	synonym
*Taonidium pfefferi*	Massy, 1913	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Atlantic cranch squid

Literature

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.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.
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. Teuthowenia megalops (Prosch, 1849). 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:139429