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

Liocranchia reinhardtii (Steenstrup, 1856)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Liocranchia*	Pfeffer, 1884	accepted genus name
*Cranchia (Liocranchia)*	Pfeffer, 1884	synonym
*Fusocranchia*	Joubin, 1920	synonym

Species group names

*Fusocranchia alpha*	Joubin, 1920	synonym
*Leachia reinhardtii*	Steenstrup, 1856	synonym
*Liocranchia brockii*	Pfeffer, 1884	synonym
*Liocranchia elongata*	Issel, 1908	synonym
*Liocranchia intermedia*	G. C. Robson, 1924	synonym
*Liocranchia reinhardti*	(Steenstrup, 1856)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Chinese: Léì-Yīn-Shì-Făng-Chuí-Yóu sources: Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.

English: Reinhardt's 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.

Japanese: ホウズキイカ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Russian: Лиокранхия Рейнхардта

Literature

basis of record	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.
additional source	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	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.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
identification resource	Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Liocranchia reinhardtii (Steenstrup, 1856). 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:341818