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

Megalocranchia abyssicola (E. S. Goodrich, 1896)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unresolved
Name Status: species inquirenda

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Megalocranchia*	Pfeffer, 1884	accepted genus name
*Carynoteuthis*	G. L. Voss, 1960	synonym
*Corynomma*	Chun, 1906	synonym

Species group names

*Corynomma speculator*	Chun, 1906	synonym
*Megalocranchia speculator*	(Chun, 1906)	synonym
*Taonius abyssicola*	E. S. Goodrich, 1896	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Young, Richard E. and Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003). 2008. Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884. Version 15 July 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Megalocranchia/19562/2008.07.15 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
source of synonymy	Sweeney, M.J. & Young, R.E. (2003). Taxa Associated with the Family Cranchiidae Prosch, 1847. In The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalocranchia abyssicola (E. S. Goodrich, 1896). 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:341820