Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Family Cranchiidae > Genus Helicocranchia

Helicocranchia pfefferi Massy, 1907

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Helicocranchia*	Massy, 1907	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: piglet squid

Literature

original description	Massy A.L. (1907). Preliminary Notice of New and Remarkable Cephalopods from the South-west Coast of Ireland.. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 20: 377-384.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.
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	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Helicocranchia pfefferi Massy, 1907. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139424