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Cranchiidae Prosch, 1849

11774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11774)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Cephalopoda
  5. Coleoidea
  6. Decapodiformes
  7. Oegopsida
  8. Cranchioidea
  9. Cranchiidae
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Family
Cranchia Leach, 1817
Cranchioidea Prosch, 1849

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  1. Subfamily Cranchiinae Prosch, 1849
    1. Genus Cranchia Leach, 1817
    2. Genus Leachia Lesueur, 1821
    3. Genus Liocranchia Pfeffer, 1884
    4. Genus Pyrgopsis Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Subfamily Taoniinae Pfeffer, 1912
    1. Genus Bathothauma Chun, 1906
    2. Genus Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898
    3. Genus Helicocranchia Massy, 1907
    4. Genus Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884
    5. Genus Taonius Steenstrup, 1861
    6. Genus Teuthowenia Chun, 1910
  3. Genus Carynoteuthis G. L. Voss, 1960 accepted as Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Genus Corynomma Chun, 1906 accepted as Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884 (synonym)
  5. Genus Desmoteuthis A. E. Verrill, 1881 accepted as Taonius Steenstrup, 1861 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Genus Fusocranchia Joubin, 1920 accepted as Liocranchia Pfeffer, 1884 (synonym)
  7. Genus Taonidium Pfeffer, 1900 accepted as Galiteuthis Joubin, 1898 (junior synonym)
  8. Genus Toxeuma Chun, 1906 accepted as Taonius Steenstrup, 1861 (invalid: junior homonym of Toxeuma Walker, 1833 [Insecta]; Belonella Lane, 1957 is a replacement name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Prosch, V. (1849). Nogle nye Cephalopoder, beskrevne og anatomisk undersögte. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling.</em> ser. 5, 1: 53-72., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13602329
page(s): 71; note: as subfamilia Cranchidae [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cranchiidae Prosch, 1849. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11774 on 2026-07-01
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cranchiidae Prosch, 1849. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=11774 on 2026-07-01
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2011-02-09 07:43:57Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2016-06-05 01:28:00Z
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Finn, Julian
2020-08-18 05:11:08Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2025-10-20 05:31:33Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

original description Prosch, V. (1849). Nogle nye Cephalopoder, beskrevne og anatomisk undersögte. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling.</em> ser. 5, 1: 53-72., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13602329
page(s): 71; note: as subfamilia Cranchidae [details] 

basis of record Voss, N. A. (1980). A generic revision of the Cranchiidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 30(2): 365-412., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1980/00000030/00000002/art00003 [details] 

additional source Fernández-Álvarez, F. Á.; Taite, M.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Allcock, A. L. (2021). A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids (order Oegopsida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 194(4): 1212-1235., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab069 [details] 

additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Cranchiidae. <em>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.</em> pp. 148-178., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf [details] 

identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 394 [details] 
 
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