Helicocranchia
Helicocranchia | |
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Helicocranchia pfefferi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Cranchiidae |
Subfamily: | Taoniinae |
Genus: | Helicocranchia Massy, 1907[1] |
Type species | |
Helicocranchia pfefferi Massy, 1907
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Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Ascocranchia Voss, 1962 |
Helicocranchia is a genus of small glass squids from the family Cranchiidae, known as piglet squid. They are characterized by possessing a very large funnel and in having a pair of small paddle-like fins which are attached to a part of the gladius which sits above the muscular mantle. These squid undergo a slow descent starting near the surface as paralarvae moving down to lower mesopelagic depths as near-adults.[2]
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[3]
Species[]
There are three species of Helicocranchia:[1]
- (Voss, 1962)
- (Voss, 1960)
- Helicocranchia pfefferi Massy, 1907
References[]
- ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Helicocranchia Massy, 1907". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ Richard E. Young; Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003) (2017). "Helicocranchia Massy, 1907". The Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
External links[]
Categories:
- Squid
- Cephalopod genera
- Bioluminescent molluscs
- Taxa named by Annie Massy
- Squid stubs