WoRMS taxon details
Cranchiinae Prosch, 1849
559391 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559391)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Cranchia Leach, 1817
- Genus Leachia Lesueur, 1821
- Genus Liocranchia Pfeffer, 1884
- Genus Dyctydiopsis Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Euzygaena Chun, 1910 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, substitute name for Zygaenopsis Rochebrune, 1884)
- Genus Perothis Rathke, 1833 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pyrgopsis Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Zygaenopsis Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Invalid: junior homonym of Zygaenopsis Felder, 1874 [Lepidoptera]; Zygocranchia and Euzygaena are replacement names)
- Genus Zygocranchia Hoyle, 1909 accepted as Leachia Lesueur, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details]
page(s): 71 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cranchiinae Prosch, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559391 on 2026-04-28
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Nomenclature
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 [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]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 71 [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]
basis of record 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]
Other
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
page(s): 150 [details]
page(s): 150 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
