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Species Megalocranchia abyssicola (Goodrich, 1896)

 

Generic Combinations

  • Megalocranchia abyssicola (Goodrich, 1896).

 

Introduction

Taxon inquirendum.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mesobathypelagic, tropical.

Paralarva: epipelagic.

 

General References

Lu, C.C. & Phillips, J.U. 1985. An annotated checklist of Cephalopoda from Australian waters. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 2: 21-36 (Australian distribution): Nesis, K.N. 1974. A revision of the squid genera Corynoma, Megalocranchia, Sandalvps and Liyuriella (Oegopsida, Cranchiidae). Trudy Instituta Okeanologii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 96: 5–22 (distribution)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024 CEPHALOPODA Cuvier, 1795 16-Apr-2024 MODIFIED Dr Mandy Reid
20-Mar-2014 TEUTHIDA 20-Mar-2014 MODIFIED Dr Julian Finn (NMV)
12-Feb-2010 (import)