Species Liocranchia reinhardtii (Steenstrup, 1856)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leachia reinhardtii Steenstrup, J.J. 1856. Hectocotydannelsen hos Octopods laegterne Argonauta og Tremoctopus, oplyst ved lagttageke af Dannelsen hos Blaeksprutterne i Alminddelighed. Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs. Skrifter 5 4: 187-216 2 pls [200].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMC 2♀ 1 sex unknown, Atlantic Ocean [15º19'N 24º54'W and 23ºN 32ºW].

  Type locality references:

  Steenstrup, J.J. 1861. Overblik over de i Kjøbenhavns Museer opbevarede Blaeksprutter fra det aabne Hav (1860–1861). Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger 1861: 69-86.
• Liocranchia brockii Pfeffer, G. 1884. Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 8: 63-90 3 pls [85].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Java Sea.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sasaki, M. 1915. On three interesting new oegopsids from the Bay of Sagami. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Tohoku Imperial University, Sapporo 6: 131-150 [132]

Generic Combinations

• Liocranchia reinhardti (Steenstrup, 1856).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), 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: nectonic.

Paralarva: planktonic.

Epipelagic, mesopelagic, temperate, tropical.

General References

Clarke, M.R. 1966. A review of the systematics and ecology of oceanic squids. Advances in Marine Biology 4: 91-300

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)

Voss, G.L. 1963. Cephalopods of the Philippine Islands. United States National Museum Bulletin 234: 1-180 (vertical distribution)

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