Genus Megalocranchia Pfeffer, 1884

Museums

Regional Maps

• Megalocranchia Pfeffer, G. 1884. Die Cephalopoden des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 8: 63-90 3 pls [84].

  Type species:

   Megalocranchia maxima Pfeffer, 1884 by monotypy.
• Corynomma Chun, C. 1906. System der Cranchien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 82-86 [85].

  Type species:

   Corynomma speculator Chun, 1906 by monotypy.
• Xenoteuthis Berry, S.S. 1909. Diagnoses of new cephalopods from the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37: 407-419 [419] [error in Berry's paper: his species, Helicocranchia fisheri, appears in faunal list as Xenoteuthis Berry].
• Ascoteuthis Berry, S.S. 1920. Preliminary diagnoses of new cephalopods from the Western Atlantic. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58: 293-300 pl. 16 [295] [first introduced as subgenus of Teuthowenia Chun, 1910].

  Type species:

   Teuthowenia (Ascoteuthis) corona Berry, 1920 by original designation.
• Carynoteuthis Voss, G.L. 1960. Bermudan cephalopods. Fieldiana Zoology 39: 419-446 [434].

  Type species:

   Carynoteuthis oceanica G.L. Voss, 1960 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Voss, N.A. 1980. A generic revision of the Cranchiidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida). Bulletin of Marine Science 30: 365-412 [398]

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

CRANCHIIDAE: Megalocranchia megalops Prosch, 1849 — Lu, C.C. 2001. Cephalopoda. pp. 129-308 in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 17.2 Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp. [Date published 3 July 2001]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Jun-2022	CEPHALOPODA	14-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
20-Mar-2014	TEUTHIDA	14-Jun-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Julian Finn (NMV)
		14-Jun-2023	MODIFIED