Armed Cranch Squid

Armed Cranch Squid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina
Family: Cranchiidae
Genus: Galiteuthis
Species: G. armata
Binomial name
Galiteuthis armata
Joubin, 1898
Synonyms
  • Zygocranchia zygaena
    Vérany, 1851
  • Taonidium pfefferi
    Russell, 1909
  • Galiteuthis suhmi
    Chun, 1910

The Armed Cranch Squid, Galiteuthis armata, is a species of glass squid. It reaches a mantle length of 8.2 cm[1] and a total length of 39.4 cm.[2] The species is native to the Atlantic Ocean and has been recorded from Bermuda,[1] Canada, Namibia,[3] and Spain.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Voss, G.L. 1960. Bermudan cephalopods. Fieldiana Zoology 39: 419–446.
  2. ^ Akimushkin, I.I. 1965. Cephalopods of the seas of the U.S.S.R.. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Washington, D.C..
  3. ^ Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer & H.J. Boyer 1999. Field guide to the living marine resources of Namibia. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes, FAO, Rome.
  4. ^ CephBase: Countries' Exclusive Economic Zones with Galiteuthis armata

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