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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LYCOTEUTHIDAE: LAMPADIOTEUTHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Lycoteuthidae (Family)
> Lampadioteuthinae (Subfamily)
> Lampadioteuthis (Genus)
> megaleia (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lampadioteuthis megaleius Berry, 1916
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LYCOTEUTHIDAE: LAMPADIOTEUTHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Lycoteuthidae (Family)
> Lampadioteuthinae (Subfamily)
> Lampadioteuthis (Genus)
> megaleia (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lampadioteuthis megaleius Berry, 1916
Details: Lampadioteuthis megaleia Berry, 1916
Distribution:
Kermadecs and North Atlantic
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine, Mesopelagic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Berry, S.S. 1916 Cephalopods of the Kermadec Islands, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 68 (p.52) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil