Quick Search
To Advanced Search
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CRANCHIIDAE: TAONIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Cranchiidae (Family)
> Taoniinae (Subfamily)
> Megalocranchia (Genus)
> maxima (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Carynoteuthis Voss, 1960
=Corynomma Chun, 1906
=Teuthowenia (Ascoteuthis) Berry, 1920
Images: Megalocranchia maxima Pfeffer, 1884
No images yet of this species.
If you have good photos you would like to share, please email me, and I can add them here.
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CRANCHIIDAE: TAONIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Cranchiidae (Family)
> Taoniinae (Subfamily)
> Megalocranchia (Genus)
> maxima (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Carynoteuthis Voss, 1960
=Corynomma Chun, 1906
=Teuthowenia (Ascoteuthis) Berry, 1920
Details: Megalocranchia maxima Pfeffer, 1884
Distribution:
Widespread, all oceans. 0-400 metres
Geographical Range:
KAMAn
Notes:
Marine, Mesopelagic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Imber, M.J. Sep/1978 The squid families Cranchiidae and Gonatidae (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea) in the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(3) (p.459)

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